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- None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.
- Ferdinand Foch (1851 - 1929)
- They always talk who never think.
- Matthew Prior (1664 - 1721)
- When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong-- or absolutely right.
- Albert Guinon (1863 - 1923)
- There is an evil tendency underlying all our technology - the tendency to do what is reasonable even when it isn't any good.
- Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish.
- Steven Wright (1955 - )
- Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits that under analysis some of them won't stand up either.
- Evan Esar (1899 - 1995), Esar's Comic Dictionary
- America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.
- Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
- There are grammatical errors even in his silence.
- Stanislaw J. Lec (1909 - 1966), "Unkempt Thoughts"
- Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.
- Stanislaw J. Lec (1909 - 1966), "Unkempt Thoughts"
- Another possible source of guidance for teenagers is television, but television's message has always been that the need for truth, wisdom and world peace pales by comparison with the need for a toothpaste that offers whiter teeth *and* fresher breath.
- Dave Barry (1947 - ), "Kids Today: They Don't Know Dum Diddly Do"
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