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The world is made up of too many insensitive, malicious people unworthy of my attention who by their every word and action declare themselves an enemy of who and what I am ... and these people make decisions that affect my life. Fortunately, I have developed the self-confidence and strength to withstand these things or I wouldn't be here today ... but I'm still pissed, and I have every right to that anger.
-- Carleton Cornish
"The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws."
-- Cornelius Tacitus
Women's virtue is man's greatest invention.
-- Cornelia Otis Skinner
"Any idiot can face a crisis - it's this day-to-day living that wears you out."
-- Anton Chekhov
"Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what it is you want to hear."
-- Alan Coren
"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
War on common sense - I think we actually won that one...
"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
I've tried relaxing, but--I don't know--I feel more comfortable tense.
-- Caption for Hamilton cartoon
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.
-- 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
The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is? My answer to that would be, 'No.'
-- Aaron Copland
Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon compounds.
Biochemistry is the study of carbon compounds that crawl.
-- Mike Adams
Ignorance is the Mother of Devotion.
-- Robert Burton
Erotica is stuff that's meant to be read with one hand.
-- Carl Manz
Success can corrupt; usefulness can only exalt.
-- Dimitri Mitropoulos
"Never look at the trombones. You'll only encourage them."
-- Robert Strauss (on conducting)
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
-- Carl Sagan
For every credibility gap, there is a gullibility fill.
-- R. Clopton
Coincidences are spiritual puns.
-- G. K. Chesterton
What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?
-- Ursula K. Le Guin
The road to a friend's house is never long.
-- Danish proverb
Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.
-- Laura Creighton
Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
-- Michael Crichton
Wadsworth: The game's up, Scarlet. There are no more bullets left in that gun.
Scarlet: Oh, come on, you don't think I'm gonna fall for that old trick?
Wadsworth: It's not a trick. There was one shot at Mr. Boddy in the study. Two for the chandelier, two at the lounge door, and one for the singing telegram.
Scarlet: That's not six.
Wadsworth: One plus two plus two plus one.
Scarlet: Uh, uh. There was only one shot that got the chandelier. That's one plus two plus one plus one.
Wadsworth: Even if you are right, that would be one plus one plus two plus one, not one plus two plus one plus one.
Scarlet: Okay, fine. One plus two plus one--Shut up!
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The sooner you start to code, the longer the program will take.
-- Roy Carlson
This must be morning. I never could get the hang of mornings.
"A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought."
-- Dorothy Leigh Sayers
Propaganda - A socially correct goose
I tried marijuana once. I did not inhale.
-- William J. Clinton