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Monday, October 31, 2011
Quotes
To make oneself hated is more difficult than to make oneself loved. - Pablo Picasso
One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us. - Kurt Vonnegut
The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people. - G. K. Chesterton
There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it. - George Bernard
Shaw If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself. - Mickey Mantle
One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us. - Kurt Vonnegut
The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people. - G. K. Chesterton
There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it. - George Bernard
Shaw If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself. - Mickey Mantle
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Quotes
Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you. - St. Jerome
It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'As pretty as an Airport' appear. - Douglas Adams
The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before. - Thorstein Veblen
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it. - Mary Wilson Little
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. - Russell Baker
It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'As pretty as an Airport' appear. - Douglas Adams
The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before. - Thorstein Veblen
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it. - Mary Wilson Little
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. - Russell Baker
Friday, October 28, 2011
Quotes
I am deliberate and afraid of nothing. - Audre Lorde
Only the mediocre are always at their best. - Jean Giraudoux
I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence. - Garry Trudeau
The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened. - Saki
I am a Marxist--of the Groucho tendency. - Anonymous
Only the mediocre are always at their best. - Jean Giraudoux
I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence. - Garry Trudeau
The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened. - Saki
I am a Marxist--of the Groucho tendency. - Anonymous
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Quotes
Morality is the weakness of the brain. - Arthur Rimbaud
There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. - Pablo Picasso
The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men. - George Eliot
A waist is a terrible thing to mind. - Jane Caminos
Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't the fine line between sanity and madness gotten finer? - George Price
There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. - Pablo Picasso
The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men. - George Eliot
A waist is a terrible thing to mind. - Jane Caminos
Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't the fine line between sanity and madness gotten finer? - George Price
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Quotes
Please all, and you will please none. - Aesop
The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. - Helen Rowland
A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking. - Jerry Seinfeld
What a pity, when Christopher Colombus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it. - Margot Asquith
You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too. - John Kenneth Galbraith
The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. - Helen Rowland
A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking. - Jerry Seinfeld
What a pity, when Christopher Colombus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it. - Margot Asquith
You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too. - John Kenneth Galbraith
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Quotes
The person lives twice who lives the first life well. - Robert Herrick
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen. - P. J. O'Rourke
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them. - Samuel Butler
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them. - Paul Valery
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen. - P. J. O'Rourke
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them. - Samuel Butler
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them. - Paul Valery
Monday, October 24, 2011
Quotes
Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn. - Irving Babbitt
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities. - Aldous Huxley
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein
I can't understand it. I can't even understand the people who can understand it. - Queen Juliana
Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. - H. L. Mencken
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities. - Aldous Huxley
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein
I can't understand it. I can't even understand the people who can understand it. - Queen Juliana
Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. - H. L. Mencken
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Quotes
An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves. - Lydia M. Child
Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. - Don Marquis
Nobody in the game of football should be called a genius. A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein. - Joe Theismann
No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up. - Lily Tomlin
Everything is funny as long as it is happening to Somebody Else. - Will Rogers
Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. - Don Marquis
Nobody in the game of football should be called a genius. A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein. - Joe Theismann
No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up. - Lily Tomlin
Everything is funny as long as it is happening to Somebody Else. - Will Rogers
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Quotes
It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are clever never think of trying to be. - Gilbert Parker
If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon. - George Aiken
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight. - Phyllis Diller
To be amused by what you read--that is the great spring of happy quotations. - C. E. Montague
Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves. - Rudyard Kipling
If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon. - George Aiken
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight. - Phyllis Diller
To be amused by what you read--that is the great spring of happy quotations. - C. E. Montague
Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves. - Rudyard Kipling
Friday, October 21, 2011
Quotes
It's not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas. - Edwin Land
The cure for writer's cramp is writer's block. - Inigo DeLeon
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them. - Leo Tolstoy
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this. - Bertrand Russell
Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vaccuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1.5 tons. - unknown
The cure for writer's cramp is writer's block. - Inigo DeLeon
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them. - Leo Tolstoy
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this. - Bertrand Russell
Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vaccuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1.5 tons. - unknown
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Quotes
If you want to be found stand where the seeker seeks. - Sidney Lanier
Furious activity is no substitute for understanding. - H. H. Williams
I can't complain, but sometimes I still do. - Joe Walsh
I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark. - Dick Gregory
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain. - Mark Twain
Furious activity is no substitute for understanding. - H. H. Williams
I can't complain, but sometimes I still do. - Joe Walsh
I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark. - Dick Gregory
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain. - Mark Twain
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Quotes
We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too. - Helen Hayes
A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world. - John le Carre
Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace. - Oscar Wilde
Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less. - Rabbi Julius Gordon
I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world. - Georges Duhamel
A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world. - John le Carre
Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace. - Oscar Wilde
Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less. - Rabbi Julius Gordon
I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world. - Georges Duhamel
Monday, October 17, 2011
Quotes
If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us. - William Feather
Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity. - Christopher Morley
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities. - Walt
Kelly I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed. - James Thurber
Man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that great gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creature is born. - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity. - Christopher Morley
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities. - Walt
Kelly I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed. - James Thurber
Man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that great gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creature is born. - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Quotes
There is nothing on earth divine except humanity. - Walter Savage Landor
Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers. - Edward Shepherd Mead
A person who trusts no one can't be trusted. - Jerome Blattner
Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth! - Henry David Thoreau
You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun. - Al Capone
Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers. - Edward Shepherd Mead
A person who trusts no one can't be trusted. - Jerome Blattner
Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth! - Henry David Thoreau
You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun. - Al Capone
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Quotes
How delightful to find a friend in everyone. - Joseph Brodsky
I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. - E. B. White
Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out. - Samuel Johnson
I think the world is run by 'C' students. - Al McGuire
I took a speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It involves Russia. - Woody Allen
I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. - E. B. White
Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out. - Samuel Johnson
I think the world is run by 'C' students. - Al McGuire
I took a speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It involves Russia. - Woody Allen
Friday, October 14, 2011
Quotes
Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay. - Simone de Beauvoir
People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get. - Frederick Douglass
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read. - G. K. Chesterton
A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name. - Evan Esar
Hello seeker! Now don't feel alone here in the New Age, because there's a seeker born every minute. - Firesign Theatre
People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get. - Frederick Douglass
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read. - G. K. Chesterton
A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name. - Evan Esar
Hello seeker! Now don't feel alone here in the New Age, because there's a seeker born every minute. - Firesign Theatre
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Quotes
There are no facts, only interpretations. - Friedrich Nietzsche
I'm a godmother, that's a great thing to be, a godmother. She calls me god for short, that's cute, I taught her that. - Ellen DeGeneres
We learn something every day, and lots of times it's that what we learned the day before was wrong. - Bill Vaughan
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. - Arthur Schopenhauer
Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps. - Emo Phillips
I'm a godmother, that's a great thing to be, a godmother. She calls me god for short, that's cute, I taught her that. - Ellen DeGeneres
We learn something every day, and lots of times it's that what we learned the day before was wrong. - Bill Vaughan
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. - Arthur Schopenhauer
Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps. - Emo Phillips
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Quotes
Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues. - Joseph Hall
I don't have an English accent because this is what English sounds like when spoken properly. - James Carr
Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults. - Thomas Szasz
Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking. - John Maynard Keynes
You live and learn. At any rate, you live. - Douglas Adams
I don't have an English accent because this is what English sounds like when spoken properly. - James Carr
Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults. - Thomas Szasz
Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking. - John Maynard Keynes
You live and learn. At any rate, you live. - Douglas Adams
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Quotes
Don't go through life, grow through life. - Eric Butterworth
Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish. - Steven Wright
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold. - Ogden Nash
Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless. - Sinclair Lewis
Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees. - David Letterman
Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish. - Steven Wright
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold. - Ogden Nash
Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless. - Sinclair Lewis
Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees. - David Letterman
Monday, October 10, 2011
Dr Roy's Thoughts: Three Oz Scientists on climate change
Dr Roy's Thoughts: Three Oz Scientists on climate change: An interesting panel on the Oz carbon tax and climate change.
Quotes
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. - Washington Irving
No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets. - Edward Abbey
Imitation is the sincerest form of television. - Fred Allen
If it weren't for my lawyer, I'd still be in prison. It went a lot faster with two people digging. - Joe Martin
After all is said and done, a lot more will be said than done. - Unknown
No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets. - Edward Abbey
Imitation is the sincerest form of television. - Fred Allen
If it weren't for my lawyer, I'd still be in prison. It went a lot faster with two people digging. - Joe Martin
After all is said and done, a lot more will be said than done. - Unknown
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Quotes
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. - Walter Winchell
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. - P. J. O'Rourke
My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too. - Peter De Vries
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. - Isaac Asimov
It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that. - G. H. Hardy
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. - P. J. O'Rourke
My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too. - Peter De Vries
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. - Isaac Asimov
It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that. - G. H. Hardy
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Quotes
The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor. - Horace
Doing nothing is very hard to do ... you never know when you're finished. - Leslie Nielsen
A little learning is a dangerous thing but a lot of ignorance is just as bad. - Bob Edwards
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all. - Samuel Butler
Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so. - Bertrand Russell
Doing nothing is very hard to do ... you never know when you're finished. - Leslie Nielsen
A little learning is a dangerous thing but a lot of ignorance is just as bad. - Bob Edwards
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all. - Samuel Butler
Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so. - Bertrand Russell
Friday, October 7, 2011
Quotes
He who angers you conquers you. - Elizabeth Kenny
There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past. - George Carlin
Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes. - Norman Douglas
It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled sea of thought. - John Kenneth Galbraith
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. - George Bernard Shaw
There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past. - George Carlin
Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes. - Norman Douglas
It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled sea of thought. - John Kenneth Galbraith
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. - George Bernard Shaw
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Quotes
Life is too important to be taken seriously. - Oscar Wilde
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde
It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time. - Tallulah Bankhead
I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them. - Jane Austen
There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, 'Well, here I am!' and those who come in and say, 'Ah, there you are.' - Frederick L Collins
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde
It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time. - Tallulah Bankhead
I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them. - Jane Austen
There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, 'Well, here I am!' and those who come in and say, 'Ah, there you are.' - Frederick L Collins
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Quotes
Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself. - Michel de Montaigne
To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other. - Jack Handey
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think. - Niels Bohr
Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia. - Charles M. Schulz
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. - German Proverb
To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other. - Jack Handey
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think. - Niels Bohr
Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia. - Charles M. Schulz
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. - German Proverb
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Quotes
No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed. - Harold MacMillan
Indecision may or may not be my problem. - Jimmy Buffett
The greatest mystery is not that we have been flung at random between the profusion of matter and of the stars, but that within this prison we can draw from ourselves images powerful enough to deny our nothingness. - Andre Malraux
The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools. - Doug Larson
Indecision may or may not be my problem. - Jimmy Buffett
The greatest mystery is not that we have been flung at random between the profusion of matter and of the stars, but that within this prison we can draw from ourselves images powerful enough to deny our nothingness. - Andre Malraux
The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools. - Doug Larson
Monday, October 3, 2011
Quotes
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well. - Horace Walpole
I think it's always a good move to listen to that inner voice, if it doesn't lead to a crime. - Lisa Kudrow
The road to hell is paved with adverbs. - Stephen King
Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. - George Burns
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. - Mark Twain
I think it's always a good move to listen to that inner voice, if it doesn't lead to a crime. - Lisa Kudrow
The road to hell is paved with adverbs. - Stephen King
Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. - George Burns
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. - Mark Twain
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Quotes
Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away. - Arthur Helps
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The higher the buildings, the lower the morals. - Noel Coward
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. - Ernest Benn
Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. - Quentin Crisp
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The higher the buildings, the lower the morals. - Noel Coward
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. - Ernest Benn
Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. - Quentin Crisp
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