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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny, and is likely to interfere with happiness in all kinds of ways.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 9
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 12
The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before.: Thorstein Veblen (1857 - 1929)
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The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.: John Cage (1912 - 1992)
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In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
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A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions--as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all.: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), The Gay Science, section 41
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That's what college is for - getting as many bad decisions as possible out of the way before you're forced into the real world. I keep a checklist of 'em on the wall in my room.: Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content, 01-04-07
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Bachelor's degrees make pretty good placemats if you get 'em laminated.: Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content, 01-04-07
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It's not a matter of whether or not someone's watching over you. It's just a question of their intentions.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, 03-24-07
Here's a tip to avoid death by celebrity: First off, get a life. They can't touch you if you're out doing something interesting.: Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine, Ask a Ninja, Question 55, 10-03-07
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