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The following quotations were randomly selected from the collections selected below . - This is patently absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home.
- Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
- The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts, therefore guard accordingly; and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue, and reasonable nature.
- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 AD - 180 AD)
- On my income tax 1040 it says 'Check this box if you are blind.' I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away.
- Tom Lehrer (1928 - ), lecturing in "The Nature of Math", 4/4/90
- Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
- Thomas Jones (1892 - 1969)
- Part of being creative is learning how to protect your freedom. That includes freedom from avarice.
- Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 31 Remain Frugal, 08-22-04
- This became a credo of mine...attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
- Bette Davis (1908 - 1989)
- We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.
- Wernher von Braun (1912 - 1977)
- Because he has never forgiven himself any fault, he can forgive no one else's.
- Linda Berdoll, Mr. Darcy Takes A Wife, 2004
- To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun?
- Katharine Graham
- Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.
- Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
- Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
- That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.
- Paul Valery (1871 - 1945)
- Keep playing games. Make time to play games with your friends and family, because it's surprisingly heartbreaking to wipe a thin layer of dust off a game you love, before you put it back on the shelf because the real world is calling you.
- Wil Wheaton, WWdN: In Exile, 12-14-2011
- Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.
- Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
- We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904 - 1991)
- I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself.
- Lois McMaster Bujold, Ethan of Athos, 1986
- Age is…wisdom, if one has lived one's life properly.
- Miriam Makeba, O Magazine, October 2003
- If you don't find it in the index, look very carefully through the entire catalogue.
- Unknown, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Consumer's Guide, 1897
- Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
- Maria Montessori (1870 - 1952)
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