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"Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."-- Hermann Goering (at the Nuremberg Trials, April 18, 1946)
Is not that the nature of men and women--that the pleasure is in the learning of each other?
Sometimes before bed, I look in the mirror and wonder just what I'll be doing in ten years. Then I look at the clock and think, 'Probably flossing.'-- April Van Scherpe
The light at the end of a tunnel may be an oncoming train.
"I'm not mad at the world... just at all the people in it."
"Man gazing at the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road."-- Alexander Smith
Cigarette, n: A fire at one end, a fool at the other, and a bit of tobacco inbetween.
Sign in a hotel elevator in Paris:
"Please leave your values at the front desk."
A trial is a lot like gladiator combat. Except trials don't feature half-naked men in armor with swords and spears and those ball thingies at the ends of ropes. Well, okay -- the good trials do, but it doesn't happen often enough, if you ask me.-- Jonathan Colan
America is like a melting pot. The people at the bottom get burned, and the scum floats to the top.
At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.-- La Bruyere
I think having 'Men' and 'Women' signs on bathrooms is a bad idea, because if aliens thought those rooms held standard specimens and went in to record data, they'd get some pretty bizarre examples.-- April Van Scherpe
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.-- Oscar Wilde
If you think that mental illness interferes with financial success, just look at the average television evangelist.
"I open up more when it's conversational. Otherwise, they're proving how smart they are, and I'm proving how smart I am. It's a penis race, and we're both losing. I'd rather just hang out and see where it can go."-- Tori Amos (The Orlando Sentinel, April 12, 1996)
Hope is the feeling you have that the feeling you have isn't permanent.
"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."-- Hemingway
Democracy is the form of government where everyone gets what the majority deserves.
The principle difference between a cat and a lie is that the cat has only nine lives.
"I wish I could drink like a lady
I can take one or two at the most.
Three and I'm under the table --
Four and I'm under the host!"
"Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt."-- Herbert Hoover
"Life at the top is financially rewarding, spiritually draining, physically exhausting, and short."-- Peter C. Newman
"The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are."-- Mark Twain