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113 Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. <BR> -- Philip K. Dick
126 Perfection is reached, not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer any…
154 Just remember: when you go to court, you are trusting your fate to twelve people that weren't smart…
194 There are times when silence has the loudest voice. <BR> -- Leroy Brownlow
213 Change starts when someone sees the next step. <BR> -- William Drayton
246 Youth is when you blame all your troubles on your parents; maturity is when you learn that everythi…
272 The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from th…
279 We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid o…
297 Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgiv…
303 A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water. <BR> -- Sidney Goff
304 When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced; live your life so that when you die, the worl…
314 A banker is the person who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and w ants it back the mi…
320 In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idi…
321 …n Havana, there are two skulls of Christopher Columbus, "one when he was a boy and one when he was…
342 Never judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Then when you do judge him, you'll be a …
358 A youth becomes a man when the marks he wants to leave on the world have nothing to do with tyres.
428 Never make anything simple and efficient when a way can be found to make it complex and wonderful.
435 …This can be seen from the convenient way the sun comes up in the morning, when people are ready to…
439 I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make when they go flying by.
475 …all, the more fun you'll have on the way and the better looking the nurse will be when you wake up.
530 Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you recognize a mistake when you make it again.
560 If you want to be well liked never lie about yourself, and be careful when telling the truth about …
562 …ependent, they don't listen, they don't come in when you call, they like to stay out all night, an…
578 Let us so live that when we die even the undertaker will be sorry. <BR> -- Mark Twain
582 Man blames fate for other accidents, but feels personally responsible when he makes a hole-in-one!
604 The definition of a recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you loose y…
642 …ther was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-…
661 Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to ta…
685 A great many people think they are thinking when they are acutally rearranging their prejudices. <B…
686 …ed, "I am only boring under my own seat." "Yes," said his companions, but when the sea rushes in w…
689 I think it would be a good idea. <BR> -- Mahatma Ghandi (1869-1948), when asked what he thought of …
691 …down by a car and got up uninjured, but lay back down in front of the car when a bystander told hi…
694 What do you take me for, an idiot?; <BR> -- General Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), when a journali…
715 Sometimes when reading Goethe I have the paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to be funny. <BR> -…
767 I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need. <BR> -- Rodin (1840-1917), when aske…
775 Ask her to wait a moment - I am almost done. <BR> -- Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), when informe…
788 You are getting old when you don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to g…
793 You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to …
852 I find that principles have no real force except when one is well fed. <BR> -- Mark Twain
909 There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when…
925 We do not deal in facts when we are contemplating ourselves. <BR> -- Mark Twain
940 You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. <BR> -- Mark Twain
973 Spontaneous human combustion is when people, with no apperant cause, suddenly start burning like ca…
982 The metric conversion was clearly a good idea, and when the government started putting up metric hi…
993 Finally, when I was fully confident that, if necessary, I could take the boat out myslef and get ev…
1006 …icate with modern color photocopiers - a fact that was made all too clear when the Xerox Corp., in…
1024 …ers." Let's say you buy a car with a "5.7 liter engine": This means that when it breaks, you shou…
1027 You readers really came through in our Defecit Reduction Contest, proving once againthat when the A…
1038 … calls wherein, after he dials the phone, he forgets who he's calling, so when somebody answers, G…
1047 As the ancient Greek historian Thucydides often said when he was alive, "History is a bunch of thin…
1057 …ientific advance occurred in 1614 when the logarithm was invented by Scottish mathematician John N…
1064 On the fateful night of April 18, 1775, the Revolutionary War began when Paul Revere made his legen…
1075 …harge up San Juan Hill, only to enjoy a hearty laugh at their own expense when they realized that …
1083 …when the clock strikes 12, raise a glass to toast the millions of our ancestors who went before us…
1087 You must find a way, right now, to feed your family when Y2K strikes. You will NOT be able to grow …
1090 …. Her primary objective is to purchase clothes that are the size she wore when she was 19 years ol…
1103 …that English teachers use for "boring," the same way they use "satirical" when they mean "you will…
1112 How are you, the Class of 1999, going to respond when the Clock-Radio of Challenge emits the Irrita…
1119 …gyptian guys occurred at the funeral of the great Pharaoh Amentooten III, when some guys invented …
1132 …ments, or even to take steps that might LEAD to commitments. That is why, when a guy goes out on a…
1163 It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
1175 Generally speaking, you aren't learning much when your mouth is moving.
1192 Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. <BR> -- Erica Jong (1…
1194 Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example. <BR> -- Louis La Roch…
1211 Always go to the bathroom when you have a chance. <BR> -- King George V of Great Britain, (1865-193…
1235 Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to. <BR> …
1276 …and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the…
1278 Never murder a man when he's busy committing suicide. <BR> -- Woodrow Wilson, (1856-1924), U.S. Pre…
1310 We ought never to do wrong when people are looking. <BR> -- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
1316 Why be disagreeable, when with a little effort you can be impossible? <BR> -- Douglas Woodruff
1340 If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old. <BR>…
1349 Middle age is when you have met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someon…
1353 Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. <BR> -- Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972,), New…
1365 Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart. <BR> -- …
1369 You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them. <BR> -- Ha…
1387 I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just. <BR> -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), U.S…
1399 What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it. <BR> -- Margo…
1401 When good Americans die, they go to Paris; when bad Americans die they go to America. <BR> -- Oscar…
1437 Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you. <BR> -- Mary Bly
1446 …ependent, they don't listen, they don't come in when you call, they like to stay out all night, an…
1451 …almost any direction. It comes completely assembled, and it makes a sound when you jump on it. <BR…
1460 When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it …
1480 I wonder what goes through his mind when he sees us peeing in his water bowl. <BR> -- Penny Ward Mo…
1509 Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a …
1511 Sir, when their backsides look good enough to slap, there's nothing more to do. <BR> -- Peter Paul …
1533 I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave. <BR> -- Edward Mo…
1552 New York... when civilization falls apart, remember, we were way ahead of you. <BR> -- David Letter…
1561 Humor results when society says you can't scratch certain things in public, but they itch in public…
1563 Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die. <BR> -- Mel Br…
1572 Like everyone else, when I don't know what else to do, I seem to go in for catching colds. <BR> -- …
1599 …spiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it…
1614 Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize t…
1623 Take not God's name in vain; select a time when it will have effect. <BR> -- Ambrose Bierce (1842-1…
1625 When angry, count four; when very angry, swear. <BR> -- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
1671 Let us hope that when we are dead things will be better arranged. <BR> -- Marcel Proust (1871-1922)
1711 We'll jump off that bridge when we come to it. <BR> -- Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972), Canadian prim…
1753 I don't have a drink problem except when I can't get one. <BR> -- Tom Waits, 1979, U.S. singer
1755 I drink when I have occasion for it, and sometimes when I have not. <BR> -- Miguel de Cervantes (15…
1776 Two reasons for drinking: one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thi…
1790 …st desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down. <BR…
1797 Drugs. I can take them or leave them. But they're much more effective when I take them. <BR> -- Ron…
1850 Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you recognize a mistake when you make it again. <BR…
1882 A diet is when you watch what you eat and wish you could eat what you watch. <BR> -- Hermione Gingo…
1931 A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. <BR> -- Walter Winchell (18…
1939 I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much b…
1988 I was raised by just my mom. See, my father died when I was eight years old. At least, that's what …
2005 It is easy to assume a habit; but when you try to cast it off, it will take skin and all. <BR> -- J…
2029 I can't tell a lie -- not even when I hear one. <BR> -- John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922), writer
2045 The world will be a better place when the Found ads in the newspapers begin to outnumber the Lost a…
2046 There are times and countries when the only place for an honest man is in jail. <BR> -- Thomas Mann…
2080 If I didn't panic when I found out that I was a human being, I'm never going to. <BR> -- James Thur…
2115 I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose. <BR> -- Woody Allen (1935-- ), U…
2150 I am happiest when I am idle. I could live for months without performing any kind of labor, and at …
2161 It is when the gods hate a man with uncommon abhorrence that they drive him into the profession of …
2172 I wept when I was born and every day explains why. <BR> -- Spanish proverb
2180 Life does not begin at conception, but when the kids leave home and the dog dies. <BR> -- Russ Jame…
2181 Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it. <BR> -- Dave Barry, U.S. humorist
2192 Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it. By this definition, the amoeba, the mango, the fro…
2206 Life is something to do when you can't get to sleeep. <BR> -- Fran Lebowitz (1950--), U.S. writer
2236 …when you think he's as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry Kissinger, as noble as Ralph Nade…
2308 My wife doesn't care what I do when I'm away, as long as I don't have a good time. <BR> -- Lee Trev…
2343 I liked things better when I didn't understand them. <BR> -- Bill Watterson, "Calvin and Hobbes" co…
2420 Man -- a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired. <BR> -- Mark Twain (1835-1…
2428 Men love putting women on a pedestal because it's so much more satisfying when they knock them off.…
2440 The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he's a baby. <BR> -- Natalie Wood, …
2496 There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody. <BR> …
2518 I hate music, especially when it's played. <BR> -- Jimmy Durante (1893-1980), U.S. musician/comedian
2526 No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. <BR> -- …
2527 Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding, he sings. <BR> -- Ed Gardner
2587 It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is t…
2613 Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from hist…
2623 Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people l…
2666 An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable. <BR> -- George Bernard Shaw (1856 -…
2679 A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. <BR> -- H. L. Mencken (188…
2698 It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were …
2721 …e simply opposite. They are nothing of the sort. What the world turns to, when it is cured on one …
2726 …n and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and h…
2731 Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status. <BR> -- Lau…
2742 Speak when you are angry -- and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret. <BR> -- Laurence …
2746 Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to believe. <BR> -- Laurence J. Peter (1919 …
2769 One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards. <BR> -- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
2794 One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upo…
2805 Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that …
2842 History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. <BR> -- …
2854 …ts of the law,' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rig…
2902 How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric ty…
2910 I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way arou…
2933 It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens. <BR> -- Woody Allen…
2949 Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room. <BR> -- Sir Winston C…
2958 …icize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home. <BR> -…
2984 …digy, because a child prodigy is a child who knows as much when it is a child as it does when it g…
2994 The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them. <BR> -- Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
2995 There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. <BR> -- Will Rogers (…
2996 There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you. <BR> -- Wi…
2997 This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a …
3025 Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and w…
3026 …ays been poor, but it's been worth it, ay, worth it a hundred times I say when I look round at my …
3032 It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late. <BR> -- W. Somerset Maugham (187…
3090 Remember, no one, when they are on their death-bed says "I wish I'd watched a little more TV". <BR>…
3091 … Marvin, grunt like Rod Steiger, enunciate like Sir Laurence Olivier, and when it comes to Richard…
3099 Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down. <BR> -- D…
3130 I realize that I'm generalizing here, but as is often the case when I generalize, I don't care. <BR…
3131 I recently had my annual physical examination, which I get once every seven years, and when the nur…
3134 I want a pit crew... I hate the procedure I currently have to go through when I have car problems. …
3145 In Spain, attempting to obtain a chicken salad sandwich, you wind up with a dish whose name, when y…
3150 It is a well-known fact that although the public is fine when taken individually, when it forms its…
3194 The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, wherea…
3212 …t to have visible stomach muscles? I grew up in an era (the Paleolithic) when people kept their s…
3217 …to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers when there was no Velcro…
3247 The probablility of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to …
3251 The Telephone will ring when you are outside the door fumbling for your keys. You will reach it jus…
3283 No matter how strong the breeze when you leave the dock, once you have reached the furthest point f…
3286 Envelopes which don't stick when you lick them will stick to other things when you don't want them …
3287 Machines that have broken down will work perfectly when the repairman arrives. <BR> -- Third Law of…
3305 A project will be authorised only when none of the authorisers can be blamed if the project fails b…
3322 A crisis is when you can't say 'let's forget the whole thing'. <BR> -- Ferguson's Precept
3366 When you need to knock on wood is when you realise that the world is made of plastic and aluminium.…
3374 The referee will always be looking the other way when you score. <BR> -- Martial Arts Law 2
3375 …ugh the elimination round on luck alone will suddenly turn into Bruce Lee when you're up against h…
3415 Office machines which function perfectly during normal business hours will break down when you retu…
3430 The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone he can blame it on. <BR> -- Jones…
3481 If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, then you just don't understand the …
3487 That quantity which, when multiplied by, divided by, added to or subtracted from the answer you got…
3488 By definition, when you are searching the unknown, you do not know what you will find. <BR> -- The …
3498 Quit when you're still behind. When you're in a hole, don't dig. <BR> -- Salinger's Law
3504 Never, ever, eat prunes when you're hungry. <BR> -- Schmidt's Law
3532 Sometimes when you fill a vacuum, it still sucks. <BR> -- Rob Pike (on the X Window System)
3562 …when his wheel falls off. But the hypochondriac is like a wheelbarrow designed by Microsoft. He ha…
3612 A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students
3742 I like being single. I'm always there when I need me.
3820 Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans.
3867 Quando omni flunkus moritati - when all else fails, play dead.
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.
3977 Why buy shampoo when real poo is still free.
4096 I can't understand why a person will take a year or two to write a novel when he can easily buy one…
4117 Properly defined, privacy is the subjective condition people experience when they have power to con…
4131 Oh, my baby, when you're cryin' Never hide your face from me I have conquered hell and driven out t…
4133 …ativity is the result of our continued striving for immortality in an era when most people no long…
4139 …is a protected abstract virtual base pure virtual private destructor, and when was the last time y…
4178 What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
4213 What does a clock do when it's hungry? It goes back four seconds.