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"Education must have an end in view, for it is not an end in itself." (Sybil Marshall) >From the Far East I send you one single thought, one sole idea--written in red on every
beachhead form Australia to Tokyo--There is no substitute for victory!
-- General Douglas MacArthur We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution,
of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always
be "Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss." (Hal Holbrook, Wallstreet) Guide to understanding a net.addict's day:
Slow day: didn't have much to do, so spent three hours on usenet.
Busy day: managed to work in three hours of usenet.
Bad day: barely squeezed in three ho Arts and Entertainment "I think you should defend to the death their right to march, and then go down and meet them with baseball bats." (Woody Allen, in regard to the KKK) Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health,
knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions.
-- Roger Babson The multitude is always in the wrong.
-- Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon, 1684 Arts and Entertainment
Based on what you know about him in history books, what do you think Abraham Lincoln would
be doing if he were alive today?
1) Writing his memoirs of the Civil War.
2) Advising the President.
3) D Never look at the trombones. You'll only encourage them.
-- Richard Strauss, on conducting I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.
-- Groucho Marx .. I am indebted to the cat for a particular kind of honorable deceit, for a greater control over
myself, for a characteristic aversion to brutal sounds, and for the need to keep silent for long
per Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness
are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser
tha Arts and Entertainment The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because
generally they are the same people.
-- G. K. Chesterton "The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only th "I think you should defend to the death their right to march, and then go down and meet them with baseball bats." (Woody Allen, in regard to the KKK) Arts and Entertainment
If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.
-- James McNeill Whistler I find television very educating. Every time sombody turns on the set, I go into the other room and
read a book.
-- Groucho Marx We all agree that your theory is crazy, but is it crazy enough?
- Niels Bohr In the blithe days of honeymoon,
With Kate's allurements smitten,
I lov'd her late, I lov'd her soon,
And call'd her dearest kitten.
But now my kitten's grown a cat,
And cross like other wives.
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more
experiments you make the better. What if they are a little course, and you may get your coat
soiled or torn? Arts and Entertainment Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to become as mediocre as possible.
-- Margaret Mead We can say 'Peace on Earth,' we can sing about it, preach about it or pray about it, but if we have
not internalized the mythology to make it happen inside us, then it will not be.
-- Betty Shabazz Marriage is a thing which puts a ring on a woman's finger and two under the man's eyes. Arts and Entertainment
Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.
-- James Stephens Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
-- Samuel Johnson It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.
-- Sydney Smith A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.
Harry S. Truman "Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them." (Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance) Arts and Entertainment Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough.
-- Groucho Marx This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love; the more they give, the more
they possess.
-- Rainer Maria Rilke It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.
-- Aldous Huxley Arts and Entertainment
Nothing is wrong with California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure.
- Ross MacDonald Why are women so much more interesting to men than men are to women?
-- Virginia Woolf If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English.
-- Wilfred Sheed A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
-- Gloria Steinem "Babies are necessary to grown-ups. A new baby is like the beginning of all things--wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities. In a world that is cutting down its trees to build highways, losing its eart Arts and Entertainment "Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him." (Aldous Huxley) "One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price. I've never been one of those actors who has touted myself as a fascinating human being. I Some birds aren't meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away,
the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up, does rejoice. I guess I just miss my friend. Arts and Entertainment
For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate,
the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.
-- Rainer Maria Ril I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people
themselves.
-- August Strindberg "A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years.
-- Sam Kinison Someday is not a day of the week.
-- Anon. Arts and Entertainment "See - one side of my face is gentle and kind, incapable of anything but love of my fellow man. The other side, the other profile, is cruel and predatory and evil, incapable of anything but lusts and I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over
them on long winter evenings.
-- Humphrey Bogart to Lauren Bacall, in "The Big Sleep" Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.
-- Rose Kennedy Arts and Entertainment
Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.
-- H. L. Mencken Not to anticipate is already to moan.
-- Leonardo da Vinci "... adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them." (Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, 1904-1991, quoted in his obituary, Time) "Try not to have a good time ... This is supposed to be educational." (Charles Schultz) Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.
-- Roger Babson Arts and Entertainment No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
-- Abraham Lincoln A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
-- Gloria Steinem Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions.
-- Anonymous Arts and Entertainment
A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally
stopping before it gets there.
-- Agnes Repplier To die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
-- Anatole France We trained hard - but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we were
reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing,
and The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not,
the ones that make your mind start vibrating like a jackhammer, the ones that you 'come to terms
with "I run to see who has the most guts." (Steve Roland Prefontaine) Arts and Entertainment Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get
money from it.
-- Stephen Leacock "Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not?" (George Bernard Shaw) May the road rise to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warm
upon your face, the rains fall soft upon your fields and, until we meet again, may God hold you in
the palm Arts and Entertainment
You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.
-- Albert Camus "Feeding is a very important ritual for me. I don't trust people who don't like to eat." (Gina Gershon) All you need is love.
-- The Beatles, song title If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us.
-- Francis Bacon "I had discovered that a person does not have to be this or be that or be anything, not even oneself. One is free." (Walker Percy, The Moviegoer) Arts and Entertainment He who limps is still walking.
-- Stanislaw J. Lec "If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost." (Aristotle) Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to
us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.
-- Jeff Raskin Arts and Entertainment
Despite the high cost of living it remains a popular item.
-- Anonymous Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
- Benjamin Franklin There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.
-- Peter De Vries The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
- Emile Zola Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back.
- Paul Erdos Arts and Entertainment The bottom line is that (a) people are never perfect, but love can be, (b) that is the one and only
way that the mediocre and vile can be transformed, and (c) doing that makes it that. We waste
time When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
- Sir Winston Churchill What does not kill me makes me stronger.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Arts and Entertainment
Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong
and virtuous admit no destiny. On earth conscience guides; in heaven God watches. And destiny
is but th Sex is like bridge: If you don't have a good partner, you better have a good hand.
-- Charles Pierce "Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Walk beside me and just be my friend." (Albert Camus) There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and
why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and
inex Wedding is destiny, and hanging likewise.
-- John Heywood Arts and Entertainment Destiny is not a matter of chance; but a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, It is a
thing to be acheived.
-- William Jennings Bryant "Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em." (William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, II:5) "We have to be able to criticise what we love, to say what we have to say 'cause if your not trying to make something better, than as far as I can tell, you are just in the way." (Ani Difranco) Arts and Entertainment
