Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - October 18, 2016
There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
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Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)  
Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.
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Quentin Crisp  
The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful, but not from anybody else.
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John Blake  
The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.
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Bella Abzug (1920 - )  
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