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The following quotations were randomly selected from the collections selected below . - What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.
- Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; In practice, there is.
- Chuck Reid
- Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
- Malcolm X (1925 - 1965), Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
- Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
- William Faulkner (1897 - 1962)
- No one can be right all of the time, but it helps to be right most of the time.
- Robert Half
- Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us.
- Henrik Tikkanen
- To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one's judgement of others.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), Hyperion, 1839
- Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.
- Judith Martin, (Miss Manners)
- A hug is a wonderful thing. It makes you feel wanted, needed, and loved all at the same time.
- Gregory Garcia and Dan Coscino, Raising Hope, Happy Halloween, October 26, 2010
- I have the heart of a child. I keep it in a jar on my shelf.
- Robert Bloch (1917 - 1994)
- The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.
- Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966
- A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
- Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754)
- It's not enough to create magic. You have to create a price for magic, too. You have to create rules.
- Eric A. Burns, Gossamer Commons, 06-15-05
- Be aware that a halo has to fall only a few inches to be a noose.
- Dan McKinnon
- The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
- Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982), The Virtue of Selfishness, 1964
- The first and great commandment is: Don't let them scare you.
- Elmer Davis (1890 - 1958)
- Oh, I don't blame Congress. If I had $600 billion at my disposal, I'd be irresponsible, too.
- Lichty and Wagner
- There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.
- Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), Les Miserables, 1862
- When you make a mistake, admit it. If you don't, you only make matters worse.
- Ward Cleaver
- From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.
- Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
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