Quotes
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Intelligence
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. – Stephen Hawking Continue reading
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Stupidity
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. – Martin Luther King, Jr. Continue reading
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Faith
Faith is spiritualized imagination. – Henry Ward Beecher Continue reading
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Punctuality
Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. – Evelyn Waugh Continue reading
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Common Sense
Common sense is not so common. – Voltaire Continue reading
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I believe that a simple… – Albert Einstein
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind. – Albert Einstein Continue reading
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“That all men are equal…” – Aldous Huxley
“That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.” – Aldous Huxley Continue reading
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Everything
“People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.” – Isaac Asimov Continue reading
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Autumn
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” – Albert Camus Continue reading
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I wish… – Edgar Allan Poe
“I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.” – Edgar Allan Poe Continue reading
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“Think before you speak – Fran Lebowitz
“Think before you speak. Read before you think.” – Fran Lebowitz Continue reading
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Civilizations – Molly Johnson
“All the world’s great civilizations have followed the same path. From bondage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy back to bondage. If we are to be the exception to history, then we must break the cycle, for those who do not remember the past are… Continue reading
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“I spent three days a week…” – Ray Bradbury
“I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it’s better than college. People should educate themselves – you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had every book in the library and I’d written a thousand stories.” – Ray… Continue reading
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“Music is a moral…” – Plato
“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.” – Plato Continue reading
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“The best thing about the future…” – Abraham Lincoln
“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” – Abraham Lincoln Continue reading
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“I often think that a slightly exposed…” – Bette Davis
“I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed.” – Bette Davis Continue reading
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Stupid – John Stuart Mill
Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative. – John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) Continue reading
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America… – Hunter S. Thompson
America… just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable. – Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005) Continue reading
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Sex at age 90… – George Burns
Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope. – George Burns Continue reading
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Our society is run by insane people… – John Lennon
Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we’re being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I’m liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That’s what’s insane about it. – John Lennon Continue reading
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Computer Viruses – Stephen Hawking
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image. – Stephen Hawking Continue reading
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The whole aim of practical politics… – H.L. Mencken
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. – H.L. Mencken Continue reading
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Ninety-nine percent of the people… – Thornton Wilder
Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion. – Thornton Wilder Continue reading
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There are two types of poor people,… – Jean-Paul Sartre
There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck. – Jean-Paul Sartre Continue reading
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We don’t really need reviewers,… – Carroll O’Connor
We really don’t need reviewers, just first-night reporters who tell us faithfully whether or not the audience liked the show. – Carroll O’Connor Continue reading
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I was in enough to get along with people. …- Stephen King
I was in enough to get along with people. I was never socially inarticulate. And that saved my life, saved my sanity. That and the writing. But to this day I distrust anybody who thought school was a good time. Anybody. – Stephen King Continue reading
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Some people talk in their sleep… – Albert Camus
Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep. – Albert Camus Continue reading
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Most folks are as happy… – Abraham Lincoln
Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. – Abraham Lincoln Continue reading
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People don’t notice… – Anton Chekhov
People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy. – Anton Chekhov Continue reading
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Nature and books… – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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The Kingdom of Heaven… – John Burroughs
The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind. – John Burroughs Continue reading
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How I Love Lucy was born?… – Lucille Ball
How I love Lucy was born? We decided to that instead of divorce lawyers profiting from our mistakes, we’d profit from them. – Lucille Ball Continue reading
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Every saint has… – Oscar Wilde
Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. – Oscar Wilde Continue reading
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I consider that a man’s brain… – Arthur Conan Doyle
I consider a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. – Arthur Conan Doyle Continue reading
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Stupidity – Edgar Allan Poe
Stupidity is a talent for misconception. – Edgar Allan Poe Continue reading
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If you’re in trouble,… John Steinbeck
If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones. – John Steinbeck Continue reading
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Artists to my mind are the real… – William S. Burroughs
Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact. – William S. Burroughs Continue reading
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There are worse things in life… – Woody Allen
There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman? – Woody Allen Continue reading
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Habit is habit,… – Mark Twain
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. – Mark Twain Continue reading
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You know those days when you’ve got the mean reds… – Truman Capote / Breakfast at Tiffany’s
You know those days when you’ve got the mean reds…the blues are because you’re getting fat or maybe its been raining too long. You’re sad, that’s all. But the mean reds are horrible. You’re afraid and you sweat like hell, but you don’t know what you are afraid of. Except something bad is going to… Continue reading
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If you can’t sleep,… Dale Carnegie
If you can’t sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It’s the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep. – Dale Carnegie Continue reading
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Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery,… – Abraham Lincoln
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. – Abraham Lincoln Continue reading
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A jury consists of twelve persons… – Robert Frost
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. – Robert Frost Continue reading
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It’s not about how you look….
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“If you can’t explain it simply,…” – Albert Einstein
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Brother, you say that there is one way to worship… – Seneca
Brother, you say that there is one way to worship and serve the Great Spirit. If there is but one religion, why do you white people differ so much about it? Why not all agreed, as you can all read the Book? – Sogoyewapha, “Red Jacket”, Seneca Continue reading
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The past is not a package… – Emily Dickinson
The past is not a package one can lay away. – Emily Dickinson Continue reading
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An “acceptable” level of unemployment…
An “acceptable” level of unemployment means that the government economist to whom it is acceptable still has a job. – Author Unknown Continue reading
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I am thankful for laughter,… – Woody Allen
I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose. – Woody Allen Continue reading
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I’ve compiled a book… – Jerry Seinfeld
I’ve compiled a book from the Internet. It’s a book of quotations attributed to the wrong people. – Jerry Seinfeld Continue reading
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It is a pleasure… – Abraham Lincoln
It is a pleasure to be able to quote lines to fit any occasion. – Abraham Lincoln Continue reading
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We live in the era…
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Men are born ignorant,… – Bertrand Russell
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education. – Bertrand Russell Continue reading
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I love to go shopping. – Steven Wright
I love to go shopping. I love to freak out salespeople. They ask me if they can help me, and I say, “Have you got anything I’d like?” Then they ask me what size I need, and I say ” Extra medium.” – Steven Wright Continue reading
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Like the sky opens after a rainy day… – James Poland
Like the sky opens after a rainy day we must open to ourselves… Learn to love yourself for who you are and open so the world can see you shine. – James Poland Continue reading
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To keep the body in good health… – Buddha
To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. – Buddha Continue reading
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If the problem has a solution,…
If the problem has a solution, worrying is pointless, in the end the problem will be solved. If the problem has no solution, there is no reason to worry, because it can’t be solved. – Unknown author Continue reading
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In the sky, there is no distinction… – Buddha
In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west, people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true. – Buddha Continue reading
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You could not step twice into the same… – Heraclitus
You could never step twice into the same river, for other waters are forever flowing on to you. – Heraclitus Continue reading
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The sun shines and warms… – Ralph Waldo Emerson
The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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It is a man’s own mind… – Buddha
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways. – Buddha Continue reading
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“The secret of health…” – The Buddha
“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn the past, not to worry about the future, not to anticipate the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.” – The Buddha Continue reading
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Coffee leads men to trifle away…
Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle of water. – The Women’s Petition Against Coffee, 1674 Continue reading
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Those who deny freedom… – Abraham Lincoln
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. – Abraham Lincoln Continue reading
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Love is the answer,… – Woody Allen
Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions. – Woody Allen Continue reading
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You know you’ve read a… – paul sweeney
You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend. – Paul Sweeney Continue reading
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Yogi Berra, Some of his famous sayings and quotes
Whether your a baseball fan or not, and if you don’t know who Yogi Berra is, he played his entire career a catcher for the New York Yankees, plus later on down the road, managed the NY Mets. His quotes, sayings, adages are truly funny and some can be head scratching. Enjoy. Yogi Berra Lawrence… Continue reading
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Losers make promises… – Denis Waitley
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep. -Denis Waitley Continue reading
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Our major obligation is not…. – Edward R. Murrow
Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions. -Edward R. Murrow Continue reading
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There are two types of people in this world,… – Woody Allen
There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more. -Woody Allen Continue reading
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Life has no remote…
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The past can be a terrible weight…
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Wealthy people miss one of life’s…
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