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  • Animals,  Cynical,  Funny

    Alfred North Whitehead on Dogs and Cats

    “If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.” Alfred North Whitehead English mathematician & philosopher (1861 – 1947)

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  • Courage,  Cynical,  Intelligence

    E. F. Schumacher on Innovation

    “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.” E. F. Schumacher

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  • Sci-Fi,  Science

    Frank Herbert on Science Fiction

    “The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it.” Frank Herbert US science fiction novelist (1920 – 1986)

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  • Cynical,  Life

    Mark Twain on Life

    “Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.” Mark Twain

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  • Cynical,  Success,  Wisdom

    Will Rogers on Direction

    “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” Will Rogers US humorist & showman (1879 – 1935)

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  • Cynical,  Work

    Floyd Dell on Idleness

    “Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything.” Floyd Dell

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  • Cynical

    Alfred North Whitehead’s Cynical Quote

    “Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.” Alfred North Whitehead English mathematician & philosopher (1861 – 1947)

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  • Character

    Ernest Hemingway on Character

    “A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” Ernest Hemingway

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  • Cynical,  Wisdom,  Work

    Thomas Jefferson on Luck

    “I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” Thomas Jefferson, (attributed) 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

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  • Art,  Imagination

    Pablo Picasso on Imagination

    “I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.” Pablo Picasso

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  • Education,  Knowledge

    Alec Bourne on Education

    “It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.” Alec Bourne

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  • Cynical,  Humanity,  Knowledge,  Work

    Samuel Johnson on Knowledge

    “Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it.” Samuel Johnson, quoted in Boswell’s Life of Johnson English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 – 1784)

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  • Faith,  Money,  Wisdom

    The Bible on Money

    “Give up trying so hard to get rich. Your money flies away before you know it, just like an eagle suddenly taking off.” The Bible Proverbs 23:4-5

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  • Poetry

    Rene Char on Poetry

    “A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.” Rene Char

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  • Cynical,  Education

    Winston Churchill on Learning

    “Personally I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.” Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 – 1965)

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  • Computers,  Science,  Technology

    Isaac Asimov on Computers

    “I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.” Isaac Asimov

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  • Cynical,  Wisdom

    G.K. Chesterton on Modernism

    “He who marries the spirit of the times will soon find himself a widower.” Gilbert K. Chesterton English author & mystery novelist (1874 – 1936)

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  • Business,  Money

    Mohandas K. Gandhi on Money

    “Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.” Mohandas K. Gandhi

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  • Cynical,  Truth

    Thomas Sowell on Truth

    “There are only two ways of telling the complete truth–anonymously and posthumously.” Thomas Sowell (1930 – )

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  • Business,  Cynical,  Funny

    Scott Adams on Business

    “Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.” Scott Adams

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  • Cynical,  History

    Charles de Gaulle on History

    “I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.” Charles de Gaulle

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  • Cynical,  Education,  Funny

    Mark Twain on Education

    “In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.” Mark Twain

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  • Age

    Doug Larson on Aging

    “The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.” Doug Larson

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  • Dreams,  Success

    John Elliot on Dreams

    “You will not do incredible things without an incredible dream.” John Elliot

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  • Character

    Robert H. Schuller on Character

    “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” Robert H. Schuller

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  • Courage,  Discovery

    Andre Gide on Discovery

    “Man cannot discover new oceans until he has courage to lose sight of the shore.” Andre Gide

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  • Books,  Literature,  Wisdom

    Philip G. Hamerton on Quotations

    “Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?” Philip G. Hamerton, “The Intellectual Life”

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  • Change,  Humanity,  Life,  Politics,  Society

    Nancy Astor on Change

    “The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything – or nothing.” Nancy Astor British politician (1879 – 1964)

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  • Cynical,  Wisdom

    Marlene Dietrich on Wisdom

    “I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.” Marlene Dietrich German movie actress (1901 – 1992)

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  • Art,  Literature,  Poetry

    Paul Valery on Poetry

    “A poem is never finished, only abandoned.” Paul Valery

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  • Truth

    Flannery O’Connor on Truth

    “The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” Flannery O’Connor US author (1925 – 1964)

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  • Success

    Bill Gates on Success

    “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” Bill Gates

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  • Wisdom

    Sophocles on Wisdom

    “A short saying oft contains much wisdom.” Sophocles Greek tragic dramatist (496 BC – 406 BC)

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  • Cynical,  Media,  Politics,  Society,  Truth

    Edgar Watson Howe on Lies

    “Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.” Edgar Watson Howe US journalist (1853 – 1937)

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  • Animals,  Books,  Funny

    Groucho Marx on Books

    “Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” Groucho Marx US comedian with Marx Brothers (1890 – 1977)

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  • Friendship

    Plautus on Friendship

    “Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.” Plautus

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Media

    Gilbert K. Chesterton on Journalism

    “Journalism largely consists of saying ‘Lord Jones is Dead’ to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.” Gilbert K. Chesterton English author & mystery novelist (1874 – 1936)

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  • Character,  Education,  Wisdom

    R. D. Hitchcock on Character and Education

    “The secret of all success is to know how to deny yourself. Prove that you can control yourself, and you are an educated man; and without this all other education is good for nothing.” R. D. Hitchcock

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Work

    Mark Twain on Work

    “Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.” Mark Twain

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  • Cynical,  Humanity,  Politics,  Power,  Society

    Robertson Davies on Society

    “There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.” Robertson Davies

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  • Art,  Imagination,  Literature,  Poetry

    William Shakespeare on Imagination

    “The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.” William Shakespeare

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  • Love

    Elie Wiesel on Love

    “The opposite of love isn’t hate, it’s indifference.” Elie Wiesel

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  • Faith,  Time

    Saint Augustine on Time

    “What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.” Saint Augustine

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  • Change,  Life

    Gail Sheehy on Change and Life

    “If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” Gail Sheehy

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  • Humanity,  Imagination,  Sci-Fi,  Science,  Society,  Wisdom

    Albert Einstein on Wisdom at Solving Problems

    “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” Albert Einstein

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  • Art,  Funny

    Salvador Dali on Sanity

    “There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.” Salvador Dali Spanish Catalan Surrealist painter (1904 – 1989)

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  • Patriotism

    John F. Kennedy on Patriotism

    “And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” John F. Kennedy

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  • Truth

    Mark Twain on Truth

    “If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.” Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

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  • Politics,  Power

    Lord Acton on Power

    “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Lord Acton

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  • Life,  Wisdom

    Al Franken on Mistakes

    “Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.” Al Franken, “Oh, the Things I Know”, 2002

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  • Happiness,  Nature

    Iris Murdoch on Nature

    “People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.” Iris Murdoch

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  • Animals,  Cynical

    W. C. Fields on Gambling

    “Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.” W. C. Fields US actor (1880 – 1946)

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  • Cynical,  Truth

    Thomas H. Huxley on Truth

    “Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.” Thomas H. Huxley English biologist (1825 – 1895)

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  • Cynical,  Politics,  Work

    George Burns on Politics

    “Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.” George Burns US actor & comedian (1896 – 1996)

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  • Cynical

    Cecil Baxter Cynical Quote

    “You don’t get anything clean without getting something else dirty.” Cecil Baxter

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  • Success

    George Lucas on Success

    “A lot of people like to do certain things, but they’re not that good at it. Keep going through the things that you like to do, until you find something that you actually seem to be extremely good at. It can be anything.” George Lucas

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  • Dreams

    Erma Bombeck on Dreams

    “Dreams have only one owner at a time. That’s why dreamers are lonely.” Erma Bombeck

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  • Faith,  Life,  Work

    Erma Bombeck on Life

    When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, “I used everything you gave me”. Erma Bombeck

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  • Wisdom

    J.R.R Tolkien on Wisdom

    “All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crown less again shall be king.” J.R.R Tolkien

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  • Work

    Pablo Picasso on Work

    “Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.”

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