There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
- Thomas Aquinas
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
- Bertrand Russell
My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head.
- Rita Rudner
Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.
- William Safire
"Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe." Frank Zappa
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
- Orison Swett Marden
The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it.
- William Gibson
After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.
- H. L. Mencken
Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth!
- Henry David Thoreau
- Orison Swett Marden
The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it.
- William Gibson
After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.
- H. L. Mencken
Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth!
- Henry David Thoreau
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
- Helen Keller
Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.
- Soren Kierkegaard
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
- John Ciardi
To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.
- Franklin P. Adams
- Helen Keller
Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.
- Soren Kierkegaard
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
- John Ciardi
To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.
- Franklin P. Adams
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Friday, November 26, 2010
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
- Lord Chesterfield
You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
- Sam Levenson
The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.
- Arthur Koestler
Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
- Oscar Wilde
- Lord Chesterfield
You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
- Sam Levenson
The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.
- Arthur Koestler
Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
- Oscar Wilde
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Friday, November 19, 2010
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
- Douglas Adams
Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.
- Andy Rooney
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
- John Lehman
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
- Douglas Adams
Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.
- Andy Rooney
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
- John Lehman
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
- William Jennings Bryan
I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
- Andre Maurois
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
- William Jennings Bryan
I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
- Andre Maurois
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010
There is no wealth but life.
- John Ruskin
I don't generally feel anything until noon; then it's time for my nap.
- Bob Hope
You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.
- Scott Adams
Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.
- T. S. Eliot
- John Ruskin
I don't generally feel anything until noon; then it's time for my nap.
- Bob Hope
You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.
- Scott Adams
Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.
- T. S. Eliot
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
- Francis Bacon
The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.
- William Faulkner
There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves.
- Albert Guinon
A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.
- Gian Vincenzo Gravina
- Francis Bacon
The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.
- William Faulkner
There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves.
- Albert Guinon
A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.
- Gian Vincenzo Gravina
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Monday, November 15, 2010
Wisdom outweighs any wealth.
- Sophocles
Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own.
- Doug Larson
Exit, pursued by a bear.
- William Shakespeare
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.
- Albert Einstein
- Sophocles
Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own.
- Doug Larson
Exit, pursued by a bear.
- William Shakespeare
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.
- Albert Einstein
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
Max Bernier
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Conservative
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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
- Plato
The problem with the designated driver program, it's not a desirable job, but if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At the end of the night, drop them off at the wrong house.
- Jeff Foxworthy
Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.
- Laurens Van der Post
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
- Anatole France
- Plato
The problem with the designated driver program, it's not a desirable job, but if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At the end of the night, drop them off at the wrong house.
- Jeff Foxworthy
Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.
- Laurens Van der Post
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
- Anatole France
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Friday, November 12, 2010
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill
You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there.
- George Burns
I don't have a photograph, but you can have my footprints. They're upstairs in my socks.
- Groucho Marx
A magician pulls rabbits out of hats. An experimental psychologist pulls habits out of rats.
- Anonymous
- Winston Churchill
You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there.
- George Burns
I don't have a photograph, but you can have my footprints. They're upstairs in my socks.
- Groucho Marx
A magician pulls rabbits out of hats. An experimental psychologist pulls habits out of rats.
- Anonymous
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Terry Kelly - A Pittance of Time
Symphony of Science Series
If Pac-Man had affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.
- Marcus Bridgstocke
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
- Marie Curie
From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
- Sir Winston Churchill
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Marcus Bridgstocke
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
- Marie Curie
From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
- Sir Winston Churchill
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
- Thomas Jefferson
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