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Quotes by Anonymous

“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defence of peace must be constructed.
UNESCO Constitution
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“All general statements are false.
The Ultimate Law
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“J.F.K.--The Man and the Airport
Suggested book title
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“If you don't find it in the index, look very carefully through the entire catalogue.
Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Consumer's Guide, 1897
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“Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
quoted by Jim Horning
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“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 vaccuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1.5 tons.
Popular Mechanics, March 1949
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“Never lose hope.
Polish Slogan
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“I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . Corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money-power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.
Often attributed to Abraham Lincoln
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“An act against my will is not my act.
Legal Maxim
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“He is not deemed to give consent who is under a mistake.
Latin Legal Phrase
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“Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Hanlon's Razor
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“Oh, come on. If you can't laugh at the walking dead, who can you laugh at?
Dan Fielding in "Night Court"
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“Just once, I wish we would encounter an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets.
Brigader Lethbridge-Stewart in "Dr. Who"
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“Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
(often attributed to Albert Camus)
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“We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all of our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind of self-government; upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God.
(attributed incorrectly to James Madison)
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“Whoever does not love his work cannot hope that it will please others.
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“What if this weren't a hypothetical question?”
“Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits, they become your character.
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.		”
“The wages of sin are unreported.”
“The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime television.
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“People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs.”
“Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.
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“My Karma ran over your dogma.”
“Most people rust out due to lack of challenge. Few people rust out due to overuse.”
“It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything.”
“In a few minutes a computer can make a mistake so great that it would have taken many men many months to equal it.
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“I'm not worried about the bullet with my name on it... just the thousands out there marked 'Occupant.'”
“I have not lost my mind - it's backed up on disk somewhere.”
“He's the kind of a guy who lights up a room just by flicking a switch.”
“He who hesitates is not only lost, but miles from the next exit.”
“Fools rush in where fools have been before.
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“Fashion is something that goes in one year and out the other.
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“Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.
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“Every big problem was at one time a wee disturbance.”
“Eat a live toad the first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”
“Don't worry if you're a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it.”
“Don't use a big word where a diminutive one will suffice.”
“Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function.
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“Barnum was wrong - it's more like every 30 seconds.”
“Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
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“Anyone who uses the phrase 'easy as taking candy from a baby' has never tried taking candy from a baby.
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“Any sufficiently advanced bureaucracy is indistinguishable from molasses.
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“Antonym, n.: The opposite of the word you're trying to think of.”
“Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea.”
“An effective way to deal with predators is to taste terrible.”
“All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors.
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“All power corrupts, but we need the electricity.”
“After all is said and done, a lot more will be said than done.”
“Accident, n.: A condition in which presence of mind is good, but absence of body is better.”
“A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top .
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“A stitch in time would have confused Einstein.”
“A gentleman is a man who can play the accordion but doesn't.”
“A friend is someone who will help you move. A real friend is someone who will help you move a body.”
“To him that you tell your secret you resign your liberty.
Proverb
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“If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.
often attributed to Dan Quayle
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“A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.
often attributed to Dan Quayle
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“Any piece of clothing can be sexy with a quietly passionate woman inside it.
O Magazine, The Shy Girl's Guide to Sex, February 2003
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“Alas my love you do me wrong,
To cast me of discurteously;
And I have loved you so long,
Delighting in your company.
Greensleeves
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“God is not dead but alive and well and working on a much less ambitious project.
Graffito
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“I am a Marxist--of the Groucho tendency.
French slogan
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“A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men.
Also used in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
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“He deserves Paradise who makes his companions laugh.
(wrongly attributed to the Koran)
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“You add insult to injury.
(Injuriae Addis Contumeliam)		”
“Write a wise saying and your name will live forever.
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“When you point your finger at someone, three fingers are pointing back at you.”
“Whatever you undertake, act with prudence, and consider the consequences.”
“Unity in things necessary, liberty in things doubtful, charity in everything.”
“To harken to evil conversation is the road to wickedness.. (Pravis Assuescere Sermonibus Est Via Ad Rem Ipsam)
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“Tis the advisor who suffers from bad advice.”
“Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working.”
“There are no thanks for a kindness, which has been delayed.
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“The best defense against the atom bomb is not to be there when it goes off.”
“Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better.”
“No man deserves punishment for his thoughts.”
“May no portent of evil be attached to the words I say.
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“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”
“Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side.
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“It is light grief that can take counsel.
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“In every fat book there is a thin book trying to get out.”
“If you really do put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.”
“If you hear that everybody is buying a certain stock, ask who is selling.”
“If you enjoy the fruit, pluck not the flower.”
“If for a tranquil mind you seek,
These things observe with care:
Of whom you speak, to whom you speak,
And how, and when and where.		”
“Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget.”
“Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.”
“God helps those who help themselves.”
“Efficiency is intelligent laziness.”
“Don't let yourself forget what it's like to be sixteen.”
“Discretion is the better part of valor.”
“Dare to be wise.
(Sapere Aude)		”
“Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have.”
“Concern should drive us into action and not into depression.”
“By courage I repel adversity.
(Adversa Virtute Repello)		”
“Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it. Plan more than you can do, then do it.
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“Better to get up late and be wide awake than to get up early and be asleep all day.”
“Be alert to give service. What counts a great deal in life is what we do for others.
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“Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of.”
“Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose.”
“A man is known by the company he avoids.”
“A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.”
“A magician pulls rabbits out of hats. An experimental psychologist pulls habits out of rats.”
“A guilty conscience needs no accuser.”
“A groundless rumor often covers a lot of ground.”
“A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.”
“A good exercise for the heart is to bend down and help another up.”
“A friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”
“A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.”
“A closed mouth gathers no feet.”
“A closed mind is a good thing to lose.”

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