Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - March 05, 2020
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
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Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)  
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
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Umberto Eco (1932 - )  
The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
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George Eliot (1819 - 1880)  
It's a lot like nature. You only have as many animals as the ecosystem can support and you only have as many friends as you can tolerate the bitching of.
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Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 08-16-05  
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