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- In heaven all the interesting people are missing.
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
- When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Caesar and Cleopatra (1901) Act III
- The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.
- Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988), "Job", 1984
- Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.
- Thomas Sowell (1930 - ), Is Reality Optional?, 1993
- Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.
- George Jackson (1941 - 1971)
- 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
- Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them.
- Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
- 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)
- Channeling is just bad ventriloquism. You use another voice, but people can see your lips moving.
- Penn Jillette (1955 - )
- Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.
- Stanislaw J. Lec (1909 - 1966), "Unkempt Thoughts"
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