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'Tis an old maxim in the schools,
That flattery's the food of fools
Yet now and then your men of wit
Will condescend to take a bit.
- Jonathan Swift

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Whenever anyone says, "theoretically", they really mean, "not really".
- Dave Parnas

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Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.
- Henry Steele Commager

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If we did all the things we were capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
- Thomas Alva Edison

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If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
- Derek Bok

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One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
- James Watson

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Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; Or he can, but does not want to; Or he cannot and does not want to. If he wants to, but cannot, he is impotent. If he can, but does not want to, he is wicked. But, if God both can and wants to abolish evil, Then how come evil in the world?
- Epicurus, 350-270 BC

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[Your] horrid image doth unfix my hair.
Shakespeare, "Macbeth"

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He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
- Benjamin Franklin

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Go west, young man!
- Horace Greeley

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I would thou didst itch from head to foot and I had the scratching of thee!
- Shakespeare in "Troilus and Cressida"

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I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

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May you be cursed with a chronic anxiety about the weather!
- John Burroughs

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The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent.
- J. H. Holmes

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For there was never yet a philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently.
- William Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing"

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I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
- Ralph Nader

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By neccessity, by proclivity, - and by delight, we all quote.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.
- Yogi Berra

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It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
- Winston Churchill

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Perhaps nothing has changed in the course of history as much as historians.
- Franklin P. Jones

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God says do what you wish, but make the wrong choice and you will be tortured for eternity in hell. That is not free will. It's akin to a man telling his girlfriend, do what you wish, but if you choose to leave me, I'll track you down and blow your brains out. When a man says this we call him a psychopath and cry out for his imprisonment/execution. When god says the same we call him loving and build churches in his honor.
- W. Easttom

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Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that.
- George Carlin

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An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
- Niels Bohr

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A Lady is someone who never shows her underwear - unintentionally.
- Lillian Day

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Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
- Albert Einstein

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When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention.
- Lyndon B. Johnson

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Nature abhors a hero. For one thing, he violates the law of conservation of energy. For another, how can it be the survival of the fittest when the fittest keeps putting himself in situations where he is most likely to be creamed?
- Solomon Short

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Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves.
- Eric Hoffer

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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
- African Proverb

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A small town is a place where there’s no place to go where you shouldn’t.
- Burt Bacharach