Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - August 13, 2014
Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.
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Tom Robbins (1936 - )  
When we got into office, the thing that surprised me the most was that things were as bad as we'd been saying they were.
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John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)  
The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.
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Havelock Ellis (1859 - 1939)  
When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
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Yogi Berra (1925 - )  
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