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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. - Izaak Walton
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience. - George Bernard Shaw
To err is human--and to blame it on a computer is even more so. - Robert Orben
Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted. - Hesketh Pearson
My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted. - Steven Wright
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience. - George Bernard Shaw
To err is human--and to blame it on a computer is even more so. - Robert Orben
Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted. - Hesketh Pearson
My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted. - Steven Wright
Sunday, January 29, 2012
The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others. - Friedrich Nietzsche
Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest. - Wilson Mizner
Against logic there is no armor like ignorance. - Laurence J. Peter
You are not superior just because you see the world in an odious light. - Vicomte de Chateaubriand
Seek home for rest, for home is best. - Thomas Tusser
Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest. - Wilson Mizner
Against logic there is no armor like ignorance. - Laurence J. Peter
You are not superior just because you see the world in an odious light. - Vicomte de Chateaubriand
Seek home for rest, for home is best. - Thomas Tusser
Saturday, January 28, 2012
We can learn something new anytime we believe we can. - Virginia Satir
If you live long enough, the venerability factor creeps in; first, you get accused of things you never did, and later, credited for virtues you never had. - I. F. Stone
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately. - Michel de Montaigne
Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before. - Rita Rudner
The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it. - Benjamin Disraeli
If you live long enough, the venerability factor creeps in; first, you get accused of things you never did, and later, credited for virtues you never had. - I. F. Stone
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately. - Michel de Montaigne
Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before. - Rita Rudner
The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it. - Benjamin Disraeli
Friday, January 27, 2012
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else. - Charles Dickens
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. - Winston Churchill
Every increased possession loads us with new weariness. - John Ruskin
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. - Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.
Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it. - Alfred Hitchcock
A nation is a society united by delusions about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbors. - William Ralph Inge
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. - Winston Churchill
Every increased possession loads us with new weariness. - John Ruskin
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. - Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.
Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it. - Alfred Hitchcock
A nation is a society united by delusions about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbors. - William Ralph Inge
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. - Hannah Arendt
A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child. - H. L. Mencken
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. - Aristotle
Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain. - Edward De Bono
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. - Ronald Reagan
A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child. - H. L. Mencken
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. - Aristotle
Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain. - Edward De Bono
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. - Ronald Reagan
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
A will finds a way. - Orison Swett Marden
Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things. - Robert Louis Stevenson
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you. - Rita Mae Brown
The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor.', I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about drugs.' - Roy Blount Jr.
Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody. - Mark Twain
When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself. - Peter O'Toole
Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things. - Robert Louis Stevenson
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you. - Rita Mae Brown
The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor.', I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about drugs.' - Roy Blount Jr.
Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody. - Mark Twain
When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself. - Peter O'Toole
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation. - Ivan Illich
Rational arguments don't usually work on religious people. Otherwise, there wouldn't be religious people. - Doris Egan The wages of sin are unreported. - Unknown
On my income tax 1040 it says 'Check this box if you are blind.' I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away. - Tom Lehrer
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. - Will Rogers
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill
Rational arguments don't usually work on religious people. Otherwise, there wouldn't be religious people. - Doris Egan The wages of sin are unreported. - Unknown
On my income tax 1040 it says 'Check this box if you are blind.' I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away. - Tom Lehrer
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. - Will Rogers
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill
Monday, January 23, 2012
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. - William Morris
All the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. - Harry S Truman
The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79. - Douglas Adams
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously. - Henry Kissinger
Stoop and you'll be stepped on; stand tall and you'll be shot at. - Carlos A. Urbizo
What would I do if I had only six months left to live? I'd type faster. - Isaac Asimov
All the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. - Harry S Truman
The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79. - Douglas Adams
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously. - Henry Kissinger
Stoop and you'll be stepped on; stand tall and you'll be shot at. - Carlos A. Urbizo
What would I do if I had only six months left to live? I'd type faster. - Isaac Asimov
Sunday, January 22, 2012
One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it. - Elizabeth Bowen
Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed. - Herman Melville
If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you. - Don Marquis
Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays. - Oscar Wilde
Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you. - Cyril Connolly
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough. - Albert Einstein
Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed. - Herman Melville
If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you. - Don Marquis
Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays. - Oscar Wilde
Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you. - Cyril Connolly
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough. - Albert Einstein
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Men willingly believe what they wish. - Gaius Julius Caesar
First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. - Thomas Kempis
I'm glad I didn't have to fight in any war. I'm glad I didn't have to pick up a gun. I'm glad I didn't get killed or kill somebody. I hope my kids enjoy the same lack of manhood. - Tom Hanks
There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is a willingness to contemplate what is happening. - Marshall McLuhan
A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts. - Colette
The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made. - Jean Giraudoux
First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. - Thomas Kempis
I'm glad I didn't have to fight in any war. I'm glad I didn't have to pick up a gun. I'm glad I didn't get killed or kill somebody. I hope my kids enjoy the same lack of manhood. - Tom Hanks
There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is a willingness to contemplate what is happening. - Marshall McLuhan
A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts. - Colette
The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made. - Jean Giraudoux
Friday, January 20, 2012
Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold. - Herbert Spencer
Think of what would happen to us in America if there were no humorists; life would be one long Congressional Record. - Tom Masson
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance. - Anatole France
Where facts are few, experts are many. - Donald R. Gannon
I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy. - Richard Feynman
Think of what would happen to us in America if there were no humorists; life would be one long Congressional Record. - Tom Masson
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance. - Anatole France
Where facts are few, experts are many. - Donald R. Gannon
I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy. - Richard Feynman
Thursday, January 19, 2012
This is what I think is very essential... moderation can be good for you. - Robert Mondavi
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. - Soren Kierkegaard
Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. - Evelyn Waugh
Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other. - Ann Landers
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. - George Bernard Shaw
We are the only animals that let our kids come back home. - Bill Cosby
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. - Soren Kierkegaard
Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. - Evelyn Waugh
Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other. - Ann Landers
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. - George Bernard Shaw
We are the only animals that let our kids come back home. - Bill Cosby
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Create each day anew. - Morihei Ueshiba
Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what's right. - Isaac Asimov
When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web.... Now even my cat has its own page. - Bill Clinton
The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin. - Heinrich Heine
I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. - Rita Rudner
O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet. - Saint Augustine
Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what's right. - Isaac Asimov
When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web.... Now even my cat has its own page. - Bill Clinton
The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin. - Heinrich Heine
I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. - Rita Rudner
O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet. - Saint Augustine
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
It's a Social Construct...
Everyone is an individual and not equal but should have equal opportunity.
Good listeners, like precious gems, are to be treasured. - Walter Anderson
Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy. - George Carlin
What's the use of a good quotation if you can't change it? - Doctor Who
Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster. - Quentin Crisp
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong. - Dandemis
Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. - Benjamin Franklin
Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy. - George Carlin
What's the use of a good quotation if you can't change it? - Doctor Who
Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster. - Quentin Crisp
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong. - Dandemis
Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. - Benjamin Franklin
Monday, January 16, 2012
... when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The only thing that lasts longer than a friend's love is the stupidity that keeps us from knowing any better. - Randy K. Milholland
Walking isn't a lost art: one must, by some means, get to the garage. - Evan Esar
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it. - Terry Pratchett
If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like. - Phyllis Diller
The only thing that lasts longer than a friend's love is the stupidity that keeps us from knowing any better. - Randy K. Milholland
Walking isn't a lost art: one must, by some means, get to the garage. - Evan Esar
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it. - Terry Pratchett
If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like. - Phyllis Diller
Sunday, January 15, 2012
The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions. - Alfred Adler
Rules are just helpful guidelines for stupid people who can't make up their own minds. - Seth Hoffman
History is more or less bunk. - Henry Ford
Criminal: A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation. - Howard Scott
USA Today has come out with a new survey - apparently, three out of every four people make up 75% of the population. - David Letterman
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein
Rules are just helpful guidelines for stupid people who can't make up their own minds. - Seth Hoffman
History is more or less bunk. - Henry Ford
Criminal: A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation. - Howard Scott
USA Today has come out with a new survey - apparently, three out of every four people make up 75% of the population. - David Letterman
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein
Saturday, January 14, 2012
A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind. - Lewis Mumford
Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there. - E. H. Gombrich
Are you going to come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs? - Spike Milligan
Spare no expense to save money on this one. - Samuel Goldwyn
Too much of a good thing is wonderful. - Mae West
Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there. - E. H. Gombrich
Are you going to come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs? - Spike Milligan
Spare no expense to save money on this one. - Samuel Goldwyn
Too much of a good thing is wonderful. - Mae West
Friday, January 13, 2012
Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered. - John Updike
Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you're a consultant. - Scott Adams
It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea. - Robert Anton Wilson
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right. - H. L. Mencken
Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. - Friedrich Nietzsche
If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough. - Mario Andretti
Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you're a consultant. - Scott Adams
It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea. - Robert Anton Wilson
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right. - H. L. Mencken
Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. - Friedrich Nietzsche
If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough. - Mario Andretti
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Life is an adventure in forgiveness. - Norman Cousins
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. - Joseph Conrad
Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you. - Fran Lebowitz
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. - Josh Billings
Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become Love. That is the mystery. - Katherine Mansfield
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. - Joseph Conrad
Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you. - Fran Lebowitz
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. - Josh Billings
Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become Love. That is the mystery. - Katherine Mansfield
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
I never learned from a man who agreed with me. - Robert A. Heinlein
The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling that I have always cultivated. - Oscar Wilde
I'm going to stay in show business until I'm the last one left. - George Burns
The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. - Albert Einstein
A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes. - James Feibleman
Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad. - Truman Capote
The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling that I have always cultivated. - Oscar Wilde
I'm going to stay in show business until I'm the last one left. - George Burns
The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. - Albert Einstein
A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes. - James Feibleman
Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad. - Truman Capote
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. - Golda Meir
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. - P. G. Wodehouse
I don't generally feel anything until noon; then it's time for my nap. - Bob Hope
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. - Bertrand Russell
I only know two pieces; one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't. - Victor Borge
There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad. - Salvador Dali
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. - P. G. Wodehouse
I don't generally feel anything until noon; then it's time for my nap. - Bob Hope
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. - Bertrand Russell
I only know two pieces; one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't. - Victor Borge
There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad. - Salvador Dali
Monday, January 9, 2012
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. - William Arthur
Ward An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. - Friedrich Engels
The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever. - Anatole France
The worst thing about Europe is that you can't go out in the middle of the night and get a Slurpee. - Tellis Frank
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. - Mark Twain
Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem. - Bill Vaughan
Ward An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. - Friedrich Engels
The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever. - Anatole France
The worst thing about Europe is that you can't go out in the middle of the night and get a Slurpee. - Tellis Frank
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. - Mark Twain
Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem. - Bill Vaughan
Sunday, January 8, 2012
The price of greatness is responsibility. - Winston Churchill
When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it. - Bernard Bailey
Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit. - Aristotle
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. - Don Marquis
A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure. - Segal's Law
When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it. - Bernard Bailey
Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit. - Aristotle
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. - Don Marquis
A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure. - Segal's Law
Saturday, January 7, 2012
They're only truly great who are truly good. - George Chapman
Fear not those who argue but those who dodge. - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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
He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which. - Douglas Adams
Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science. - Henri Poincare
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense. - Carl Sagan
Fear not those who argue but those who dodge. - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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
He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which. - Douglas Adams
Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science. - Henri Poincare
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense. - Carl Sagan
Friday, January 6, 2012
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. - Plutarch
It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when men control the destinies of stars. - Arthur C. Clarke
Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs. - Christopher Hampton
My Karma ran over your dogma. - Unknown
I am at two with nature. - Woody Allen
We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love. - Ronnie D. Laing
It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when men control the destinies of stars. - Arthur C. Clarke
Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs. - Christopher Hampton
My Karma ran over your dogma. - Unknown
I am at two with nature. - Woody Allen
We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love. - Ronnie D. Laing
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. - B. F. Skinner
Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. - Robert Louis Stevenson
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. - Sir Winston Churchill
Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it. - Russell Baker
Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet? - Lily Tomlin
Orthography: The science of spelling by the eye instead of the ear. - Ambrose Bierce
Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. - Robert Louis Stevenson
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. - Sir Winston Churchill
Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it. - Russell Baker
Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet? - Lily Tomlin
Orthography: The science of spelling by the eye instead of the ear. - Ambrose Bierce
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Thomas Sowell "Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back."
The years teach much which the days never know. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork. - Edward Abbey
Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. - Thomas H. Huxley
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. - Rene Descartes
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
Future: That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. - Ambrose Bierce
One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork. - Edward Abbey
Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. - Thomas H. Huxley
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. - Rene Descartes
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
Future: That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. - Ambrose Bierce
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. - Voltaire
Society, my dear, is like salt water, good to swim in but hard to swallow. - Arthur Stringer
A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not. - Henry Fielding
I want to find a voracious, small-minded predator and name it after the IRS. - Robert Bakker
The shortest distance between two points is under construction. - Noelie Altito
What ought to be done to the man who invented the celebrating of anniversaries? Mere killing would be too light. - Mark Twain
Society, my dear, is like salt water, good to swim in but hard to swallow. - Arthur Stringer
A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not. - Henry Fielding
I want to find a voracious, small-minded predator and name it after the IRS. - Robert Bakker
The shortest distance between two points is under construction. - Noelie Altito
What ought to be done to the man who invented the celebrating of anniversaries? Mere killing would be too light. - Mark Twain
Monday, January 2, 2012
Gates of Vienna: Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/1/2012
Gates of Vienna: Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/1/2012: Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he will oppose the DREAM Act — which would smooth the path to citizenship for certain ill...
There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em. - Yogi Berra
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted. - James Branch Cabell
You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone. - John Ciardi
If you believe everything you read, better not read. - Japanese Proverb
Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet. - Mae West
I do not know myself and God forbid that I should. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted. - James Branch Cabell
You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone. - John Ciardi
If you believe everything you read, better not read. - Japanese Proverb
Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet. - Mae West
I do not know myself and God forbid that I should. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Sunday, January 1, 2012
New Year's Day is every man's birthday. - Charles Lamb
When
I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them. - Rodney Dangerfield
Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way. - Jane Austen
Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it. - Stephen Vizinczey
If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody. - Agatha Christie
There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. - George Bernard Shaw
I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them. - Rodney Dangerfield
Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way. - Jane Austen
Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it. - Stephen Vizinczey
If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody. - Agatha Christie
There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. - George Bernard Shaw
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