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A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, nothing else. In waking a tiger, use a long stick. Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed. You are not superior just because you see the world in an odious light. Get up, stand up Stand up for your rights Get up, stand up Never give up the fight. Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms. The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it. An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones. Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. The only really happy folk are married women and single men. Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution. No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public. For every problem, there is one solution which is simple, neat and wrong. It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man. The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man. When shit becomes valuable, the poor will be born without assholes. One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof. The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo. God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. It is hard to let old beliefs go. They are familiar. We are comfortable with them and have spent years building systems and developing habits that depend on them. Like a man who has worn eyeglasses so long that he forgets he has them on, we forget that the world looks to us the way it does because we have become used to seeing it that way through a particular set of lenses. Today, however, we need new lenses. And we need to throw the old ones away. I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it. - Sir Laurence Olivier Big Brother is watching you. All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others. Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule. The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for that future. Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. - Will Rogers , US humorist & showman (1879 - 1935) The only thing we have to fear is fear itself , Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted. If you are going to do something wrong at least enjoy it. The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Everything has been figured out except how to live. Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now -- always. Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. Finally, in conclusion, let me say just this. All great truths begin as blasphemies. It is most unwise for people in love to marry. The golden rule is that there are no golden rules. The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post. |
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