"en quotations"

"He hoped and prayed that there wasn’t an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction..."

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:01:30 -0400

“He hoped and prayed that there wasn’t an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn’t an afterlife.”

- douglas adams

"What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses..."

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:01:10 -0400

“What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.”

- Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879 - 1962), “Discovery”, 1964

"The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines..."

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:00:39 -0400

“The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face.”

- Jim Bishop

"Criminal: A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation."

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:00:20 -0400

“Criminal: A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.”

- howard scott

"Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so."

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:00:03 -0400

“Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so.”

- Betrand Russell

"The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases."

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:59:08 -0400

“The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.”

- carl jung

"If we fall, we don’t need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our..."

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:58:44 -0400

“If we fall, we don’t need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to recommit, to be whole-hearted once again.”

- Sharon Salzberg, O Magazine, The Power of Intention, January 2004

"My mother loved children — she would have given anything if I had been one."

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:41:50 -0400

“My mother loved children — she would have given anything if I had been one.”

- Groucho Marx

"You can be pleased with nothing when you are not pleased with yourself."

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:41:20 -0400

“You can be pleased with nothing when you are not pleased with yourself.”

- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689 - 1762)

"Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made."

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:40:41 -0400

“Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made.”

- Otto von Bizmarck

"Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers..."

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:40:10 -0400

“Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1.5 tons.”

- unknown, Popular Mechanics, March 1949

"There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice."

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:39:03 -0400

“There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.”

- Mark Twain

"Cabbage: A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man’s head."

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:38:42 -0400

“Cabbage: A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man’s head.”

- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil’s Dictionary

"It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them."

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:38:12 -0400

“It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.”

- Dame Rose Macaulay

"The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums."

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:37:30 -0400

“The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums.”

- G. K. Chesterton

"Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man."

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:09:03 -0400

“Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.”

- Sir Francis Bacon

"Prefer loss to the wealth of dishonest gain; the former vexes you for a time; the latter will bring..."

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:08:34 -0400

“Prefer loss to the wealth of dishonest gain; the former vexes you for a time; the latter will bring you lasting remorse.”

- Chilo

"It hurts to find out that what you wanted doesn’t match what you dreamed it would be."

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:08:16 -0400

“It hurts to find out that what you wanted doesn’t match what you dreamed it would be.”

- Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 09-07-04

"He who hesitates is not only lost, but miles from the next exit."

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:07:37 -0400

“He who hesitates is not only lost, but miles from the next exit.”

- Ian McEwan

"It was never what I wanted to buy that held my heart’s hope. It was what I wanted to be."

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:10:00 -0400

“It was never what I wanted to buy that held my heart’s hope. It was what I wanted to be.”

- Lois McMaster Bujold