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Monday, February 28, 2011
Quotes
Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.
- Albert Camus
There's an old saying about those who forget history. I don't remember it, but it's good.
- Stephen Colbert
We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
- W. Somerset Maugham
I've never struck a woman in my life, not even my own mother.
- W. C. Fields
- Albert Camus
There's an old saying about those who forget history. I don't remember it, but it's good.
- Stephen Colbert
We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
- W. Somerset Maugham
I've never struck a woman in my life, not even my own mother.
- W. C. Fields
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Quotes
If you can dream it, you can do it.
- Walt Disney
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
- Stephen Hawking
I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
- Michel de Montaigne
With Epcot Center the Disney corporation has accomplished something I didn't think possible in today's world. They have created a land of make-believe that's worse than regular life.
- P. J. O'Rourke
- Walt Disney
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
- Stephen Hawking
I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
- Michel de Montaigne
With Epcot Center the Disney corporation has accomplished something I didn't think possible in today's world. They have created a land of make-believe that's worse than regular life.
- P. J. O'Rourke
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Quotes
If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
- Dale Carnegie
The petty economies of the rich are just as amazing as the silly extravagances of the poor.
- William Feather
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time.
- Willie Tyler
- Dale Carnegie
The petty economies of the rich are just as amazing as the silly extravagances of the poor.
- William Feather
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time.
- Willie Tyler
Friday, February 25, 2011
Quotes
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
- Carl Sandburg
A chess genius is a human being who focuses vast, little-understood mental gifts and labors on an ultimately trivial human enterprise.
- George Steiner
The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.
- Herbert Agar
I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
- Robert McCloskey
- Carl Sandburg
A chess genius is a human being who focuses vast, little-understood mental gifts and labors on an ultimately trivial human enterprise.
- George Steiner
The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.
- Herbert Agar
I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
- Robert McCloskey
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Quotes
The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights.
- Giotto di Bondone
The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.
- Charles Bukowski
Humor is also a way of saying something serious.
- T. S. Eliot
The one function TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were.
- David Brinkley
- Giotto di Bondone
The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.
- Charles Bukowski
Humor is also a way of saying something serious.
- T. S. Eliot
The one function TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were.
- David Brinkley
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Quotes
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
- Ralph Marston
Language is the source of misunderstandings.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority.
- James Thurber
Blame someone else and get on with your life.
- Alan Woods
- Ralph Marston
Language is the source of misunderstandings.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority.
- James Thurber
Blame someone else and get on with your life.
- Alan Woods
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Quotes
Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.
- Edgar Cayce
If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
- Dorothy Parker
Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them.
- Dr. Martin Henry Fischer
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.
- Jef Raskin
- Edgar Cayce
If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
- Dorothy Parker
Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them.
- Dr. Martin Henry Fischer
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.
- Jef Raskin
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
CPAC 2011
CPAC 2011: Allen West: If Reward Bad Behavior, You Are Going To Get More Bad Behavior
CPAC keynote speaker, decorated Iraq war veteran, and freshman House Member Allen West (R-FL) gives James Poulos his opinion of the situation on the ground in the Middle East. He has strong words for fiscally stressed states, and they should not expect bailouts on his watch. From the Black Congressional Caucus to the federal, Rep. West does not fail to enlighten and inspire. Tune into this exclusive CPAC interview.
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CPAC keynote speaker, decorated Iraq war veteran, and freshman House Member Allen West (R-FL) gives James Poulos his opinion of the situation on the ground in the Middle East. He has strong words for fiscally stressed states, and they should not expect bailouts on his watch. From the Black Congressional Caucus to the federal, Rep. West does not fail to enlighten and inspire. Tune into this exclusive CPAC interview.
CLICK HERE
Quotes
The soul's joy lies in doing.
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
The girl with a future avoids a man with a past.
- Evan Esar
The best doctor in the world is the veterinarian. He can't ask his patients what is the matter-he's got to just know.
- Will Rogers
Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.
- Dame Edna Everage
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
The girl with a future avoids a man with a past.
- Evan Esar
The best doctor in the world is the veterinarian. He can't ask his patients what is the matter-he's got to just know.
- Will Rogers
Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.
- Dame Edna Everage
Monday, February 14, 2011
Quotes
For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
- Judy Garland
Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.
- Thomas Szasz
You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well.
- Carrie Fisher
It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
- Pierre Beaumarchais
- Judy Garland
Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.
- Thomas Szasz
You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well.
- Carrie Fisher
It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
- Pierre Beaumarchais
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Quotes
Without the aid of prejudice and custom I should not be able to find my way across the room.
- William Hazlitt
The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Never give a party if you will be the most interesting person there.
- Mickey Friedman
- William Hazlitt
The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Never give a party if you will be the most interesting person there.
- Mickey Friedman
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Quotes
Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand
- Kurt Vonnegut
The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
- Walter Bagehot
You don't get anything clean without getting something else dirty.
- Cecil Baxter
A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.
- Victor Hugo
- Kurt Vonnegut
The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
- Walter Bagehot
You don't get anything clean without getting something else dirty.
- Cecil Baxter
A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.
- Victor Hugo
Friday, February 11, 2011
Quotes
Never give in and never give up.
- Hubert H. Humphrey
Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
- George Burns
Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
- Oscar Wilde
I dote on his very absence.
- William Shakespeare
- Hubert H. Humphrey
Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
- George Burns
Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
- Oscar Wilde
I dote on his very absence.
- William Shakespeare
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Quotes
If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.
- Thomas Fuller
I have only one superstition. I touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
- Babe Ruth
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.
- Bill Vaughan
Let's have some new cliches.
- Samuel Goldwyn
- Thomas Fuller
I have only one superstition. I touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
- Babe Ruth
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.
- Bill Vaughan
Let's have some new cliches.
- Samuel Goldwyn
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.
- Lao Tzu
We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it.
- Dave Barry
The only thing that scares me more than space aliens is the idea that there aren't any space aliens. We can't be the best that creation has to offer. I pray we're not all there is. If so, we're in big trouble.
- Ellen DeGeneres
When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
- Brendan Behan
- Lao Tzu
We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it.
- Dave Barry
The only thing that scares me more than space aliens is the idea that there aren't any space aliens. We can't be the best that creation has to offer. I pray we're not all there is. If so, we're in big trouble.
- Ellen DeGeneres
When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
- Brendan Behan
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Quotes
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?
- Robert H. Schuller
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
- George Best
For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.
- Bob Wells
Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.
- John F. Kennedy
- Robert H. Schuller
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
- George Best
For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.
- Bob Wells
Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.
- John F. Kennedy
Monday, February 7, 2011
Quotes
And now, this is the sweetest and most glorious day that ever my eyes did see.
- Donald Cargill
Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.
- George Santayana
I base my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.
- Gilda Radner
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
- Sir Winston Churchill
- Donald Cargill
Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.
- George Santayana
I base my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.
- Gilda Radner
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
- Sir Winston Churchill
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Quotes
I respectfully decline the invitation to join your hallucination.
- Dilbert
Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything.
- Vince Lombardi
I'm kind of jealous of the life I'm supposedly leading.
- Zach Braff
Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.
- George Carlin
Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything.
- Herb Caen
- Dilbert
Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything.
- Vince Lombardi
I'm kind of jealous of the life I'm supposedly leading.
- Zach Braff
Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.
- George Carlin
Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything.
- Herb Caen
Saturday, February 5, 2011
When deeds speak, words are nothing.
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.
- Elvis Costello
Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.
- Stephen King
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.
- William James
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.
- Elvis Costello
Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.
- Stephen King
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.
- William James
Friday, February 4, 2011
What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.
- Henry David Thoreau
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death.
- Joan D. Vinge
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
- Bertrand Russell
In a country as big as the United States, you can find fifty examples of anything.
- Jeffery F. Chamberlain
- Henry David Thoreau
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death.
- Joan D. Vinge
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
- Bertrand Russell
In a country as big as the United States, you can find fifty examples of anything.
- Jeffery F. Chamberlain
Thursday, February 3, 2011
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
- Edward Gibbon
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
- Voltaire
Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
- Edgar Watson Howe
Friendship is Love without his wings!
- Lord Byron
- Edward Gibbon
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
- Voltaire
Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
- Edgar Watson Howe
Friendship is Love without his wings!
- Lord Byron
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
- Alfred A. Montapert
Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish.
- Steven Wright
Household tasks are easier and quicker when they are done by somebody else.
- James Thorpe
In case you're worried about what's going to become of the younger generation, it's going to grow up and start worrying about the younger generation.
- Roger Allen
- Alfred A. Montapert
Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish.
- Steven Wright
Household tasks are easier and quicker when they are done by somebody else.
- James Thorpe
In case you're worried about what's going to become of the younger generation, it's going to grow up and start worrying about the younger generation.
- Roger Allen
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