Random Quotations

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Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
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Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)
In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.
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Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.
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Alan Saporta
He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit.
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Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832)
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Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)
I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.
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Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
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Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
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We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.
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John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
I am in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch; and I will be heard.
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William Lloyd Garrison (1805 - 1879)
Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.
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Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976)
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One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.
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Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake in despair.
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C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963), 'The Pilgrim's Regress'
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Oregano is the spice of life.
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Henry J. Tillman
When you're a teenager and you're in love, it's obvious to everyone but you and the person you're in love with.
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John Scalzi, Old Man's War, 2005
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Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it.
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Senator Dianne Feinstein (1933 - )
Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff into it.
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David Sedaris, interview in Louisville Courier-Journal, June 5, 2005
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There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.
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Robertson Davies
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Givers have to set limits because takers rarely do.
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Irma Kurtz, Cosmopolitan Magazine, September 2003
Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.
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Erma Bombeck (1927 - 1996)
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When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope still is to leave the world a little bit better for my having been here. It's a wonderful life and I love it.
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Jim Henson, It's Not Easy Being Green And Other Things to Consider
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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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