Even more exasperating than the guy
who thinks he knows it all is the one who really
does. Al Bernstein Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get
sucked into jet engines. Unknown Unknown Ambition is a poor excuse for not
having enough sense to be lazy. You've got to have something to eat
and a little love in your life before you can hold still for
any damn body's sermon on how to behave. Billie Holiday 90% of the work will take 90% of the
time. The last 10% of the work will take the other 90% of
the time. Unknown Unknown Sometimes the majority just means that
all the fools are on the same side. The trouble with jogging is, by the
time you realize you're not in shape for it, it's too far to
walk back. Unknown Vital papers will demonstrate their
vitality by spontaneously moving from the place you left
them to where you can't find them. Unknown Unknown It's easy to identify people who can't
count to ten. They're in front of you in the supermarket
express lane. First we want. Then we get. Then we
wonder why we wanted it. Then we get it again. Unknown Each year it takes less time to cross
the country and more time to get to work. Mary Waldrip Gene Brown Foolproof systems don't take into
account the ingenuity of fools. Sainthood is only acceptable in
saints. Pamela Hansford Johnson If the world were a logical place, men
would ride sidesaddle. Rita Mae Brown Jaques Barzun Teaching is not a lost art, but the
regard for it is a lost tradition. The difference between America and
England is that Americans think 100 years is a long time,
while the English think 100 miles is a long way. Earle Hitchner (dedicated to Byron) To a man with an empty stomach, food
is God. Ghandi Jean Paul Richter For sleep, riches, and health to be
truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted. A pat on the back is only a few
vertebrae from a kick in the pants, but it's miles ahead in
results. Unknown Being human is a privilege. Not an
excuse. Unknown Paul Fix The only reason some people get lost
in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory. Thinking is what a great many people
think they are doing when they are simply rearranging their
prejudices. William James The reason grandparents and
grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common
enemy. Sam Levinson Ernest Hemingway Always do sober what you said you'd do
drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth
shut. Never argue with an idiot. They drag
you down to their level, then beat you with
experience. Unknown Regret for the things we did can be
tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do
that is inconsolable. Sydney J. Harris The United Church Observer Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson:
you find the present tense and the past perfect. Consistency requires you to be as
ignorant today as you were a year ago. Bernard Berenson It is a fine thing to establish one's
own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on
tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you,
later, not a lesser, but a greater thing. D. H. Lawrence Oscar Wilde Experience is simply the name we give
our mistakes. Men occasionally stumble over the
truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as
if nothing ever happened. Winston Churchill Early morning cheerfulness can be
extremely obnoxious. William Feather Unknown It is strange how an earthquake 4,000
miles away seems less of a catastrophe than the first
scratch on our new car. Character is the ability to maintain a
resolution, after the spirit in which it was made has
passed. Dave Severn Most human beings have an almost
infinite capacity for taking things for granted. Aldous Huxley Tom Brokaw It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot
tougher to make a difference. The way to get things done is not to
mind who gets the credit for doing them. Benjamin Jowett Feed the babies, who don't have enough
to eat. / Shoe the children, with no shoes on their feet. /
House the people living in the streets. / Now there's a
solution. Steve Miller Isaac Asimov Never let your sense of morals get in
the way of doing what's right.
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