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- The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums.
- G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936), Orthodoxy; p. 14
- Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, that you are dreadfully like other people.
- James Russell Lowell (1819 - 1891)
- The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.
- Umberto Eco (1932 - ), Travels in Hyperreality (Harcourt)
- Everyone has a purpose in life. Perhaps yours is watching television.
- David Letterman (1947 - )
- Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.
- Charles Bukowski (1920 - 1994), From "Betting on the Muse"
- My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
- Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
- When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
- R. Buckminster Fuller (1895 - 1983)
- Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
- Gore Vidal (1925 - )
- The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
- Abbie Hoffman (1936 - 1989)
- The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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