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Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but they are not entitled to their own facts.
-- Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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)

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)

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

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

Humor is just another defense against the universe
-- Mel Brooks

No, no, you're not thinking, you're just being logical.
-- Niels Bohr

The road to a friend's house is never long.
-- Danish proverb

Dublin University contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.
-- Samuel Beckett

"I'm a nymphomaniac of the heart."
-- Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
-- Samuel Butler

All animals except man know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
-- Samuel Butler