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We tend to see our own experiences as the normal process, so we are often amazed that anyone could have taken a different path. But when we do meet up, it's always fascinating to compare notes about the different ways to get there.
-- Daniel Gilly
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but they are not entitled to their own facts.
-- Daniel Patrick Moynihan
We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we have put in place of reality.
-- Daniel J. Boorstin
The greatest possible mint of style is to make the words absolutely disappear into the thought.
-- Nathaniel Hawthorne
"They called me mad, and I called them mad, and damn them, they outvoted me."
-- Nathaniel Lee (on being consigned to a mental institution, circa 17th century)
Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
-- Nathaniel Hawthorne
"I'm a nymphomaniac of the heart."
-- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
No, no, you're not thinking, you're just being logical.
-- Niels Bohr
Aardvark: Like an anteater, but harder to spell, the aardvark hangs around South American locations getting to know the local ant population, and attempting genocide on them. Well recognised for its long snout, with which it sucks up said unfortunate ants, the aardvark is best known for that bit in Tintin where it cleans up Captain Haddock's face. The Aardvark was originally named by Spanish Explorer Aaron Varkinos in 1533. [See also: Ant]
-- Daniel Bowen (Toxic Custarpedia)
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
-- Niels Bohr