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Random Quotations
The following quotations were randomly selected from the collections selected below . - There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
- Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)
- A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
- Rabbi Abraham Heschel
- Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
- J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 1997
- My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head.
- Rita Rudner
- [Addiction's] not about placating the bad dog - it's about feeding the good dog. You still have to feed the bad dog, but only enough so that the ASPCA doesn't bring you up on charges.
- Robert Downey Jr., Entertainment Weekly, 11-21-08
- A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
- Baltasar Gracian
- No matter how much pressure you feel at work, if you could find ways to relax for at least five minutes every hour, you'd be more productive.
- Dr. Joyce Brothers (1928 - )
- When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
- Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
- I know nothing about sex because I was always married.
- Zsa Zsa Gabor (1919 - )
- I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying that I approved of it.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
- I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
- Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
- The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
- Dorothy Nevill
- When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
- Just because this isn't in your life plan doesn't mean this isn't exactly where you're supposed to be.
- Nahnatchka Khan , Don't Trust the B- in Apartment 23, Daddy's Girl, April 2012
- Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
- The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
- If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.
- Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
- Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not only thinks he is Napoleon but hires an army to prove it.
- Ted Morgan
- Given a choice between two theories, take the one which is funnier.
- Blore's Razor
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