Quotes

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Cops and reporters are much alike. Both are absolutely dedicated to doing the job at hand, regardless of obstacles. And both, deep down, really believe the rules don't apply to them.
-- Jim Barlow (Houston Chronicle)

"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject."
-- Winston Churchill

"This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read."
-- Winston Churchill

I do not like the man: he has all of the virtues I detest and none of the vices I admire.
-- Winston Churchill

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.
-- Winston Churchill

"Any idiot can face a crisis - it's this day-to-day living that wears you out."
-- Anton Chekhov

"Improvised be damned! I thought of it this morning in my bath and I wish now I hadn't wasted it on this little crowd."
-- Winston Churchill

"To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day."

-- Winston Churchill

"You can only fuck your way to the middle."
-- Sharon Stone

Wreckless Driving -- You'd think that would be a good thing.
-- Chris Sampson

If stupidity was a crime, honey, you'd get a life sentence.
-- Chris Stephenson

I've tried relaxing, but--I don't know--I feel more comfortable tense.
-- Caption for Hamilton cartoon

"You have not truly experinced Shakespeare until you have read it in the original Klingon."
-- The Klingon chancellor (Star Trek VI)

"...everyone else here is likely as stressed as you are, though much more competent and cynical."

-- Chris Johnson (a.s.r)

"In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence."
-- Laurence Johnston Peter

Sticks and stones may break my bones but whips and chains arouse me.

Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but so would an 80 pound carrot.

feet and stones may break my bones, but metrics are more comprehensive