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Random Quotations
The following quotations were randomly selected from the collections selected below . - A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
- Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
- The only really good place to buy lumber is at a store where the lumber has already been cut and attached together in the form of furniture, finished, and put inside boxes.
- Dave Barry (1947 - ), "The Taming of the Screw"
- When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.
- Clifton Fadiman (1904 - 1999)
- A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969), Inaugural Address, January 20, 1953
- I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
- Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
- The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
- He can make me love something just by showing me the energy with which he loves it.
- Heather Armstrong, Dooce Plugs In, 07-12-06
- If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
- Donald H. Rumsfeld (1932 - ), Secretary of Defense
- Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
- Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)
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