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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Imagination is the wide-open eye which leads us always to see truth more vividly. - Christopher Fry
Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does. - Evan Esar
About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends. - Herbert Hoover
There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home. - Ken Olsen
When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?' - Don Marquis
Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does. - Evan Esar
About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends. - Herbert Hoover
There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home. - Ken Olsen
When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?' - Don Marquis
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue. - Izaak Walton
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city. - Charles Caleb Colton
Why do writers write? Because it isn't there. - Thomas Berger
There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes. - Doctor Who
Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others. - Jonathan Winters
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city. - Charles Caleb Colton
Why do writers write? Because it isn't there. - Thomas Berger
There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes. - Doctor Who
Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others. - Jonathan Winters
Monday, February 27, 2012
AGU President on Gleick’s “shocking fall from grace”: “His transgression cannot be condoned, regardless of his motives.” | Watts Up With That?
Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed. - Alexander Pope
Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night. - Philip K. Dick
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. - Samuel Johnson
You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing. - Michael Pritchard
We're not lost. We're locationally challenged. - John M. Ford
Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night. - Philip K. Dick
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. - Samuel Johnson
You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing. - Michael Pritchard
We're not lost. We're locationally challenged. - John M. Ford
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Celestial Junk: The Great 2012 Grovel
Celestial Junk: The Great 2012 Grovel: Imagine ... apologizing to a bunch of barbarians who worship a child raping, misogynistic, mentally ill, anti-human lump of guano ... a bun...
Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit. - Khalil Gibran
The graveyards are full of indispensable men. - Charles de Gaulle
Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. - Lucille Ball
From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it. - Groucho Marx
The graveyards are full of indispensable men. - Charles de Gaulle
Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. - Lucille Ball
From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it. - Groucho Marx
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Joy is the simplest form of gratitude. - Karl Barth
If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect. - Ted Turner
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more. - Mark Twain
I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. - Blaise Pascal
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it. - Stephen Leacock
If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect. - Ted Turner
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more. - Mark Twain
I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. - Blaise Pascal
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it. - Stephen Leacock
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Celestial Junk: Just Another Green Doing What Greens Do
Celestial Junk: Just Another Green Doing What Greens Do: Cheating ... lying ... and corrupting: Earlier this evening, Peter Gleick, a prominent figure in the global warming movement, confessed t...
No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one. - Jessica Savitch
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. - Henry David Thoreau
If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it. - Arthur Schopenhauer
I was the kid next door's imaginary friend. - Emo Phillips
Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. - Ambrose Bierce
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. - Henry David Thoreau
If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it. - Arthur Schopenhauer
I was the kid next door's imaginary friend. - Emo Phillips
Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. - Ambrose Bierce
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand. - Thomas Aquinas
A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck. - Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something. - Robert Heinlein
It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull. - H. L. Mencken
Only fools are positive. - Moe Howard
A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck. - Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something. - Robert Heinlein
It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull. - H. L. Mencken
Only fools are positive. - Moe Howard
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind. - Morihei Ueshiba
War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace. - Thomas Mann
Never go out to meet trouble. If you will just sit still, nine cases out of ten someone will intercept it before it reaches you. - Calvin Coolidge
Golf and sex are about the only things you can enjoy without being good at. - Jimmy Demaret
Drama is life with the dull bits cut out. - Alfred Hitchcock
War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace. - Thomas Mann
Never go out to meet trouble. If you will just sit still, nine cases out of ten someone will intercept it before it reaches you. - Calvin Coolidge
Golf and sex are about the only things you can enjoy without being good at. - Jimmy Demaret
Drama is life with the dull bits cut out. - Alfred Hitchcock
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Wherever you go, go with all your heart. - Confucius
Adams I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure. - John D. Rockefeller
As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it. - Dick Cavett
Democracy is the name we give the people whenever we need them. - Marquis de Flers Robert and Arman de Caillavet
Adams I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure. - John D. Rockefeller
As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it. - Dick Cavett
Democracy is the name we give the people whenever we need them. - Marquis de Flers Robert and Arman de Caillavet
Monday, February 13, 2012
Weasel Zippers » Blog Archive » Internal Memos Show Soros-Funded Media Matters Closely Coordinates Attacks On Conservatives With White House Advisers…
Silence is true wisdom's best reply. - Euripides
Man always gets less than he demands from life. - Jack London
When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. - Jonathan Swift
We need a president who's fluent in at least one language. - Buck Henry
I have often depended on the blindness of strangers. - Adrienne E. Gusoff
Man always gets less than he demands from life. - Jack London
When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. - Jonathan Swift
We need a president who's fluent in at least one language. - Buck Henry
I have often depended on the blindness of strangers. - Adrienne E. Gusoff
Sunday, February 12, 2012
I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect. - Edward Gibbon
I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity. - Tom Stoppard
The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers. - Scott Adams
The only thing worse than a man you can't control is a man you can. - Margo Kaufman
Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity. - Tom Stoppard
The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers. - Scott Adams
The only thing worse than a man you can't control is a man you can. - Margo Kaufman
Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Saturday, February 11, 2012
When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves. - William Arthur Ward
If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty.' - Jeff Foxworthy
Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death. - Harold Wilson
If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised. - Dorothy Parker
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. - Mark Twain
If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty.' - Jeff Foxworthy
Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death. - Harold Wilson
If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised. - Dorothy Parker
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. - Mark Twain
Friday, February 10, 2012
The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. - H. L. Mencken
The really frightening thing about middle age is that you know you'll grow out of it. - Doris Day
Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president. - Johnny Carson
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. - Albert Einstein
What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens. - Ellen Glasgow
The really frightening thing about middle age is that you know you'll grow out of it. - Doris Day
Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president. - Johnny Carson
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. - Albert Einstein
What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens. - Ellen Glasgow
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity. - Euripides
There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president. - Kurt Vonnegut
He knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes. - James Thurber
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. - Thomas Jefferson
I like life. It's something to do. - Ronnie Shakes
There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president. - Kurt Vonnegut
He knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes. - James Thurber
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. - Thomas Jefferson
I like life. It's something to do. - Ronnie Shakes
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion. - Nadia Boulanger
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
A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election. - Bill Vaughan
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. - John Lennon
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. - Euripides
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
A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election. - Bill Vaughan
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. - John Lennon
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. - Euripides
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Let your mind alone, and see what happens. - Virgil Thomson
The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive. - Robert Heinlein
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. - Eric Hoffer
She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table. - Henry James
The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name. - Aldous Huxley
Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what's right. - Isaac Asimov
The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive. - Robert Heinlein
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. - Eric Hoffer
She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table. - Henry James
The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name. - Aldous Huxley
Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what's right. - Isaac Asimov