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The direct use of physical force is so poor a solution to the problem of limited resources that it is commonly employed only by small children and great nations.-- David Friedman
"Intellectual brilliance is no guarentee against being dead wrong."-- David Fasold
People look ridiculous when they're in ecstasy.-- David Byrne
You can be a professional without being constipated about it.-- David Keyser
Education's purpose is to replace an open mind with a full one.-- David Nestor
True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable.-- David Tyson Gentry
"The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn."-- David Russell
"Singing is a trick to get people to listen to music for longer than they would ordinarily."-- David Byrne
"I don't think you can be a true man until you've humiliated yourself before a woman."-- David Duchovny
"Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all."-- Henry David Thoreau
What do you mean, "If a woodchuck could chuck wood"? What's the point in calling it a "woodchuck" if it can't ?-- David Gunter
People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first.-- David H. Comins
Many a man fails to become a thinker for the sole reason that his memory is too good.-- Friedrich Nietzsche
Christianity poisoned Eros, but Eros did not die, it merely degenerated into a vice.-- Friedrich Nietzsche
"The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad."-- Friedrick Nietzsche
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.-- Henry David Thoreau
"Mystical explanations are considered deep. The truth is that they are not even superficial."-- Friedrich Nietzsche
Insanity is the exception in individuals. In groups, parties, people, and times, it is the rule.-- Friedrich Nietzsche
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."-- Friedrich Nietzsche
The disarmament of fear, in ourselves and those that oppose, propels us. Every step forward brings the possibility of backlash. But forward we go.-- David G. Welton
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.-- Henry David Thoreau
Recession: your friend loses his job. Depression: you lose your job. Recovery: Bush loses his job.-- Bill Davidsen
"Our country was founded on a distrust of government. Our founding fathers gave power to the people to keep an eye on government. So when politicians say "Trust me" they're actually being very unamerican."-- David Duchovny (X Files)