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22 Suicidal twin kills sister by mistake!
161 You need to learn to be happy by nature, because you'll seldom have the chance to be happy by circu…
185 Life begets life. Energy begets energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich. <BR>	-- Sa…
197 Only some of us can learn by other people's mistakes. The rest of us have to be the other people. <…
208 We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already …
227 You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. <BR>…
229 We can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. <BR>	-- Will Rogers
244 Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; and love by love. <BR>	-- Thoma…
247 Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable. <BR>	-- Goethe
262 The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. <BR>	-- Chinese Proverb
309 Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things. <BR>	-- Lazarus Long in "Time En…
316 A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. <BR>	-- Mark Twa…
360 May you die in bed at 95, shot by a jealous spouse.
369 Black holes are where God divided by zero.
379 …k, blowenfusen und corkenpoppen mit spitzensparken. Ist nicht fur gewerken by das dummkopfen. Das …
404 When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question…
427 Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. <BR>	-- Robert Heinl…
438 It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: f…
439 I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make when they go flying by.
449 … people of Arkintoofle Minor did try to build spaceships that were powered by bad news but they di…
458 …agine it to be. It is a little like the difference between meeting a woman by candlelight... and s…
470 …eir zeal to disparage and to fight capitalism, implicitly pay homage to it by passionately clamori…
480 … and more abstract and divorced from events in the real world. Economists, by and large, do not st…
488 The idea that we cannot build a desirable social order like a mosaic, by selecting whatever particu…
491 …e guy whose greed--whether for power, money, or love--is not held in check by his wife, the market…
492 He who is not aware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge. <BR>	-- Richard Whatley
503 A camel is a horse designed by a committee.
514 An army of deer led by a lion is more to be feared than an army of lions led by a deer.
536 …ics German, the cooks are French, the lovers Italian, and all is organised by the Swiss. <BR>	-- E…
546 History is a set of lies agreed upon by the victors.
571 Knowledge is that which is acquired by learning. Wisdom is knowing what to do with it.
592 Nowadays we are consumed by desires to buy things we do not need, with money we do not have, to imp…
595 One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by y…
602 Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by traffic from both sid…
633 We judge others by their actions; we judge ourselves by our intentions.
690 Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence. <BR>	-- Napoleon Bo…
691 NEW YORK, NY. A man was knocked down by a car and got up uninjured, but lay back down in front of t…
722 I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it by not dying. <BR>	-- Woo…
806 …joyously, shook up the details of his anatomy from head to foot, and ended by saying such a laugh …
819 A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be lead by the nose. <BR>	-- …
821 …, in Year 1 that useless letter 'c' would be dropped to be replased either by 'k' or 's', and like…
825 Broad, wholesome, charitable views can not be acquired by vegetating in one's little corner of the …
868 …hallenge me now I would go to that man and take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead hi…
884 Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a…
923 Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the on…
928 …m which is superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of fi…
929 …age has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that mat…
941 You can't break a bad habit by throwing it out the window. You've got to walk it slowly down the st…
943 …sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod…
947 What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death. <BR>	-- Dave Barry
951 After the little yeasts are done converting your ingredients into beer, they die horrible deaths by…
953 …'s column no doubt recall that I advised you to cheat, on the grounds that by reducing the amount …
961 The members of the Continental Congress were extremely impressed by the Decleration of Independence…
964 Every morning you should take a vitamin D pill, followed by an E, until you've spelled the healthfu…
976 Clearly what is called for is a federal task force, ideally headed by Dan Quayle, who seems to have…
978 …lieve that it is just a matter of time before these creatures are employed by automobile dealershi…
982 …etric highway signs (SPEED LIMIT 173 CENTIPDES) Americans warmly responded by shooting them down. …
989 Nintendo enables the child to develop a sense of self-worth by mastering a complex, demanding task …
991 … becomes highly suicidal. If he can't locate a hostile force to get killed by, he will deliberatel…
996 … allowing water to splash in and get all the clothes wet, you are required by maritime law to thro…
997 …uch as the Hunchback of Notre Dame Cathedral, you should prepare RIGHT NOW by setting fire to your…
999 I was genuinely surprised by the hostile reaction to my column about England, and all I can say to …
1001 … because they can't move their jaw muscles, because of malnutrition caused by wisely refusing to e…
1004 …by hardy Polynesian sailors, who crossed thousands of miles of open ocean in primitive canoes, bra…
1010 >From the Hippocratic Oath: "And I swear by my Lexus that if a person comes into my office for any …
1015 Guys are biologically capable of keeping track of a huge number of TV programs simultaneously by ch…
1019 …, I could not help but be deeply moved, as a journalist and a human being, by the fact that some o…
1021 …and there's "something special" in the air. It's the aroma being given off by our mailperson, who …
1028 In your suggestions for our Defecit Reduction Contest, by reading between the lines, I detected a c…
1029 I am sick and tired of our so-called representatives in Washington being influenced by powerful spe…
1039 … from his pockets before depositing his pants on the floor to be picked up by the Laundry Fairy. <…
1041 … house in a neighborhod that we are pretty sure is occupied by drug dealers, as indicated by subtl…
1046 …faithful to their mates until they die, usually as a result of being eaten by their mates immediat…
1047 …n the past."  His point was that human civilization is a journey, and only by retracing the steps …
1048 …ity celebrated the dawn of our current millennium. The occasion was marked by feasting, dancing, a…
1051 …by England, which was then under King Edward III, who had vowed to kill any monarch with a higher …
1057 Another important scientific advance occurred in 1614 when the logarithm was invented by Scottish m…
1060 … which was followed in 1666 by the Great Fire of London, which was followed in 1667 by the first r…
1063 … to wait in long lines at inconveniently located postal facilities staffed by surly clerks who per…
1071 …er Than You") and was elected, only to see the nation rent asunder in 1861 by the Civil War, starr…
1078 …em of government and switched to the Communist Dictator System, epitomized by Joseph Stalin, who c…
1082 …ast, where the state of Israel was born in a happy celebration highlighted by festive artillery fi…
1092 …s of tests that predict your ability to perform in the college environment by measuring the degree…
1093 …by the prestigious Educational Testing Service, which is located in Princeton, N.J., home of Harva…
1094 Experts suggest that if you don't know the answer on an SAT, you start by "weeding out" the answers…
1106 So let's not say that guys are not domestic, OK?  When we see a guy who makes drapes by nailing tra…
1115 …ificance to Manhood. This results in certain characteristically masculine, by which I mean stupid,…
1132 …d finds himself really liking her, he will often demonstrate his affection by avoiding her for the…
1133 …nd their lives in a ceaseless quest to establish their masculine dominance by peeing on everything…
1147 …believe, the purpose of the space program is NOT to benefit the human race by advancing the fronti…
1148 …ibutions, vital contributions, contributions that are in no way diminished by the fact that I can'…
1155 Sometimes in politics the moral high ground can only be reached by wading through the lowlands of p…
1212 …es you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts. Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gent…
1235 Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to. <BR>	…
1244 If called by a panther/Don't anther. <BR>	-- Ogden Nash, (1902-1971), U.S. poet
1248 If you ever see me getting beaten by the police, put down the video camera and come help me. <BR>	-…
1313 When you cannot get a compliment by any other way pay yourself one. <BR>	-- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
1315 When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him r…
1405 He that hath no fools, knaves, or beggars in his family was begot by a flash of lightning. <BR>	-- …
1458 …of conviction -- and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by. <BR>	-- Stephen Bak…
1464 Young normal tigers do not eat people. If eaten by a tiger, you may rest assured that he was abnorm…
1475 Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in. <BR>	-- Mar…
1566 …nized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing, and wh…
1581 …. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were dissassembled by you. Therefore, if y…
1588 …m many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog. <BR>	-- Dou…
1594 The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where…
1629 …heir chambers, their stables, and their barns... Curse on the English read by Scots priests on the…
1643 May the devil take him by the heels and shake him. <BR>	-- Irish curse
1646 … he doesn't turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limping. <BR>	…
1656 Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time. <BR>	-- Rush Limb…
1764 I've made it a rule never to drink by daylight and never to refuse a drink after dark. <BR>	-- H.L.…
1788 A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after. <BR>	…
1798 I don't do drugs anymore 'cause I find I get the same effect just by standing up really fast. <BR>	…
1808 It is cowardly to commit suicide. The English often kill themselves -- it is a malady caused by the…
1819 You must look out in Britain that you are not cheated by the charioteers. <BR>	-- Marcus Tullius Ci…
1834 Germans are flummoxed by humor, the Swiss have no concept of fun, the Spanish think there is nothin…
1841 A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time -- pills or stairs. <BR>	-- Joan Welsh
1848 The trouble with jogging is that by the time you realize you're not in shape for it, it's too far t…
1856 Anyone attempting to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a stat…
1860 I can prove anything by statistics -- except the truth. <BR>	-- George Canning (1770-1827), British…
1981 I am only an average man, but, by George, I work at it harder than the average man. <BR>	-- Theodor…
1988 I was raised by just my mom. See, my father died when I was eight years old. At least, that's what …
1994 Merely as an observer of natural phenomena, I am fascinated by my own personal appearance. This doe…
2048 Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance. <BR>	-- William Shakespeare (1564-16…
2070 Human beings were invented by water as a device of transporting itself from one place to another. <…
2139 …m which is superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of fi…
2157 …by gowts, catarrhes, rheums, cachexia, bradypepsia, bad eyes, stone, and collick, crudities, oppil…
2168 All men's lives are fairy tales written by the fingers of God. <BR>	-- Hans Christian Anderson (180…
2187 Life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed by the desire to change his bed. <BR>	-- Pie…
2228 While we are postponing, life speeds by. <BR>	-- Seneca (3 BC-65 AD), Roman playwright
2231 Never judge a book by its meeting. <BR>	-- J.W. Eagan
2235 … ask yourself this one question: "Would I mind being destroyed financially by this person?"  <BR>	…
2237 …than never to have loved a tall. <BR>	-- Mary Jo Crowley, Comedy Writing Secrets by Melvin Helitzer
2285 I never knew what real happiness was until I got married and by then it was too late. <BR>	-- Max K…
2333 Wives and watermelons are picked by chance. <BR>	-- Greek proverb
2362 I die by the help of too many physicians. <BR>	-- Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), on his deathbed
2406 …y can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose…
2409 It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the by-laws are shorter, and he …
2460 If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. <BR>	-- John Kenneth Gal…
2483 Make money, money, honestly if you can; if not, by any means at all, make money. <BR>	-- Quintus Ho…
2519 I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and try…
2567 There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate go…
2569 …but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities. <BR>	--…
2572 …ief that the torture of millions is not desirable, whether inflicted by Stalin or by a Deity imagi…
2581 …gh he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives'…
2585 Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with h…
2586 We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice, and …
2610 England and America are two countries separated by a common language. <BR>	-- George Bernard Shaw (…
2612 … or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twi…
2629 The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. <BR>	--…
2659 Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. <BR>	-- …
2669 This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; …
2677 The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love…
2684 …anything if they can help it; if the job is forced on them, they tackle it by denouncing someone o…
2701 It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though s…
2704 …beauty, for lesser men try to escape from a hopeless and intolerable world by creating a more love…
2710 Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true. <BR>	-- H…
2720 … is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an …
2732 Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame. <BR>	…
2740 Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings. <BR>	-- Lauren…
2741 …power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your hour-by-hour mental conduct …
2766 Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that pass…
2800 Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive …
2819 Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born. <BR>	-- Ronald Reagan (1911 - …
2839 Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.'  And…
2843 You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans. <BR>	-- Ronald Reaga…
2846 …tic surgery until I noticed that the doctor's office was full of portraits by Picasso. <BR>	-- Rit…
2854 …is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of …
2861 I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into…
2865 I am of a sect by myself, as far as I know. <BR>	-- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), third US President
2866 Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong. <BR>	-- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), third US Pre…
2869 The freedom of the press is on of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by…
2901 His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. <BR>	-…
2910 I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way arou…
2945 I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his oppone…
2951 … if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. <BR>	-- Sir Wi…
2957 We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. <BR>	-- Sir Winston Churchill (187…
2967 I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his…
2988 On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has…
2999 We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. <BR>	-- Will…
3029 I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thin…
3050 More people are killed every year by pigs than by sharks, which shows you how good we are at evalua…
3051 The story of modern America begins With the discovery of the white man by The Indians. <BR>	-- Mars…
3052 Only puny secrets need protection. Big discoveries are protected by public incredulity. <BR>	-- Mar…
3058 Spaceship earth is still operated by railway conductors, just as NASA is managed by men with Newton…
3096 And so by the fifteenth century, on October 8, the Europeans were looking for a new place to try to…
3097 …sage has always been that the need for truth, wisdom and world peace pales by comparison with the …
3117 For me, the worst part of playing golf, by far, has always been hitting the ball. <BR>	-- Dave Barry
3119 … is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. <BR>	-- Dave …
3144 …nds, the Mediocrelands, the Rocky Mountains and Robert Redford were caused by erosion. <BR>	-- Dav…
3151 It was Public Art, defined as art that is purchased by experts who are not spending their own perso…
3156 …rom consuming them. These days you have to open almost every consumer item by gnawing on the packa…
3163 … Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of…
3165 …lf-satisfied way to indicate that he thinks that you must think that he is by far the cleverest pe…
3172 …ement of enormous elongated stones in England - is actually a crude effort by the Druids to build …
3180 The Internet is a giant international network of intelligent, informed computer enthusiasts, by whi…
3198 The world is full of strange phenomena that cannot be explained by the laws of logic or science. De…
3265 If you buy some bananas before they are ripe, there won't be any left by the time they are ripe. If…
3267 No books are lost by lending except those you particularly wanted to keep. <BR>	-- Attwood's Law
3309 Some people manage by the book even though they don't know who wrote the book or even what book. <B…
3314 Nothing is ever so bad it can't be made worse by firing the coach. <BR>	-- Murray's Rule
3335 Auditors always reject any expense claim with a bottom line divisible by 5 or 10. <BR>	-- O'Brien's…
3354 All great discoveries are made by mistake. <BR>	-- Youngs Law
3416 Vital papers will demonstrate their vitality by spontaneously moving from where you left them to wh…
3438 All Finagle's Laws may be bypassed by learning the simple art of doing without thinking. <BR>	-- Wi…
3444 The item you had your eye on the minute you walked in will be take by the person in front of you. <…
3482 The amount of expertise varies in inverse proportion to the number of statements understood by the …
3487 That quantity which, when multiplied by, divided by, added to or subtracted from the answer you got…
3534 Those days are dead and gone and the eulogy was delivered by Perl. <BR>	-- Rob Pike (on one tool fo…
3555 So it is that Microsoft, by refusing to secure almost half of its installed desktop base, is trying…
3558 … a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate…
3562 … his wheel falls off. But the hypochondriac is like a wheelbarrow designed by Microsoft. He has co…
3571 …-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that…
3642 Be safety conscious. 80% of people are caused by accidents.
3811 Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
3825 Love is a temporary insanity curable by marriage.
3953 We all can't be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the sides and clap as they go by.
3989 You can observe a lot just by watching.
4052 Heuristics are bug ridden by definition - if they didn't have bugs, then they'd be algorithms.
4066 In the land of the dark, the Ship of the Sun is driven by the Grateful Dead. <BR>	--Egyptian Book o…
4067 I've been aware of the time going by; they say in the end, it's the blink of an eye. <BR>	--Jackson…
4088 Lockwood's Long Shot: The chances of getting eaten up by a lion on Main Street aren't one in a mill…
4101 If one gave me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, I would find something in them…
4102 A fractal is by definition a set for which the Hausdorff Besicovitch dimension strictly exceeds the…
4136 … women, and engineers. While the first two are more pleasant, the third is by far the more certain…
4145 …, he moved...grace of the mind-body interface granted him, in that second, by the clarity and sing…
4157 On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into …
4164 …for a variety of reasons - most serious project delays manifest themselves by code not being ready…
4169 Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. <BR>	-- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
4182 …tarts counting to ten. Pascal runs off and hides. Newton draws a one meter by one meter square on …
4183 There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-o…