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Bio"Life is hard. It’s even harder if you’re stupid." -- Anonymous
"It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion."
-- William Randolph Inge
"So long as you rob Peter to pay Paul, you'll have Paul's support." -- Anonymous
"The cynic is his own worst enemy. It requires far less skill to run a wrecking company than it does to be an architect." -- U.S. Andersen
"Progress depends on people knowing they'll be able to profit from their ideas." -- Deborah Neville
"To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." -- Theodore Roosevelt
"You cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do." -- Liz Smith
"The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a good discussion." -- G.K. Chesterton
"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true."
-- James Clabell in 1926
"False freedom leaves a man free to do what he likes; true freedom, to do what he ought." -- Anonymous
"If your number one goal is to make sure that everyone likes and approves of you, then you risk sacrificing your uniqueness and, therefore, your excellence." --Anonymous
"Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness." -- Chinese Proverb
"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory." -- Leonardo Da Vinci
"I plan on living forever. So far, so good." -- Anonymous
"The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment." -- Anonymous
"If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself." -- Albert Einstein
"Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction has to make sense." --Anonymous
"Wise people talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -- Plato
"He who praises himself has a congregation of one". -- Jewish proverb.
"Let us so live life that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." -- Mark Twain
"You are where you are today because you stand on somebody's shoulders. And wherever you are heading, you cannot get there by yourself. If you stand on the shoulders of others, you have a reciprocal responsibility to live your life so that others may stand on your shoulders. It's the quid pro quo of life. We exist temporarily through what we take, but we live forever through what we give" -- Vernon Jordan, in a speech at Howard University, 2002.
"Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch." -- James Baldwin
"Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential." - Winston Churchill
"Go out and preach the gospel and if you must, use words." -- St. Francis of Assisi
"Truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it; ignorance may deride it; malice may distort it; but there it is."
-- Winston Churchill
"The two quickest ways to disaster are to take nobody's advice and to take everybody's advice." -- Dublin Opinion
Want to make God laugh? Tell Him you've got plans. -- Anonymous
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. --Albert Einstein
There are two ways to slide easily through life: To believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking. --Alfred Korzybski
If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends, you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue. --Alice Duer Miller
The entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just one person. --V. Putnam
It is no use saying, "We are doing our best." You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
--Winston Churchill
"What yells out at the US public . . . is the incandescent hypocrisy of so many people who, in the name of free speech, persecute its practitioners if their opinions are conservative." --William F. Buckley.
"It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion."
-- William Randolph Inge
"So long as you rob Peter to pay Paul, you'll have Paul's support." -- Anonymous
"The cynic is his own worst enemy. It requires far less skill to run a wrecking company than it does to be an architect." -- U.S. Andersen
"Progress depends on people knowing they'll be able to profit from their ideas." -- Deborah Neville
"To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." -- Theodore Roosevelt
"You cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do." -- Liz Smith
"The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a good discussion." -- G.K. Chesterton
"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true."
-- James Clabell in 1926
"False freedom leaves a man free to do what he likes; true freedom, to do what he ought." -- Anonymous
"If your number one goal is to make sure that everyone likes and approves of you, then you risk sacrificing your uniqueness and, therefore, your excellence." --Anonymous
"Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness." -- Chinese Proverb
"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory." -- Leonardo Da Vinci
"I plan on living forever. So far, so good." -- Anonymous
"The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment." -- Anonymous
"If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself." -- Albert Einstein
"Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction has to make sense." --Anonymous
"Wise people talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -- Plato
"He who praises himself has a congregation of one". -- Jewish proverb.
"Let us so live life that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." -- Mark Twain
"You are where you are today because you stand on somebody's shoulders. And wherever you are heading, you cannot get there by yourself. If you stand on the shoulders of others, you have a reciprocal responsibility to live your life so that others may stand on your shoulders. It's the quid pro quo of life. We exist temporarily through what we take, but we live forever through what we give" -- Vernon Jordan, in a speech at Howard University, 2002.
"Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch." -- James Baldwin
"Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential." - Winston Churchill
"Go out and preach the gospel and if you must, use words." -- St. Francis of Assisi
"Truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it; ignorance may deride it; malice may distort it; but there it is."
-- Winston Churchill
"The two quickest ways to disaster are to take nobody's advice and to take everybody's advice." -- Dublin Opinion
Want to make God laugh? Tell Him you've got plans. -- Anonymous
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. --Albert Einstein
There are two ways to slide easily through life: To believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking. --Alfred Korzybski
If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends, you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue. --Alice Duer Miller
The entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just one person. --V. Putnam
It is no use saying, "We are doing our best." You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
--Winston Churchill
"What yells out at the US public . . . is the incandescent hypocrisy of so many people who, in the name of free speech, persecute its practitioners if their opinions are conservative." --William F. Buckley.
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