Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - October 30, 2009
As I was walking up the stair
I met a man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today.
I wish, I wish he'd stay away.
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Hughes Mearns
To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
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Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of it.
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Carl Becker
The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.
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Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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What Wouldn't Jesus Do?
Funny T-Shirts from Busted Tees

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