Random Quotations

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It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off.
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Woody Allen (1935 - )
You can see into the future if you have a basic understanding of how people are likely to act.
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John Green, An Abundance of Katherines, 2008
Life is not so important as the duties of life.
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John Randolph (1773 - 1833)
I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please.
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Mother Jones
Wars teach us not to love our enemies, but to hate our allies.
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W. L. George
Special-interest publications should realize that if they are attracting enough advertising and readers to make a profit, the interest is not so special.
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Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.
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Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924), letter to Mary A. Hulbert, September 21, 1913
I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.
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Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)
I said to myself, I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me - shapes and ideas so near to me - so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn't occurred to me to put them down. I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.
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Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 - 1986)
Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
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Susan Ertz, Anger in the Sky
You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.
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Irish Proverb
The highest result of education is tolerance.
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Helen Keller (1880 - 1968), 'Optimism,' 1903
The Past is to be respected and acknoledged, but not to be worshiped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness.
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Pierre Trudeau (1919 - 2000)
If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like.
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Phyllis Diller
I know just how frustrating it can be when you're tired and exhausted, but you still want to draw something.
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Ward Jenkins, Ward-O-Matic, 03-23-2006
I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
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Bette Davis (1908 - 1989), The Lonely Life, 1962
In the end, you'll know which people really love you. They're the ones who see you for who you are and, no matter what, always find a way to be at your side.
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Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 08-23-05
A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Society and Solitude: Works and Days, 1870
Joel: That's the movies, Ed. Try reality.
Ed: No thanks.
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Ellen Herman, Northern Exposure, Only You, 1991
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
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Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
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MM's Cynical Quotes LM's Motivational Quotes Classic Quotes
Cole's Quotables Rand Lindsly's Quotes Poor Man's College
alt.quotations Archives 20th Century Quotations Quotations by Women
The Devil's Dictionary Contributed Quotations

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