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"In the depth of winter I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." - Albert Camus "...they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nations shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." - Micah 4:3, The Bible "We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about killing than we do about living." - General Omar Bradley "The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it." "The mere absence of war is not peace." - John F. Kennedy "Life is a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest." - Wilson Mizner "I am a Marxist - of the Groucho tendency." "Remember, men, we're fighting for this woman's honor, which is more than she ever did." - Groucho Marx "There is one thing stronger than all the armies of the world and that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead "When you handle yourself, use your head; when you handle others, use your heart." - Donna Reed "This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force." - Dorothy Parker "There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." - Albert Schweitzer "We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons." - Alfred E. Newman "Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch." - W. C. Fields "A friend is someone who will help you move. A real friend is someone who will help you move a body." "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche "What if this weren't a hypothetical question?" "Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them." - Joseph Heller, Catch-22 "Don't tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results." - General George S. Patton "A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it." - Bob Hope "Competence, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder." - Dr. Laurence Peter and Raymond Hull "We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: (1) by doing a deed; (2) by experiencing a value; and (3) by suffering." - Victor E. Frankl, Man's Search For Meaning "A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention in human history, with the possible exception of handguns and tequila." - Mitch Radcliffe "Never explain-your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway." - Elbert Hubbard "Life is just one damned thing after another." - Elbert Hubbard "Take what you have and fly with it!" - Jim Henson "The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously." - Hubert Humphrey "The quickest way to end a war is to lose it." - George Orwell "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." - Mark Twain "A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure." - Segal's Law "The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be." - Paul Valery "A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic." - Joseph Stalin "Remember that 98% of all statistics are made up." "There can be no peace without law." - Dwight D. Eisenhower "May you live all the days of your life." - Jonathan Swift "A witty saying proves nothing." - Voltaire "All general statements are false." - The Ultimate Law "All generalizations are dangerous, even this one." - Alexandre Dumas "All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure." - Mark Twain "My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people." - Orson Welles "The role of a leader is to keep hope alive." - Major General Bernard Loeffke "If you're brilliant they'll say you're arrogant. If you falter, they'll say you over-reached. If you're friendly they'll say you're condescending. If you're aloof they'll say you're arrogant." "Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." - Phillip Brooks "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." - Mark Twain "An effective way to deal with predators is to taste terrible." "Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity." "A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." - John Barrymore "If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." - Mark Twain "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate for the stormy present. We must think anew and act anew." - Abraham Lincoln |
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