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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.-- Emerson
The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matter compared to what lies within us.-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty."-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"There comes a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide."-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.-- Harry Emerson Fosdick
"One person can trigger a million thoughts."
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be the person you needed when you were younger.
"Make lots of money", "enjoy the work", "operate within the law": choose 2-- Brian Anderson
"To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world."
If a man carefully examines his thoughts, he will be surprised to find how much he lives in the future. His well-being is always ahead. Such a creature is probably immortal.-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Not a Morning Person" doesn't even begin to cover it.
Secret, n: Something you tell to one person at a time.
Thinking is not a panacea, but to paraphrase Gandhi, maybe it would be a good idea to try some.-- Jess Anderson
"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground."-- Thomas Jefferson
A child is a person who can't understand why someone would give away a perfectly good kitten.-- Doug Larson
"Those who would sacrifice a little freedom for a little order, will lose both, and deserve neither."-- Thomas Jefferson
In case of emergency, speak in cliches.
"When the people fear their government there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."-- Thomas Jefferson
"We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person, perfectly."
Sometimes you have to bite people hard on the lip before they realize you're not kissing them, so keenly do they yearn for approval.-- Jess Anderson
Ignoranus, n: A person who is not only ignorant, but an asshole to boot.
There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX.
We don't believe this to be a coincidence.-- Jeremy S. Anderson
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.-- Thomas Jefferson
In a cemetery:
"Persons are prohibited from picking flowers from any but their own graves."
Adult: A person that has stopped growing at both ends but not in the middle.
Experience is what causes a person to make new mistakes instead of old ones.
"I love Saturday morning cartoons, what classic humour! This is what entertainment is all about... Idiots, explosives and falling anvils."-- Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes)
Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.-- Thomas Jefferson
I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.-- Orson Welles
"I'd like to meet the person who invented sex and see what they're working on now."
If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it.-- K (MiB)
"They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck."
"The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it."-- Doug Larson
"Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed."-- R.S. Ingersoll
A genius is just a crazy person with an audience-- Tim Minchin
Headline: Arson Suspect is Held in Massachusetts Fire
A psychiatrist is a person who will give you expensive answers that your wife will give you for free.
Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
Humility is no substitute for a good personality.-- Fran Lebowitz
"Everybody winds up kissing the wrong person good night."-- Andy Warhol
Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives by make-believe.-- W. Somerset Maugham
"I find imperfection the most interesting thing about a person"-- Jodi Foster
"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is the meaning of success."-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I have so many different personalities in me, and I still feel lonely."-- Tori Amos
Odo: That's a very personal question.
Jadzia Dax: I'm sorry, but after seven lifetimes, impersonal questions aren't much fun anymore. (Star Trek: DS9 (Shadowplay))
Thinking of Maud you forget everything else. -- hack v1.0.3
Who was that Maud person anyway? -- nethack v3.1.0
"There are very few personal problems that cannot be resolved by application of suitable quantities of duct tape."
If I can make just one person laugh, then it must've been a pretty good eulogy.-- Wade Kwon
"Que sera, seratonin! (Meep.)"-- Mercy
Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.-- Ronald Reagan
I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.-- Lily Tomlin
I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.-- Lily Tomlin
"A promiscuous person is someone who is getting more sex than you are."-- Victor Lownes
"Here's a horrible thought: You know how dumb the average person is? Well, half the human race is even dumber than that..."
Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.-- W. Somerset Maugham
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.-- Oscar Wilde
"A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer."-- Robert Frost
If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers.
[Not to mention, butterfly would be flutterby. Ed.]-- Doug Larson
Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope.-- Robert Green Ingersoll
Law of Hydrodynamics: When a body is immersed in water, the telephone rings.
"Alcohol is the cause and the solution to many of life's problems."-- Homer Simpson
There are things so deeply personal that they can be revealed only to strangers.-- Richard Rodriguez
"If pigs could vote, the man with the slop bucket would be elected swineherd everytime, no matter how much slaughtering he did on the side."-- Orson Scott Card
Rehab is for quitters.
"Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely."-- Hesketh Pearson
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.-- Oscar Wilde
It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.-- W. Somerset Maugham
"Writers aren't exactly people...they're a whole lot of people trying to be one person."-- F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Faith" is a fine invention
When Gentlemen can see --
But microscopes are prudent
In an Emergency.-- Emily Dickinson
"Fast, fat computers breed slow, lazy programmers."-- Robert Hummel
Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.-- Amy Lowell
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool.-- Richard Feynman
Any member introducing a dog into the Society's premises shall be liable to a fine of one pound. Any animal leading a blind person shall be deemed a cat. (Rule 46, Oxford Union Society, London)
VB is very useful for allowing non programmers to prove they cant program.-- Druck
The two most common elements in the Universe are hydrogen and stupidity.-- Harlan Ellison
Giving help doesn't mean dashing in and doing what seems like a good idea to you. It means doing what the other person wants. If what the person wants is for you leave them alone, it means doing that.-- John Fisher
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.-- Homer Simpson
Real programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.