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- The loss of one's dignified bearing is often sudden.
- Jerry Van Amerongen, Ballard Street, 09-02-06
- There is no good or evil: only power and those too weak to seek it.
- J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone
- The belief that there are other life forms in the universe is a matter of faith. There is not a single shred of evidence for any other life forms, and in forty years of searching, none has been discovered. There is absolutely no evidentiary reason to maintain this belief.
- Michael Crichton (1942 - 2008), Caltech Michelin Lecture, January 17, 2003
- The dog was created especially for children. He is the god of frolic.
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)
- Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
- Lewis Carroll (1832 - 1898), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Said by the King to the White Rabbit
- I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.
- Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997)
- Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.
- Nikola Tesla (1857 - 1943)
- If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search... I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor.
- Nikola Tesla (1857 - 1943), New York Times, October 19, 1931
- They say that Heaven is like TV... a perfect little world, that doesn't really need you.
- Laurie Anderson, Strange Angels
- The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.
- Bob Marley (1945 - 1981)
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