“The gods too are fond of a joke.” — Aristotle
“If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.” — Warren Buffett
“If the phone doesn’t ring, it’s me.” — Jimmy Buffett
“Dentist: A prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coins out of your pocket.” — Ambrose Bierce
“Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“When one man has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.” — Jacques Cousteau
“It’s not what I feel for you… it’s what I don’t feel for anyone but you.” — Unknown
“I hate small towns because once you’ve seen the cannon in the park there’s nothing else to do.” — Lenny Bruce
“When you blame others, you give up the chance to change yourself.” — Don Eduardo García
“Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.” — Margaret Atwood
“There is greatness in doing something you hate for the sake of someone you love.” — Shmuley Boteach
“If I ever need a heart transplant, I want his… it’s never been used.” — George Raveling
“We are who people think we are.” — David Foster
“Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.” — Omar N. Bradley
“Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.” — H. G. Wells
“Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire?… the one nearest the door of course.” — George Bernard Shaw
“I have been bent and broken, but I hope into a better shape.” — Charles Dickens
“When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.” — Confucius
“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” — Soren Kierkegaard
“There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.” — Don Herold
“I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.” — Gerry Spence
“I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.” — Mother Teresa
“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you!” — Pericles
“Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.” — Stieg Larsson
“You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.” — Arthur Ashe
“Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late” — Felix Frankfurter
“Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it.” — Maya Angelou
“When buying a used car, punch the buttons on the radio. If all the stations are rock and roll, there’s a good chance the transmission is shot.” — Larry Lujack
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“Firelight will not let you read fine stories but it’s warm and you won’t see the dust on the floor.” — Irish Proverb
“Bottom is bottom, even if it is turned upside down.” — Stanislaw Lec
“We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born.” — Robert Benchley
“A fanatic is one who sticks to his guns whether they’re loaded or not.” — Franklin Jones
“Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them.” — John Shirley
“When you feel irresistible, you’re hard to resist.” — John Updike
“There are years that ask questions, and years that answer.” — Zora Neale Hurston
“As far as I’m concerned, ‘whom’ is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.” — Calvin Trillin
“We lie best when we lie to ourselves.” — Stephen King
“We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.” — Neal A. Maxwell
“Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak.” — Rachel Zoe
“The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.” — Alfred Adler