Random Quotations

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If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners.
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Johnny Carson (1925 - 2005)
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In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.
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Aaron Rose
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The point of living and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come.
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Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)
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The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.
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Sir William Bragg (1862 - 1942)
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My friends are my estate.
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Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
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Warren Buffett (1930 - )
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Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.
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George Herbert (1593 - 1633)
Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.
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Sharon Salzberg
It's very hard to take yourself too seriously when you look at the world from outer space.
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Thomas K. Mattingly II
One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.
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Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
The past is finished. There is nothing to be gained by going over it. Whatever it gave us in the experiences it brought us was something we had to know.
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Rebecca Beard
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
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Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Personal Conduct"
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When a miracle happens, even if not to you, its nature is to naturally expand. You can almost feel the warmth on your face.
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Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog, 06-02-04
Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.
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Marie Ebner von Eschenbach, Aphorisms, 1905
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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
When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: admit it, learn from it, and don't repeat it.
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Paul "Bear" Bryant, I Ain't Never Been Nothing but a Winner
Love can be sordid only if you work at it.
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Brooke McEldowney, 9 Chickweed Lane, 05-10-2006
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.
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Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
Beware of undertaking too much at the start. Be content with quite a little. Allow for accidents. Allow for human nature, especially your own.
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Arnold Bennett
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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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