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Because I make people say what I couldn't say more beautifully, sometimes because of the weakness of my language, sometimes because of the weakness of my feelings. – Montaigne |
a "And don't tell me God works
in mysterious ways", Yossarian continued "There's nothing mysterious
about it, He's not working at all. He's playing. Or else He's forgotten all
about us. That's the kind of God you people talk about, a country bumpkin, a
clumsy, bungling, brainless, conceited, uncouth hayseed. Good God, how much
reverence can you have for a Supreme Being who finds it necessary to include
such phenomena as phlegm and tooth decay in His divine system of Creation?
What in the world was running through that warped, evil, scatalogical mind of
His when He robbed old people of the power to control their bowel movements? Why in the
world did He ever create pain?" – Joseph Heller, Catch22 More
b Belief is harder to shake than knowledge. – Adolf Hitler More
c Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is. – Barbara Bush (Former US First Lady) More
d Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. – Buddha More
e Every politician, when he leaves office, ought to go straight to jail and serve his time. More
f Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. – Mark Twain More
g Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery More
h He who does not enjoy his own company is usually right. More
i I am rather like a mosquito in a nudist camp; I know what to do, but I don’t know where to begin. – Stephen Bayne More
j Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it. More
k "Know thyself?" If I knew myself, I'd run away. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe More
l Life is what happens when you are making other plans. – John Lennon More
m Men and women should live next door and visit each other once in a while. – Katharine Hepburn More
n Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think. – Niels Bohr More
o One way to outhink people is to make them think you think they’ll think you’re not really thinking what you’re trying to get them to think you think. More
p People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say. – Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Cat's Cradle More
r Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish – don't overdo it.– Lao Tzu More
s Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield. More
t To understand a man, you must know his memories. The same is true of a nation. More
w We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice. More
y Your manuscript is good and original, but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good. More
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