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The following quotations were randomly selected from the collections selected below . - The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
- J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, 1999
- An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
- Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), 'Histoire d'un crime,' 1852
- Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.
- Bob Newhart (1929 - )
- There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably good book.
- Saul Bellow (1915 - 2005)
- All a good letter has to do is make you feel special.
- Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
- Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?
- Rose Kennedy (1890 - 1995)
- I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
- Cato the Elder (234 BC - 149 BC)
- My favorite animal is steak.
- Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
- Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.
- Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727)
- Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself.
- Jane Wagner
- It is amazing how much crisper the general experience of life becomes when your body is given a chance to develop a little strength.
- Frank Duff, A Coder in Courierland, 03-20-05
- You have to accept the plan and realize that if you slip, and you might, you can’t use that as a reason to give up or stop.
- Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
- I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.
- Woody Allen (1935 - )
- Do not consider painful what is good for you.
- Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC)
- The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), "Mostly Harmless"
- The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.
- Jane Goodall (1934 - )
- While there's life, there's hope.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Ad Atticum
- Worry is a misuse of imagination.
- Dan Zadra
- The only thing that lasts longer than a friend's love is the stupidity that keeps us from knowing any better.
- Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 09-07-06
- The best way to get approval is not to need it.
- Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 27, 08-22-04
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