It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive. ~Mark Twain, Following the Equator
Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases. ~Hippocrates, Aphorisms
There are two things you can do with your head down - play golf and pray. ~Lee Trevino
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire. ~Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld, translated from French
Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things. ~Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus puerisque, 1881
A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not. ~Henry Fielding
I will always remember my delight when Mrs. Georgia Gilmore - an unlettered woman of unusual intelligence - told how an operator demanded that she get off the bus after paying her fare and board it again by the back door, and then drove away before she could get there. She turned to Judge Carter and said: "When they count the money, they do not know Negro money from white money." ~Martin Luther King, Jr., March 1956
I always like a dog so long as he isn't spelled backward. ~G.K. Chesterton
A friend accepts us as we are yet helps us to be what we should. ~Author Unknown
To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another. ~Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved
Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness. ~Margaret Millar
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others. ~Albert Camus, The Fall, 1956
One is tempted to say that the most human plants, after all, are the weeds. ~John Burroughs, Pepacton, 1881
Time spent with cats is never wasted. ~May Sarton
There is no royal path to good writing; and such paths as do exist do not lead through neat critical gardens, various as they are, but through the jungles of self, the world, and of craft. ~Jessamyn West, Saturday Review, 21 September 1957
The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough. ~Germaine Greer
Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind. ~John F. Kennedy, 1961
The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker. ~Helen Keller
My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather. ~Terri Guillemets
Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it. ~P.J. O'Rourke
Rule #1: Use your good judgment in all situations. There will be no additional rules. ~Nordstrom's Employee Handbook
I like naked women. I'm a bloke. I'm supposed to like them. We're born like that. We like naked women as soon as we're pulled out of one. Halfway down the birth canal we're already enjoying the view. ~Coupling, "Inferno," original airdate 2 June 2000, written by Steven Moffat, spoken by the character Steve
I will lift up mine eyes unto the pills. Almost everyone takes them, from the humble aspirin to the multi-coloured, king-sized three deckers, which put you to sleep, wake you up, stimulate and soothe you all in one. It is an age of pills. ~Malcolm Muggeridge
Sewing forever, housework whenever. ~Author Unknown
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