In Others' Words

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Thursday, March 20, 2008

Paper Critique

"If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed." — Mark Twain Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy it very much, thank you.

"It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this." Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) "Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence." Henrik Tikkanen "A neurosis is a secret that you don't know you are... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Cynicism

"Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves." Robert Anton Wilson "A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin." H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Presidential Quotes

“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.” Thomas Jefferson “The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there” James Buchanan “A government for the people must... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Quotes about the Boob Tube

"Television – a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done." Ernie Kovacs "The one function TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were." David Brinkley (1920 - 2003) "Don't you wish there was a knob on the TV to... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Choose Life

"Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up." Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933) "Live forever or die in the attempt." Joseph Heller (1923 - 1999), Catch 22 Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 9, 2008

Hugh Hefner

“The interesting thing is how one guy, through living out his own fantasies, is living out the fantasies of so many other people.” “Picasso had his pink period and his blue period. I am in my blonde period right now.” Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 8, 2008

Shakes Beer

"How far that little candle throws his beams. So shines a good deed in a weary world." William Shakespeare Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 4, 2008

Groupthink

"Committee--a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done." Fred Allen (1894 - 1956) Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Emo Phillips Quotes

"I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this." Emo Phillips "People come up to me and say, 'Emo, do people really come up to you?'" Emo Phillips "I was the kid next door's imaginary friend." Emo Phillips Sign in to see full entry.

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