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Women's liberationists spread the word that...the only peaceful family is one in which either the
wife is enslaved or the husband is androgynous.
-- R. Emmett Tyell, The Liberal Crack-Up, 1984 University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.
- Henry Kissinger One cardinal rule of marriage should never be forgotten: "Give little, give seldom, and above all,
give grudgingly." Otherwise, what could have been a proper marriage could become an orgy of
sexual "It is neccessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live." (Alexander Dumas) If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
-- Albert Einstein Parish and Town And since the stench of death will always attract flies and vermin, the arrival of Geraldo was
perhaps inevitable.
-- Garry Trudeau Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.
-- Steven Wright Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
-- Mae West Parish and Town
I admire the serene assurance of those who have religious faith. It is wonderful to observe the
calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.
-- Mark Twain No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
-- Booker T. Washington "An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions; he is neither hot nor timid." (Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, 4th earl of) If men knew all that women think, they'd be twenty times more daring.
-- Alphonse Karr A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing
nothing.
-- George Benard Shaw Parish and Town The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity.
-- Winston Churchill Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't, they'd be married too.
-- H. L. Mencken Most people think life sucks, and then you die. Not me. I beg to differ. I think life sucks, then you
get cancer, then your dog dies, your wife leaves you, the cancer goes into remission, you get a
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The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.
-- Lucille S. Harper "The overman ... Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without resentment." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietz May you live happily ever after with a poor, ugly, shrewish wife. "Drugs have done a lot of good. A lot of good songs have been written. 'Penny Lane' is worth 10 dead kids. 'Dark Side of the Moon?' 100 dead kids. At least that many were conceived by people listening "For how can one know color in perpetual green, and what good is warmth without cold to give it sweetness?" (John Steinbeck, Travels With Charley) Parish and Town Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
-- Mae West Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it. Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it
- Henry David Thoreau Parish and Town
"The rules for parents are but three... Love, Limit, and Let them be." (Elaine M. Ward) To die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
-- Anatole France If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
-- Albert Einstein People think we make $3 million and $4 million a year. They don't realize that most of us only
make $500,000.
-- Pete Incaviglia, baseball player, 1990 This is the fourth?
-- Thomas Jefferson, dying words Parish and Town Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
-- George Santayana Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.
- Henry David Thoreau The fantasy which serves as a support for the figure of the Stalinist Communist is therefore
exactly the same as the fantasy which is at work in the Tom and Jerry cartoons.
-- Slavoj Zizek Parish and Town
Value your words. Each one may be the last.
-- Stanislaw J. Lec True, we love life, not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving. There is
always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in madness.
-- Friedrich Nietzsch Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
-- Gandhi "In fact, most deaths are not tragic. Few people die because of a flaw in character, which is the essential element of tragedy. They just die." (John Chancellor, The News Business) When a girl marries she exchanges the attention of many men for the inattention of one.
-- Helen Rowland Parish and Town "All grown-ups were once children, though few of them remember it." (Antoine de Saint Exupéry) "They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." (Andy Warhol) Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.
-- Thomas Dewar Parish and Town
Music is the art of thinking with sounds.
-- Jules Combarieu One cardinal rule of marriage should never be forgotten: "Give little, give seldom, and above all,
give grudgingly." Otherwise, what could have been a proper marriage could become an orgy of
sexual "I put on an act sometimes, and people think I'm insensitive. Really, it's like a kind of armor because I'm too sensitive. If there are two hundred people in a room and one of them doesn't like me, I' Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
-- Albert Einstein No wonder nobody comes here--it's too crowded.
-- Yogi Berra Parish and Town If you don't know how to do something, you don't know how to do it with a computer.
-- Anon. Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
-- Napoleon Bonaparte The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains that I
have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time.
- George Bernard Shaw Parish and Town
"I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is." (Alan Watts) In medieval times, people thought that evil spirits could enter a person through an open mouth.
These days they more often leave that way.
-- David Deckert "Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives." (Gary Busey) "Everything in my life has been determined by mistakes." (Gene Wilder) If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith.
-- Albert Einstein Parish and Town There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and
discipline.
-- Michel de Montaigne Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting someone else to do the work.
-- John G. Pollard This is a test. It is only a test. Had it been an actual job, you would have received raises,
promotions, and other signs of appreciation.
-- Anonymous Parish and Town
All marriages are happy. It's living together afterwards that is difficult.
-- Anonymous Marriage is not a word. It is a sentence--a life sentence. In the past decade or so, the women's magazines have taken to running home-handyperson
articles suggesting that women can learn to fix things just as well as men. These articles are
apparently based Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he's supposed to be doing at the
moment.
-- Robert Benchley "The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it." (Abbie Hoffman) Parish and Town "Conform and be dull." (J. Frank Doble) You've no idea of what a poor opinion I have of myself, and how little I deserve it.
-- W.S. Gilbert Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.
- Henry David Thoreau Parish and Town
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
-- Beverly Sills "A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you." (Francois Sagan) The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to
contact us.
-- Bill Watterson, in his comic strip Calvin and Hobbes Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.
-- Steven Wright I am become death, shatterer of worlds.
-- Robert J. Oppenheimer, citing from the Bhagavadgita, after witnessing the world's first nuclear
explosion Parish and Town "A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized." (Fred Allen) A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
Robert Frost (1874-1963) Marriage: the only sport in which the trapped animal has to buy the license. Parish and Town
Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.
-- Mark B. Cohen Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.
-- Thornton Wilder Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do.
-- Oscar Wilde They think they can make fuel from horse manure.... Now, I don't know if your car will be able to
get 30 miles to the gallon, but it's sure gonna put a stop to siphoning.
-- Billie Holliday The hard part about being a bartender is figuring out who is drunk and who is just stupid.
-- Richard Braunstein Parish and Town Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does
not change his mind.
-- Leonardo da Vinci, Notebooks Always behave like a duck--keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil
underneath.
-- Jacob Braude I was a pilot flying an airplane and it just so happened that where I was flying made what I was
doing spying.
-- Francis Gary Power, U-2 reconnaissance pilot held by the Soviets for spying, in an i Parish and Town
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.
-- Lou Holtz Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think.
-- Anon. A beauty is a woman you notice; A charmer is one who notices you.
-- Adlai Stevenson It's true that I did get the girl, but then my grandfather always said, "Even a blind chicken finds a
few grains of corn now and then."
-- Lyle Lovett, musician, upon marying actress Julia Roberts, If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
- Carl Sagan Parish and Town However, never daunted, I will cope with adversity in my usual manner...sulking and nausea.
-- Tom K. Ryan Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
-- Benjamin Disraeli Hell is a half-filled auditorium.
-- Robert Frost Parish and Town
