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The following quotations were randomly selected from the collections selected below . - One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best.
- Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
- It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.
- William G. McAdoo (1863 - 1941)
- It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
- My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.
- Mary Todd Lincoln (1818 - 1882)
- My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.
- Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984)
- Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
- Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
- Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), "Walden", 1854
- Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.
- Lynda Barry
- I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
- 'Tis an ill wind that blows no minds.
- Malaclypse the Younger
- There are so many different ways lives work out, so many stories, and every one of them is precious: full of joy and heartbreak, and a fair amount of situation comedy.
- Sean Stewart, Perfect Circle, 2004
- We need a president who's fluent in at least one language.
- Buck Henry
- A gift - be it a present, a kind word or a job done with care and love - explains itself!... and if receivin' it embarrasses you, it's because your 'thanks box' is warped.
- Alice Childress
- My reason, the physician to my love, angry that his prescriptions are not kept, hath left me.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Sonnet CXLVII
- Channeling is just bad ventriloquism. You use another voice, but people can see your lips moving.
- Penn Jillette (1955 - )
- Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.
- W. C. Fields (1880 - 1946)
- Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings.
- George F. Will (1941 - )
- To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.
- Alexis Carrel (1873 - 1944)
- If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase.
- Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)
- Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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