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- Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
- Sir Arthur Eddington (1882 - 1944)
- Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
- It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
- If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
- Scott Adams (1957 - )
- Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.
- Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Emotions"
- Talk low, talk slow, and don't talk too much.
- John Wayne (1907 - 1979), Advice on acting
- If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
- Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
- Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.
- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799)
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