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The following quotations were randomly selected from the collections selected below . - Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.
- Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
- Love much. Earth has enough of bitter in it.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- It's pretty clear now that what looked like it might have been some kind of counterculture is, in reality, just the plain old chaos of undifferentiated weirdness.
- Jerry Garcia
- We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
- William Arthur Ward
- The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
- A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.
- Bob Hope (1903 - 2003)
- A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
- Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), (attributed)
- Call no man foe, but never love a stranger.
- Stella Benson
- The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
- Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
- If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
- Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions, then you are forever chained to a position of defense.
- Holly Lisle, Fire In The Mist, 1992
- You can forget a lot of things, but you cannot forget a woman’s name and claim to love her.
- Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, October 20, 2003
- Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit.
- Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
- We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
- Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)
- If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
- J. Paul Getty (1892 - 1976)
- You know, you can't please all the people all the time... and last night, all those people were at my show.
- Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005)
- Trade your secrets and become who you are.
- Frank Warren, PostSecret, 09-06-08
- Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake in despair.
- C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963), 'The Pilgrim's Regress'
- I can safely say, that the happiest part of my life has been spent on board a ship.
- Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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