Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - September 16, 2012
A diplomat... is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.
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Caskie Stinnett, Out of the Red (1960)  
Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.
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Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)  
I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me they are wonderful things for other people to go on.
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Jean Kerr  
The best way to compile inaccurate information that no one wants is to make it up.
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Scott Adams (1957 - ), Dilbert, 07-12-09  
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