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37 Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
62 I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
67 You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.
82 It's bad luck to be superstitious.
94 Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questione…
118 The Heineken Uncertainty Principle: You can never be sure how many beers you had last night.
119 Don't be humble... you're not that great. <BR> -- Golda Meir
123 …GUISEPPE: Make him a general, Excellency, and then everything he says will be right. <BR> -- G. B.…
131 The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
151 I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sti…
161 You need to learn to be happy by nature, because you'll seldom have the chance to be happy by circu…
171 Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards. <BR> -- Soren Kierkegaard
179 It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies. <BR> -- Arthur Calwell
196 To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it. <BR> -- G.K. Chest…
197 Only some of us can learn by other people's mistakes. The rest of us have to be the other people. <…
199 "I must do something" will always solve more problems than "Something must be done." <BR> -- Unkno…
200 Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. <BR> -- …
217 To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved. <BR> -- George MacDonald
218 Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found. <BR> -- Ann…
219 Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented. <BR> -- Leo Rosten
220 A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down. <BR> -- Arnold H. Glasow
229 We can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. <BR> -- Will Rogers
278 …impartially. If you are none of these, it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry. <B…
295 Words must be weighed, not counted. <BR> -- Polish Proverb
301 An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field. <BR> -- Niel…
335 …d. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water…
338 Without computers, it would be virtually impossible for us to accomploiwur xow; gkc,mf(*&( <BR> --…
342 Never judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Then when you do judge him, you'll be a …
349 A cement mixer collided with a prison van on the Kingston Pass. Motorists are asked to be on the lo…
365 The right word may be effective -- but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. <BR>…
371 Yes, madam, I am drunk. But in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly. <BR> -- Sir …
377 …er $10; minus $2 if he tells you his name, another $2 if he claims it will be His Pleasure to serv…
381 You may be young only once, but you can be immature your whole life.
389 An object at rest cannot be stopped. <BR> -- The Tick
395 People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is putting up …
398 Don't be irreplaceable; if you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.
400 Everything can be filed under "miscellaneous."
401 If you are good, you will be assigned all the work. If you are really good, you will get out of it.
427 Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. <BR> -- Robert Heinl…
428 Never make anything simple and efficient when a way can be found to make it complex and wonderful.
430 Si tu veux jouer au plus con, c'est pas toi qui va gagner. (If the game is to see who can be the bi…
435 The universe clearly operates for the benefit of humanity. This can be seen from the convenient way…
456 The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be. <BR> -- Lao Tzu
458 …at the more obscure the vision... the more delightful we can imagine it to be. It is a little like…
460 Information wants to be beer... or something like that. <BR> -- Anon.
462 One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine …
463 When watching men of power in action it must be always kept in mind that, whether they know it or n…
466 If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doub…
469 An individual's reality model can be right or wrong, complete or incomplete. As a rule it will be b…
470 All people, however fanatical they may be in their zeal to disparage and to fight capitalism, impli…
474 Because we can expect future generations to be richer than we are, no matter what we do about resou…
475 …all, the more fun you'll have on the way and the better looking the nurse will be when you wake up.
486 …fore, not once but many times and in innumerable guises; and discovered to be, at great human cost…
488 … have a long train of unforeseeable and undesirable consequences, seems to be intolerable to moder…
489 If voting could change things, it would be illegal.
490 If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger? <BR> …
492 He who is not aware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge. <BR> -- Richard Whatley
493 Words must be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking. <BR> -- John M…
496 … the individual must not be allowed to clash with the interests of the community, but must take pl…
514 An army of deer led by a lion is more to be feared than an army of lions led by a deer.
521 A seminar on time travel will be held in two weeks ago.
524 Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. <BR> -- Abraham …
556 If the grass on the other side of the fence appears greener... it must be all the fertiliser they a…
560 If you want to be well liked never lie about yourself, and be careful when telling the truth about …
562 … call, they like to stay out all night, and when they're home they like to be left alone and sleep…
577 Learn to say no. It will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin. <BR> -- Charles Haddo…
578 Let us so live that when we die even the undertaker will be sorry. <BR> -- Mark Twain
581 Live so that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. <BR> -- Will Rog…
584 My goal in life is to be the sort of person my dog thinks I am.
590 Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
591 Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts. <BR> -- S…
598 Avenge yourself; live long enough to be a problem to your children.
619 The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money.
642 …gnorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was as…
643 Don't be so humble - you are not that great. <BR> -- Golda Meir (1898-1978), to a visiting diplomat
647 To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me. <BR> -- Charles William Stubbs
659 … but you believe both of them, thinking that somewhere, hidden, there must be a third thing that c…
662 Plurality is not to be posited without necessity. <BR> -- William of Ockham (1280-1349)
666 There is nothing that living things do that cannot be understood from the point of view that they a…
673 Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. <BR> …
686 …seat." "Yes," said his companions, but when the sea rushes in we shall all be drowned with you. <B…
689 I think it would be a good idea. <BR> -- Mahatma Ghandi (1869-1948), when asked what he thought of …
690 Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence. <BR> -- Napoleon Bo…
695 Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung. <BR> -- Voltaire (1694-1778)
696 It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be i…
697 You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty. <BR> -- Sacha Guitry (1885-1957)
699 It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid. <BR> -- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
715 Sometimes when reading Goethe I have the paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to be funny. <BR> -…
717 You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there. <BR> -…
721 I would like to be able to admire a man's opinions as I would his dog, without being expected to ta…
738 …ing and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a `C', the idea must be feasible. <BR> -- A …
739 640K ought to be enough for anybody. <BR> -- Bill Gates, in 1981
747 … of change, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achi…
751 A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. <BR> -- Edward Abbey (…
764 It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both. <BR> -- Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527…
790 You are young only once, but you can be immature all your life.
794 You must be the change you wish to see in the world. <BR> -- Gandhi
798 It is noble to be good; it is still nobler to teach others to be good - and less trouble. <BR> -- M…
799 Let your secret sympathies and your compassion be always with the under dog in the fight - this is …
818 A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. <BR> -- Mark Twain
819 A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be lead by the nose. <BR> -- …
821 …be dropped to be replased either by 'k' or 's', and likewise 'x' would no longer be part of the al…
823 A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his …
825 Broad, wholesome, charitable views can not be acquired by vegetating in one's little corner of the …
836 Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold. <BR> -- Mark Twain
851 If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the …
854 If man had created man, he would be ashamed of his performance. <BR> -- Mark Twain
872 I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know. <BR> -- Mark Twain
873 Let us be thankful for fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. <BR> -- Mark Twain
874 Let us not be too particular: it is better to have old second hand diamonds than none at all. <BR> …
880 Methuselah lived to be 969 years old. You boys and girls will see more in the next fifty years than…
884 Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a…
886 …'s creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If …
889 One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity there ain't nothing ca…
891 … narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons …
895 …to write "very;" your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. <BR> -- …
907 There are some books that refuse to be written. They stand their ground year after year and will no…
920 Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours. …
923 Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the on…
926 …thing against it. I've seen a frog lay most as many, so of course it could be done. <BR> -- Mark T…
930 We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it and stop there; lest…
932 …it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember…
937 Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction after all, has to make sense. <BR> -- Mark T…
943 …nt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you…
952 …ooklet, are (1) 'failure to include a current address' and (2) 'failure to be a large industry tha…
953 …rounds that by reducing the amount of money you gave the government, you'd be supporting the Presi…
954 Alaska was originally a large place located way the hell past Canada, but this proved to be highly …
958 The Fifth Amendment states that your Fifth Amendment rights cannot be violated until you are advise…
962 …y, tell you where various celestial bodies such as Venus and the Moon will be at any given moment.…
971 All of Mister Language Person's answers are intended to be as accurate and informative as is humanl…
988 Tragically, my wife and I both happen to be domestically impaired. If we were birds, our nest would…
996 It's a basic rule of seamanship that everybody's clothes have to be wet all the time. If there's no…
1006 This fall, we'll be seeing a new, redesigned $20 bill. This is part of an anti-counterfeiting progr…
1007 To thwart would-be photocopiers, instead of saying "TWENTY DOLLARS," the new, redesigned $20 bills …
1010 … my Lexus that if a person comes into my office for any reason, whether it be for a physical exami…
1011 …use my family has always owned pets, and without them, our lives would not be nearly so rich in - …
1019 … from all over the world; and although I sometimes tend to be cynical, I could not help but be dee…
1039 …be a sensitive and caring relationship partner, and he's making radical life-style changes such as…
1043 …m, the Pin Worms. How good are we? I don't wish to brag, but we happen to be ranked, in the World…
1050 …during which they almost perished, discovered a new land. It turned out to be Canada, so they went…
1061 … Daniel Rutherford discovered nitrogen, without which many of us would not be here today. <BR> -- …
1062 …irst time, to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, which turned out to be a letter from Publis…
1065 Finally, after many historic battles whose names all American schoolchildren should be forced to me…
1081 …and literally millions of Shirley Temple movies, traces of which can still be seen today. <BR> -- …
1084 …function. In one way, this is good: Your Permanent Record from school will be erased forever, whic…
1087 …when Y2K strikes. You will NOT be able to grow crops, because photosynthesis will no longer work (…
1088 …d cultural heritage, like Starbucks and Pez. And soon another chapter will be added to the Star Wa…
1090 …se clothes that are the size she wore when she was 19 years old. This will be some arbitrary numbe…
1098 Young people, you'll find that the things you learned in school will be vitally important to your s…
1113 …because my generation is getting old and tired. And we have good reason to be tired: We won World …
1117 I'm not saying guys are scum. I'm saying that many guys who consider themselves to be committed to …
1125 Your basic guy dog firmly believes that if he pees on enough territory, he will be declared Dominan…
1128 …nature, which could be why boys spend so much time acting like what trained professional psycholog…
1129 …nd mutually fulfilling relationship with a guy. Of course, this guy has to be a Labrador retriever…
1135 …be more committed to a bunch of transient athletes than he is to his own wife. But you have to con…
1138 …cut situations, such as decapitation. And even then, guys are not going to be 100 percent certain.…
1139 …emi-dysfunctional organizations such as the Lawn Rangers, then there would be a lot fewer guys get…
1143 …ny more laundry than they absolutely have to. A single-sock load would not be out of the question,…
1155 Sometimes in politics the moral high ground can only be reached by wading through the lowlands of p…
1162 It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
1178 There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a…
1204 A large, clumsy umbrella is the best protection against the rain: there will be no rain as long as …
1207 Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home. <BR> -- P…
1208 Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you. …
1212 … ain't restful. Avoid running at all times. Don't look back. Someone might be gaining on you. <BR>…
1213 Be good and you will be lonely. <BR> -- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
1225 Don't be led astray into the paths of virtue. <BR> -- Oscar Wilde (1856-1900), Irish writer
1230 Don't do anything you wouldn't be willing to explain on television. <BR> -- Arjay Miller, Dean of S…
1236 Don't take yourself too seriously. And don't be too serious about not taking yourself too seriously…
1246 If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning. <BR> -- Catherine A…
1247 If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the UP button. <BR> -- Sam Levenson (1911-1980), U.S. hu…
1253 It seldom pays to be rude. It never pays to be only half-rude. <BR> -- Norman Douglas (1868-1952), …
1254 It will not always be summer. Build barns. <BR> -- Hesiod, (8th century B.C.), Greek poet
1258 Let thy maid servant be faithful, strong, and homely. <BR> -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
1293 One should always be a little improbable. <BR> -- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Irish author
1298 So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. <BR> -- Will Rog…
1312 Whatever advice you give, be short. <BR> -- Horace (Quintus Horatio Flaccus)(65-8 B.C.), Roman sati…
1316 Why be disagreeable, when with a little effort you can be impossible? <BR> -- Douglas Woodruff
1318 You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there…
1326 All would live long, but none would be old. <BR> -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), Poor Richard (Se…
1333 How old would you be if you didn't know how old you was? <BR> -- Leroy "Satchel" Paige, (1906-1982…
1348 Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approa…
1350 No wise man ever wished to be younger. <BR> -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Irish author
1367 When I grow up, I want to be a little boy. <BR> -- Joseph Heller (1923--), US novelist
1370 You're only young once, but you can be immature forever. <BR> -- John Greier
1372 Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. <BR> -- Herbert Asquith, British p…
1402 A "good" family, it seems, is one that used to be better. <BR> -- Cleveland Amory, U.S. critic & an…
1411 One of the best things people could do for their descendants would be to sharply limit the number o…
1419 …o use language that makes him the dominant species on the planet. That may be. But I think there's…
1443 If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat. <BR> -…
1446 … call, they like to stay out all night, and when they're home they like to be left alone and sleep…
1450 No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens. <BR> -- Abraham Linco…
1451 …gned than the owner himself. A large multipurpose plaything, its parts can be made to move in almo…
1455 The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it. <BR> -- Doug La…
1481 Man is a dog's ideal of what God should be. <BR> -- Holbrook Jackson (1874-1948), English writer/cr…
1483 …g, but you must have a pond of water handy and a child, or else there will be no profit in boardin…
1486 Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. <BR> -- Corey Ford (1902-1969), U.S. humorist
1490 … have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be …
1502 A snake should not be in your yard unless it has your written permission. <BR> -- Dave Barry, "Inse…
1532 If God wanted us to be brave, why did he give us legs? <BR> -- Marvin Kitman U.S. TV critic and au…
1533 I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave. <BR> -- Edward Mo…
1534 It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. <BR> -- Aesop (620?-560? BC), Thracian freed slave & w…
1541 Remember that whatever misfortune may be your lot, it could only be worse in Cleveland. <BR> -- Nat…
1546 It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy. <BR> -- Groucho Marx (1…
1559 Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted. <BR> -- Fred Allen (18…
1566 …meet any new situation by reorganizing, and what a wonderful method it can be for creating the ill…
1568 A bad cold wouldn't be so annoying if it weren't for the advice of our friends. <BR> -- Kin Hubbard…
1581 …embled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all mea…
1587 Hardware: the parts of a computer that can be kicked. <BR> -- Jeff Pesis
1590 Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft... and the only one that can be mass produc…
1593 One thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a …
1594 The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where…
1604 Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking. <BR> -- H.L. Mencken ((1…
1609 I may have said the same thing before... But my explanation, I am sure, will always be different. <…
1610 …reply: because I have been wrong once, or several times, I don't intend to be wrong forever. <BR> …
1619 It is much easier to be critical than to be correct. <BR> -- Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), British…
1620 To escape criticism -- do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. <BR> -- Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915), U.S…
1626 A child be within you forever unborn! <BR> -- Irish curse
1631 …d whatever people ask for he shouldnt have, and what he does have shouldnt be requested. <BR> -- Y…
1633 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. <BR> -- Psalms 109:9
1635 Let their way be dark and slippery. <BR> -- Psalms 35:6
1637 May every day of it be wet for ye. <BR> -- Saint Patrick of Oreland
1645 May the enemies of Ireland never eat bread nor drink whisky, but be tormented with itching without …
1649 May your life be filled with lawyers! <BR> -- Mexican curse
1671 Let us hope that when we are dead things will be better arranged. <BR> -- Marcel Proust (1871-1922)
1674 On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down. <BR> -…
1678 People born to be hanged are safe on water. <BR> -- Mark Twain's mother
1680 The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it. <BR> -- Arthur Schopenhau…
1688 When I die, I'd like to be scattered over my hometown. But not, like, cremated or anything. <BR> --…
1689 When you wake up in the morning and nothing hurts, you can be sure you're dead. <BR> -- Herbert Ach…
1692 All I desire for my own burial is not to be buried alive. <BR> -- Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterf…
1697 Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first. <BR> -- Bill Cosby, Time Flies
1700 If Senator Donovan can get resurrection into the death penalty, I might be willing to give it a sec…
1701 If we are not our brother's keeper, let us at least not be his executioner. <BR> -- Marlon Brando, …
1704 Where would Christianity be if Jesus got 8 to 15 years with time off for good behavior? <BR> -- N.…
1705 Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. <BR> -- David Lloyd…
1707 Indecision may, or may not, be my problem. <BR> -- Jimmy Buffett, U.S. singer
1719 I think if people marry it ought to be for life; the laws are altogether too lenient with them. <BR…
1741 Booze may not be the answer, but it helps you to forget the question. <BR> -- Henry Mon
1750 Habitual teetotalers. There should be asylums for such people. But they would probably relapse into…
1767 People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim. <BR> -- Ann La…
1790 …e need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks …
1807 In dealing with Englishmen, you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not b…
1812 The English have no exalted sentiments. They can all be bought. <BR> -- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-18…
1837 In England I would rather be a man, a horse, a dog or a woman, in that order. In American I would t…
1841 A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time -- pills or stairs. <BR> -- Joan Welsh
1844 I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick. <BR> -- Abe Lemons, U.S. basketball coach
1873 A man's tie should never be louder than his wife. <BR> -- John Hughes
1874 If high heels were so wonderful, men would still be wearing them. <BR> -- Sue Grafton (1940--), U.S…
1881 A cucumber should be well sliced and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good …
1884 All the vitamins needed seem to be found in plebian dishes. <BR> -- William Feather(1889-1981), U.S…
1890 Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon, or not all. <BR> -- Harriet Van Horne…
1905 Lips, however rosy, must be fed. <BR> -- Scottish proverb
1921 What's sauce for the goose may be sauce for the gander but is not necessarily sauce for the chicken…
1923 …ant? I'm halfway through my fishburger and I realize, Oh my God... I could be eating a slow learne…
1926 How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheeses? <BR> -- Charles De Gaul…
1929 A friend in need is a friend to be avoided. <BR> -- Lord Samuel, English liberal politician (1870 -…
1941 If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world. <BR> -- Blai…
1942 Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be a bunch of bastards. <BR> -- R. A. Dicks…
1943 My best friend would be the man who blew my brains out with a pistol. <BR> -- Edgar Allan Poe (1804…
1948 These can never be true friends: hope, dice, a prostitute, a robber, a cheat, a goldsmith, a monkey…
1954 …ion for young people is history teacher, because in the future, there will be so much more of it t…
1957 The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. <BR> -- Paul Valery (1871-…
1966 Because of their cuisine, Germans don't consider farting rude. They'd certainly be out of luck if t…
1977 A good statue can be rolled downhill without damage. <BR> -- Michaelangelo (1475-1564), Italian scu…
1990 If I was two-faced, would I be using this one? <BR> -- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), US President
1998 There used to be a me, but I had it surgically removed. <BR> -- Peter Sellers, Time, 1980, British …
1999 To be a great champion, you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are. <BR> -- …
2001 We've all been blessed with God-given talents. Mine just happens to be beating people up. <BR> -- S…
2032 If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.…
2034 It is annoying to be honest to no purpose. <BR> -- Ovid (43 B.C.-18 A.D.), Roman poet
2036 Make yourself an honest man and then you can be sure there is one rascal less in the world. <BR> --…
2045 The world will be a better place when the Found ads in the newspapers begin to outnumber the Lost a…
2055 When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness. <BR> -- Hesiod, Works and Ways, 8t…
2063 All that I care to know is that a man is a human being -- that is enough for me; he can't be any wo…
2064 Confess your sins to the Lord, and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughe…
2067 Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin s…
2074 I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are, they must be using the earth as their …
2089 On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. <BR> -- G…
2091 People shouldn't be treated like objects. They aren't that valuable. <BR> -- P.J. O'Rourke (1947--)…
2096 The people are to be taken in very small doses. <BR> -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1883), U.S. essay…
2099 There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people …
2105 Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this -- that you are dreadfully like other people. <BR> -- …
2109 Don't be so humble. You're not that great. <BR> -- Golde Meir, Prime Minister of Israel
2126 If half the lawyers would become plumbers, two of man's biggest problems would be solved. <BR> -- F…
2143 Woe unto ye also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye touch not …
2158 For every person wishing to teach there are thirty not wanting to be taught. <BR> -- W.C. Sellar an…
2160 It is tiresome to hear education discussed, tiresome to educate, and tiresome to be educated. <BR> …
2166 Try not to have a good time... this is supposed to be educational. <BR> -- Charles Schulz, "Peanuts…
2178 It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong -- but that's the …
2207 Life is too short to be small. <BR> -- Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), British Prime Minister
2210 Life can be divided into the horrible and the miserable. <BR> -- Woody Allen (1935--), Annie Hall
2221 The times are not so bad as they seem; they couldn't be. <BR> -- Jay Franklin (1897--)
2233 …th stand out as the supreme type of all that a host and hostess should not be. <BR> -- Max Beerboh…
2246 Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket, or a…
2260 It is bad luck to be superstitious. <BR> -- Andrew W. Mathis
2270 Apparently men can be cured of drugs, drink, gambling, biting his nails and picking his nose, but n…
2272 As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent. <BR> --…
2273 Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't, they'd be married too. <BR> -- He…
2289 If I ever marry it will be on sudden impulse, as a man shoots himself. <BR> -- H. L. Mencken (1880-…
2307 My advice to you is get married. If you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a p…
2309 Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife. <BR> -- P.J. O'Rourke (1947--), Modern Manne…
2317 Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.…
2330 Where singleness is bliss, it's folly to be wives. <BR> -- Bill Counselman, Ella Cinders
2332 Wife-swapping is never done in the best circles of society. Wives can rarely, if ever, be traded fo…
2344 I may not be totally perfect, but parts of me are excellent. <BR> -- Ashleigh Brilliant (1933--), U…
2352 There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise. <BR> -- …
2360 Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out the window, except that the birds might eat them.…
2363 …firmly believe that if the whole materia medica could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would b…
2387 Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men. <BR> -- Kin Hubbard (1868-1930), U.S. humo…
2404 If it weren't for women, men would still be wearing last week's socks. <BR> -- Cynthia Nelms (1942-…
2409 It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the by-laws are shorter, and he …
2426 Men hate to be misunderstood, and to be understood makes them furious. <BR> -- Edgar Saltus (1855-1…
2437 The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do mo…
2443 Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to be as mediocre as possible. <BR> -- Margaret M…
2460 If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. <BR> -- John Kenneth Gal…
2478 If you have no money, be polite. <BR> -- Danish proverb
2481 It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich. <BR> -- Alan …
2482 It's not a sin to be rich -- it's a miracle. <BR> -- W. F. Dettle
2489 Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be. <BR> -- R…
2495 There is no economy in going to bed early to save candles if the results be twins. <BR> -- Chinese …
2497 Try to save money. Someday it may be valuable again. <BR> --Anonymous
2516 How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers. <BR> -- Giacacchino Rossini (1792-1868), Ita…
2520 I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else. <BR> -- Lily Tomlin…
2526 No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. <BR> -- …
2529 The public doesn't want new music; the main thing it demands of a composer is that he be dead. <BR>…
2537 A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconciously tran…
2539 Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. <BR> -- …
2542 I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. <BR> -- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
2548 It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a …
2549 Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim. <BR> -- Bertrand Russe…
2553 Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clev…
2555 Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. <BR> -- Bertrand Russell (…
2557 …life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy -- I mean that if you are happy you wil…
2566 There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. <BR> -- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
2567 There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate go…
2569 This is patently absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened…
2570 To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. <BR> -- Bertrand R…
2573 Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality. <BR> -- Bertr…
2575 …hould be very careful to emphasize that fact, because otherwise one is landed in an utter skeptici…
2577 …useful in work, but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not be endured with …
2579 To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very f…
2583 …illiness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensibl…
2584 Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whe…
2591 …must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad o…
2593 If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised. <B…
2598 This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force. <BR> -- Dorot…
2599 That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it w…
2601 I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things…
2607 A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.
2609 Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. <BR> -- George B…
2618 If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning…
2619 If the lesser mind could measure the greater as a footrule can measure a pyramid, there would be fi…
2623 Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people l…
2632 You are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life and your reward will be that you will eat…
2636 A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth. <BR> -- George Ber…
2643 The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that'…
2663 Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get. <BR> -- George Bernard S…
2668 Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same. …
2687 Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking. <BR> -- H. L. Mencken (1880 - …
2690 Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable. <BR> -- H.…
2696 In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with…
2707 Never let your inferiors do you a favor - it will be extremely costly. <BR> -- H. L. Mencken (1880 …
2710 Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true. <BR> -- H…
2711 Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. <BR> -- H. L. Mencken (1880 - …
2713 The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other …
2719 …t oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be …
2720 The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led …
2722 To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ide…
2749 A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her. <BR> -- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
2754 Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing. <BR> -- Oscar Wilde (1854…
2774 Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. <BR> -- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
2796 To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessn…
2798 It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. <BR> -- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
2799 A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. <BR> -- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
2803 …ir good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the c…
2806 One can always be kind to people about whom one cares nothing. <BR> -- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
2812 To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be re…
2823 Don't be afraid to see what you see. <BR> -- Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004), 40th president of USA
2826 … extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protecte…
2829 I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabin…
2833 Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a ver…
2835 The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it…
2837 The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets b…
2841 …ildren say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done. <BR> -- Ronald…
2851 Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how r…
2855 …our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be. <BR> -- Thomas Jeff…
2858 A single zealot may commence prosecutor, and better men be his victims. <BR> -- Thomas Jefferson (1…
2862 Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of…
2869 The freedom of the press is on of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by…
2874 Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing. <BR> -- …
2876 Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that o…
2884 …ore the world is to be sought in my life: if it has been honest and dutiful to society the religio…
2885 …ion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more ap…
2888 …o government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. <BR> -- …
2892 No government ought to be without censors & where the press is free, no one ever will. <BR> -- Thom…
2893 If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try…
2895 Advertisements... contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper. <BR> -- Thomas Jefferson …
2896 …nd in that chiefly the advertisements, for they contain the only truths to be relied on in a newsp…
2897 …nious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. <BR> -- Tho…
2900 Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it. <BR> -- Woody Allen (1935 - )
2925 Thought: Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a bever…
2930 You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundr…
2933 It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens. <BR> -- Woody Allen…
2936 All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, du…
2937 Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed. <BR> -- Sir Winston Churchill (1…
2940 Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you …
2943 History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. <BR> -- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
2945 I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his oppone…
2947 It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at …
2950 Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the stra…
2961 … in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be …
2963 Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pr…
2964 …e paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for f…
2970 …d me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at on…
2972 For myself I am an optimist -- it does not seem to be much use being anything else. <BR> -- Sir Win…
2986 Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. <BR> -- Wi…
2995 There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. <BR> -- Will Rogers (…
2999 We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. <BR> -- Will…
3033 It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be…
3035 Life wouldn't be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present. <BR> -- W. Somer…
3038 The important thing was to love rather than to be loved. <BR> -- W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
3041 There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved. <BR> -- W. Somerset Maugham (1874 -…
3054 The nature of people demands that most of them be engaged in the most frivolous possible activities…
3081 In big industry new ideas are invited to rear their heads so they can be clobbered at once. The ide…
3089 I may be wrong, but Im never in doubt. <BR> -- Marshall McLuhan, (1911-1980), Canadian media analys…
3094 American business long ago gave up on demanding that prospective employees be honest and hardworkin…
3110 …number of words! Plus, you can repeat words! And they don't even have to be true! <BR> -- Dave …
3127 …Rules,including:* Both of your socks should always be the same color,* Or they should at least bot…
3138 If God had wanted us to be concerned for the plight of the toads, he would have made them cute and …
3146 …big factor, of course, is that people are a lot stupider than they used to be, although we here in…
3148 …condition of his Mercedes. Ask about the competence of his mechanic. Don't be shy! After all, you…
3153 Magnetism, as you recall from physics class, is a powerful force that causes certain items to be at…
3171 … error message that requires you to call the customer-support hot line and be placed on hold for a…
3174 Talking about golf is always boring. Playing golf can be interesting, but not the part where you tr…
3177 The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that the…
3191 The question is, why are politicians so eager to be president? What is it about the job that makes…
3198 The world is full of strange phenomena that cannot be explained by the laws of logic or science. De…
3227 Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed. <BR> -- Law of Probable Dispersal
3229 In any organization there is one person who knows what is going on. That person must be fired. <BR>…
3236 A pre-requisite for a desired course will only be offered during the semester following the desired…
3239 The one course you must take to graduate will not be offered during your last semester. <BR> -- Sei…
3242 The love letter you finally got the courage to send will be delayed in the mail long enough for you…
3247 …ing someone you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with. <BR> -- R…
3253 If there are only two shows worth watching they will be on at the same time. <BR> -- Law of TV Prog…
3265 If you buy some bananas before they are ripe, there won't be any left by the time they are ripe. If…
3266 The only new show worth watching will be cancelled. <BR> -- Jones First Law of TV
3269 Any technical problem can be overcome given enough time and money. <BR> -- Lerman's Law of Technolo…
3274 The last person who quit or was fired will be held responsible for everything that goes wrong - unt…
3281 If you miss one issue of a magazine it will be the issue which contained the article, story or inst…
3288 The one drill bit you need will be the one missing from the tool chest. <BR> -- First Law of the Wo…
3295 If you have watched a TV series only once, and you watch it again, it will be a rerun of the same e…
3305 A project will be authorised only when none of the authorisers can be blamed if the project fails b…
3306 If an idea can survive a bureaucratic review and be implemented, it wasn't worth doing. <BR> -- Mol…
3312 If you can actually remove the part, the replacement will be on backorder. <BR> -- Automotive Repai…
3314 Nothing is ever so bad it can't be made worse by firing the coach. <BR> -- Murray's Rule
3323 If it was bad, it'll be back. <BR> -- Grelb's Law
3325 The one ingredient you make a special trip to the store to get will be the one your guest is allerg…
3337 The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising. <BR…
3344 When somebody you greatly admire and respect appears to be thinking deep thoughts, they are probabl…
3345 The less you enjoy serving on committees, the more likely you are to be pressed to do so. <BR> -- L…
3355 If the facts do not conform to the theory, they must be disposed of. <BR> -- Maier's Law
3360 In designing any type of construction, no overall dimension can be totalled correctly at 4.40pm Fri…
3371 The day you leave work early to make it to class on time, the sensei will be sick. <BR> -- Martial …
3373 If you have to use your training in self-defense, your attacker's father will be a lawyer. <BR> -- …
3374 The referee will always be looking the other way when you score. <BR> -- Martial Arts Law 2
3383 When an error has been detected and corrected, it will be found to have been correct in the first p…
3386 Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first. <BR> -- Murphy's Fourth Co…
3387 …f several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.…
3393 When reviewing your notes before an exam, the most important ones will be illegible. <BR> -- First …
3402 The supplies necessary for yesterdays's work must be ordered no later than noon tomorrow. <BR> -- O…
3421 No matter how long or how hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it, it will be on sale som…
3434 The inside contact you just made at great expense is the first to person to be let go in any re-org…
3437 If you make Duck a l'Orange you'll be complimented on the peas. <BR> -- Law of the Kitchen
3438 All Finagle's Laws may be bypassed by learning the simple art of doing without thinking. <BR> -- Wi…
3439 Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value. <BR> -- Murphy's Constant
3444 The item you had your eye on the minute you walked in will be take by the person in front of you. <…
3448 The most interesting specimen will not be labelled. <BR> -- Jones Law of Museums
3471 One's propensity to be appointed to non-paying positions of responsibility is inversely proportiona…
3472 The experiment may be considered a success if no more than 50% of the observed measurements must be…
3473 Any inanimate object, regardless of its composition or configuration, may be expected to perform, a…
3476 The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance. <BR> -- Coveyou's Claim
3478 If de-bugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them…
3484 In a crisis that forces a choice to be made among alternate courses of action, most people will cho…
3485 Those supplies necessary for yesterday's experiment must be ordered no later than tomorrow noon. <B…
3490 Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why, then do it. <BR> -- Longs T…
3493 Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something. <BR> -- Chisholm's Law
3500 The light at the end of the tunnel could turn out to be the headlight of an oncoming train. <BR> --…
3511 If the experiment works, you must be using the wrong equipment. <BR> -- Patrice's Theorem
3524 Computerworld: What will be the largest cyber-threats to freedom and privacy in the futur…
3542 How could this be a problem in a country where we have Intel and Microsoft? <BR> -- Al Gore (on th…
3544 …s, there would be no fewer than five steering wheels hidden about the cockpit, none of which follo…
3548 …much, stop for no readily apparent reason at regular intervals and need to be re-started from scra…
3551 I was going to compile a list of innovations that could be attributed to Microsoft. Once I realized…
3565 …ss. What is that? Is that really the future? Remember, we thought it would be flying cars, now it'…
3572 …n-Microsoft applications in the same way that a rope can be said to support someone who will be so…
3580 Sigh. I like to think it's just the Linux people who want to be on the "leading edge" so bad they w…
3584 UNIX gives you just enough rope to hang yourself -- and then a couple of more feet, just to be sure…
3600 A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
3627 Anybody can win, unless there happens to be a second entry.
3638 Be good - and if you can't be good, be careful.
3639 Be good; if you can't be good, have fun.
3659 Could crop circles be the work of a cereal killer?
3667 Don't be humble, you're not that great.
3668 Don't be sexist. Broads hate that.
3673 Don't tell any big lies today. Small ones can be just as effective.
3683 Eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow they may make it illegal.
3686 Entropy isn't what it used to be.
3739 I doubt, therefore I might be.
3749 I'd buy you a drink, but i'd be jealous of the straw.
3760 If all the girls in Australia were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised.
3762 If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
3765 If at first you don't succeed, quit; don't be a nut about success.
3769 If everything seems to be going right, you obviously don't know what the hell is going on.
3770 If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
3772 If god is watching us, the least we can do is be entertaining.
3779 If the opposite of pro is con, then what must be the opposite of progress?
3782 If we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.
3800 In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take.
3805 It's better to be wanted for murder that not to be wanted at all.
3819 Life is an open door. It can be closed at any time, so don't complain about the draught.
3826 Love may be blind but marriage is a real eye-opener.
3838 Money should be utilized as a tool. You just gotta know which nuts to screw.
3840 Mother told me to be good, but she's been wrong before.
3872 Religion cannot be without morality, but morality may arrive without religion.
3890 Sure, when... - oink flap oink flap - well I'll be darned!
3901 The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them.
3902 The future will be better tomorrow.
3909 The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.
3911 The revolution will not be televised.
3917 The truth is what is; what should be is a dirty lie.
3918 The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!
3931 This website may not be idiot proof, but at least it's dimwit resistant.
3932 This will be a memorable month -- no matter how hard you try to forget.
3935 To generalize is to be an idiot.
3939 Today's children would be less spoiled if we could spank grandparents!
3940 Tomorrow will be canceled due to lack of interest.
3949 Viewer discretion may be advised, but it's never really expected.
3953 We all can't be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the sides and clap as they go by.
3960 When I was young I was told that anyone could be Prime Minister. Now I'm beginning to believe it.
3994 You will be a winner today. Pick a fight with a four-year-old.
4041 There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes. <BR> --Dr. Who
4052 Heuristics are bug ridden by definition - if they didn't have bugs, then they'd be algorithms.
4056 No no no. Don't tug on that. You never know what it might be attached to. <BR> --Buckaroo Banzai
4077 Trying to be happy is like trying to build a machine for which the only specification is that it sh…
4088 …ces of getting eaten up by a lion on Main Street aren't one in a million, but once would be enough.
4113 A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him th…
4122 We'll be saying a big hello to all intelligent life forms everywhere... and to everyone else out th…
4123 …s that the glass is half empty. The engineer sees that the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
4147 …ms: the minimalist vi...and the maximalist emacs. I use emacs, which might be thought of as a ther…
4152 Since, therefore, the substance of the mind has been found to be extraordinarily mobile, it must co…
4155 …ope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving, Whatever gods may be, That no life lives …
4156 …, they alter the facts to fit their views ... which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be …
4159 …be written in top-to-bottom scanline order. The JPEG spec contains some weasel wording about how t…
4168 Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood. <BR> -- …
4176 …illion miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our persp…
4184 Entropy isn't what it used to be.