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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Liberty,  Society

    Eric Hoffer on Freedom

    “When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.” Eric Hoffer (1902 – 1983)

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  • Art,  Books,  Cynical,  Imagination

    Leonard Bernstein on Inspiration

    “Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time… The wait is simply too long.” Leonard Bernstein US composer & conductor (1918 – 1990)

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  • Cynical,  Sci-Fi,  Science,  Time

    Niels Bohr on the Future

    “Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” Niels Bohr Danish physicist (1885 – 1962)

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  • Cynical,  History,  Life,  Literature,  Wisdom

    Anonymous Quote

    “Write a wise saying and your name will live forever.” Anonymous

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  • Cynical,  Marriage

    Judith Viorst on Marriage

    “One advantage of marriage is that, when you fall out of love with him or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until you fall in again.” Judith Viorst

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  • Cynical

    Friedrich Nietzsche on Memory

    “The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.” Friedrich Nietzsche German philosopher (1844 – 1900)

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  • Books,  Cynical,  Literature

    George Bernard Shaw on Reading

    “Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad.” George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

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  • Cynical,  Science

    Fred Hoyle Cynical Quote

    “There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don’t know what it’s a plan for.” Fred Hoyle English astronomer, mathematician, & popularizer of science (1915 – 2001)

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  • Computers,  Humanity,  Technology

    Stephen Hawking on Computers

    “I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image.” Stephen Hawking

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  • Sci-Fi,  Science,  Technology

    Arthur C. Clarke on Technology

    “The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.” Arthur C. Clarke, “Technology and the Future” (Clarke’s second law) English physicist & science fiction author (1917 – 2008)

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  • History,  Wisdom

    George Santayana on History

    “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana

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  • Anger

    Mohandas Gandhi on Anger

    “Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.” Mohandas Gandhi

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  • Politics

    Tom Stoppard on Democracy

    “It’s not the voting that’s democracy, it’s the counting.” Tom Stoppard, Jumpers (1972) act 1 British dramatist & screenwriter (1937 – )

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  • Humanity,  Wisdom

    Frank Zappa on the Mind

    “A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not open.” Frank Zappa

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  • Change,  Wisdom

    Confucius on Change

    “Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.” Confucius

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  • Cynical,  Success

    Nancy Astor on Success

    “The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.” Nancy Astor British politician (1879 – 1964)

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Sports

    Dave Barry on Sports

    “Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.” Dave Barry

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  History,  Technology

    Sir William Preece on the Telephone

    “The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys.” Sir William Preece Chief engineer of the British Post Office, 1876

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  • Animals,  Cynical,  Funny

    Ogden Nash on Dogs

    “A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.” Ogden Nash US humorist & poet (1902 – 1971)

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  • Cynical,  Wisdom

    Mark Twain’s Cynical Quote

    “The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.” Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

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  • Art

    Salvador Dali on Art

    “Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.” Salvador Dali

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  • Art,  Books,  Literature

    Samuel Johnson on Literature

    “What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.” Samuel Johnson English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 – 1784)

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  • Cynical,  Science

    Ernest Rutherford on Science

    “All science is either physics or stamp collecting.” Ernest Rutherford, in J. B. Birks “Rutherford at Manchester” (1962) British chemist & physicist (1871 – 1937)

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  • Politics

    John F. Kennedy on Politics

    “Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.” John F. Kennedy

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  • Cynical,  Knowledge

    Charles Caleb Colton Cynical Quote

    “If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city.” Charles Caleb Colton (1780 – 1832)

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  • Art,  Literature,  Poetry

    Horace on Poetry

    “No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.” Horace

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  • Humanity,  Peace

    George C. Marshall on Peace

    “If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.” George C. Marshall US general (1880 – 1959)

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  • Change,  Character,  Wisdom

    Socrates on Wisdom

    “If a man would move the world, he must first move himself.” Socrates

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  • Cynical,  Truth

    Lillian Hellman on Cynicism

    “Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.” Lillian Hellman, The Little Foxes, 1939 US dramatist (1905 – 1984)

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  • Art,  Cynical,  Education,  Science

    George Bernard Shaw on Education

    “A fool’s brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.” George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

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  • Poetry

    W. H. Auden on Poetry

    “A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.” W. H. Auden

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  • Cynical,  Liberty,  Politics

    Eugene McCarthy on Bureaucracy

    “The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.” Eugene McCarthy, Time magazine, Feb. 12, 1979 US politician (1916 – 2005)

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  • Business,  Cynical,  Work

    Peter Drucker on Management

    “So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.” Peter Drucker American (Austrian-born) management writer (1909 – 2005)

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Media,  Politics,  Society

    Lyndon B. Johnson on Politics

    “If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read ‘President Can’t Swim’.” Lyndon B. Johnson 36th president of US (1908 – 1973)

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  • Age,  Motivational,  Time,  Wisdom

    Carl Sandburg on Time

    “Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.” Carl Sandburg

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  • Patriotism

    Charles de Gaulle on Patriotism

    “Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.” Charles de Gaulle

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  • Cynical,  Wisdom

    Charles Caleb Colton on Hate

    “We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know them because we hate them.” Charles Caleb Colton (1780 – 1832)

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  • Character,  Forgiveness,  Wisdom

    Ausonius on Forgiveness

    “Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.” Ausonius

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  • Work

    Joseph Conrad on Work

    “I don’t like work… but I like what is in work—the chance to find yourself.” Joseph Conrad

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  • Cynical,  Life,  Wisdom

    George Harrison on Direction

    “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” George Harrison, “Any Road”, Brainwashed, 2002 English singer & songwriter (1943 – 2001)

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  • Funny

    Doug Larson on Language

    “If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.” Doug Larson

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Work

    Elbert Hubbard on Vacations

    “No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.” Elbert Hubbard US author (1856 – 1915)

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  • Life,  Wisdom

    Antoine de Saint-Exupery on Life

    “Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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  • Science,  Truth

    Edward Teller on Science

    “A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.” Edward Teller US (Hungarian-born) physicist (1908 – 2003)

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  • Art

    James Russell Lowell on Art and Creativity

    “Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.” James Russell Lowell US diplomat, essayist, & poet (1819 – 1891)

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  • Courage,  Forgiveness

    Indira Gandhi on Forgiveness

    “Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.” Indira Gandhi

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  • Faith,  Love

    Victor Hugo on Love

    “To love another person is to see the face of God.” Victor Hugo, Les Miserables

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  • Happiness

    Edith Wharton on Happiness

    “If only we’d stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.” Edith Wharton US novelist (1862 – 1937)

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  • Books,  Cynical,  Movies

    J. W. Eagan on Books and Movies

    “Never judge a book by its movie.” J. W. Eagan

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  • Liberty

    George Bernard Shaw on Liberty

    “Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

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  • History

    Napoleon Bonaparte on History

    “History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.” Napoleon Bonaparte

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  • Funny

    Robert Benchley on Humor

    “Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.” Robert Benchley US actor, author, & humorist (1889 – 1945)

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  • Science

    Thomas H. Huxley on Science

    “The great tragedy of Science – the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.” Thomas H. Huxley English biologist (1825 – 1895)

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  • Age,  Dreams

    John Barrymore on Dreams

    “A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.” John Barrymore

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  • Success,  Work

    Maya Angelou on Work

    “Nothing will work unless you do.” Maya Angelou

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  • War

    Sun Tzu on War

    “There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare.” Sun Tzu Chinese general & military strategist (~400 BC)

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  • Cynical

    Henry J. Tillman’s Cynical Quote

    “If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the precipitate.” Henry J. Tillman

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  • Cynical,  Experience,  Funny,  Life

    Barry LePatner on Experience

    “Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.” Barry LePatner

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  • Education,  Wisdom

    Marquis de Vauvenargues on Education

    “The things we know best are the things we haven’t been taught.” Marquis de Vauvenargues

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  • Cynical

    Francois de La Rochefoucauld Cynical Quote

    “We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld French author & moralist (1613 – 1680)

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