Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - May 23, 2025
If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues' initials on 'em, and pass them along. When in doubt, route.
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Malcolm Forbes (1919 - 1990)  
The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.
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Helen Rowland (1876 - 1950), A Guide to Men, 1922  
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), "Am I An Atheist Or An Agnostic?", 1947  
I hope that when I die, people say about me, 'Boy, that guy sure owed me a lot of money.'
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Jack Handey (1949 - ), Deep Thoughts  
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