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- A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them.
- Leonard Louis Levinson
- I haven't slept for ten days, because that would be too long.
- Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005)
- Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment.
- Rita Mae Brown
- I haven't the slightest idea how to change people, but I still keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out.
- David Sedaris
- I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think interior decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.
- Anna Quindlen (1953 - )
- The best time to plant an oak tree was twenty-five years ago. The second best time is today.
- James Carville
- It is a wise father that knows his own child.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), The Merchant of Venice, Act II, sc. 2
- Nothing surely is as potent as a law that may not be disobeyed. It has the force of the water drop that hollows the stone. A small dainty task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
- Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882), We Have Met the Enemy: Self-Control in an Age of Excess, 2011
- Never harbor grudges; they sour your stomach and do no harm to anyone else.
- Robertson Davies
- I think it's always a good move to listen to that inner voice, if it doesn't lead to a crime.
- Lisa Kudrow, Vasser Commencement Address, 2010
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