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by Tom King
June 7, 2006 at 11:46 a.m.
Quotations IV
One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition. ~Alvin TofflerThe world is so dreadfully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain. ~Ronald FirbankThe world has achieved brilliance without conscience. ~Omar BradleyNothing can be more readily disproved than the old saw, "You can't keep a good man down." Most human societies have been beautifully organized to keep good men down. ~John W. GardnerDo not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness. ~George Bernard ShawIt's a sad and stupid thing to have to proclaim yourself a revolutionary just to be a decent man. ~David HarrisIt is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. ~KrishnamurtiThe object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. ~Marcus AureliusAre right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion? ~William Lloyd Garrison[H]istory assures us that civilizations decay quite leisurely. ~Will and Ariel Durant I think God's going to come down and pull civilization over for speeding. ~Steven WrightUsually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things. ~Russell BakerFame is proof that the people are gullible. ~Ralph Waldo EmersonSuburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. ~Bill VaughnWhen people go to work, they shouldn't have to leave their hearts at home. ~Betty BenderThe things that are wrong with the country today are the sum total of all the things that are wrong with us as individuals. ~Charles W. TobeyA people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. ~Dwight D. EisenhowerWhen Gandhi was asked what he thought of Western civilization, he said, "It would be nice." ~Author UnknownIf you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on the human face - forever. ~George OrwellIf our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all. ~Pearl S. Buck--from [The Quote Garden][1] [1]: http://www.quotegarden.com/
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lazz (anonymous) says…
"I should like to enjoy this summer flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one for me."
--Andre Gide
The little things? The little moments? They aren't little.
-- Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn
Dazie (Aileen Dingus) says…
It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.
~Eleanor Roosevelt
thetomdotdot (anonymous) says…
Wish in one hand, piss in the other, see which one gets filled up first.
~ Mary Pauline Weeks
gaiapapaya (anonymous) says…
Seven beers followed by two Scotches and a thimble of marijuana and it's funny how sleep comes all on it's own.
~David Sedaris
Todd (anonymous) says…
Eighty percent of success is showing up.
~ Woody Allen
Weezy_Jefferson (anonymous) says…
waaarrrggghh!
----Chewbacca
lazz (anonymous) says…
This blog is a Star Wars-Free Zone.
Couldn't we compromise and use something from Churchill instead?
thetomdotdot (anonymous) says…
... blah blah, blah. Blah! Blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah ... Blah ... Blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah; blah blah blah! Blah! blah! blah blah!
blah, blah blah, blah blah blah ... blah? blah??
BLAH!?
Blah blah.
Blah.
~ Lazz
Weezy_Jefferson (anonymous) says…
These aren't the droids you're looking for.
---Winston Churchill
imarkley (anonymous) says…
I'd like to tell her that I love her, but the point is probably moot.
-- Rick Springfield
tomking (Tom King) says…
Don't belive what they say. Go see. -- Buddha