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- Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of carelessness, incapacity, or neglect.
- Anonymous
- The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
- Egotist, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
- Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.
- E.B. White
- I pride myself on the fact that my work has no socially redeeming value.
- John Waters
- Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.
- Brian Aldiss
- When solving a "panic" you must first ask yourself what you were doing that could possibly frighten an operating system.
- Peter van der Linden
- To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.
- Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880)
- Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
- Henry Van Dyke
- My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.
- Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)
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