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The following quotations were randomly selected from the collections selected below . - Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.
- Dr. Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734), Gnomologia, 1732
- The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man...only five hundred.
- Meredith Willson, The Music Man
- We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves.
- Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
- It has never been my object to record my dreams, just to realize them.
- Man Ray, O Magazine, September 2002
- The safest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it in your pocket.
- Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
- The entire economy of the Western world is built on things that cause cancer.
- From the 1985 movie "Bliss"
- Either I've been missing something or nothing has been going on.
- Karen Elizabeth Gordon
- If you are capable people are happy to play with you.
- Tina Fey, Interview from Second City, 2008
- It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not to deserve them.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
- I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time.
- Charles M. Schulz (1922 - 2000), Charlie Brown in "Peanuts"
- I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), speech in Washington D.C., 1865
- Here's a tip to avoid death by celebrity: First off, get a life. They can't touch you if you're out doing something interesting.
- Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine, Ask a Ninja, Question 55, 10-03-07
- I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.
- Bob Wells
- Promote yourself, but do not demote another.
- Israel Salanter
- Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.
- Sir William Osler (1849 - 1919)
- Anything that has real and lasting value is always a gift from within.
- Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)
- I phoned my dad to tell him I had stopped smoking. He called me a quitter.
- Steven Pearl
- The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand.
- Lewis Thomas (1913 - 1993)
- Nobody can tell you if what you're doing is good, meaningful or worthwhile. The more compelling the path, the more lonely it is.
- Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 5, 08-22-04
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