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- There is more to life than increasing its speed
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
- The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore.
- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
- There's a great woman behind every idiot.
- John Lennon (1940 - 1980)
- The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
- The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
- Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
- Socrates seems to be the philosophical napkin with which the ensuing cultural thinkers of history wipe their mouths of pedantic ooze.
- Unknown
- Very few things happen at the right time and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
- Herodotus (484 BC - 430 BC)
- When there are two conflicting versions of a story, the wise course is to believe the one in which people appear at their worst.
- H. Allen Smith
- A pessimist thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
- I was going to buy a copy of "The Power of Positive Thinking", and then I thought: What the hell good would that do?
- Ronnie Shakes
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