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  • Computers,  Humanity,  Technology

    Frank Lloyd Wright on Technology

    “If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger.” Frank Lloyd Wright

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  • Time

    Napoleon Hill on Time

    “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” Napoleon Hill

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  • Art,  Philosophy

    Aristotle on Art

    “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” Aristotle

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  • Humanity,  Sci-Fi,  Science

    Marjorie Stoneman Douglas on the Future

    “The future lies in the strength with which people can set their powers of creation against their impulses for destruction. Perhaps this is the unending frontier.” Marjorie Stoneman Douglas

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Life,  Work

    Robert Frost on Work

    “The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.” Robert Frost US poet (1874 – 1963)

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  • Children,  Cynical

    Doug Larson on Children

    “Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own.” Doug Larson

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  • Life,  Wisdom

    Robert Byrne on Life

    “The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” Robert Byrne

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  • Truth

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on Truth

    “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (Sherlock Holmes) British mystery author & physician (1859 – 1930)

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Politics

    Anonymous on Politics

    “Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side.” Anonymous

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  • Age,  Children,  Cynical

    Roger Allen on Age

    “In case you’re worried about what’s going to become of the younger generation, it’s going to grow up and start worrying about the younger generation.” Roger Allen

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  • Forgiveness,  Friendship

    William Blake on Forgiveness

    “It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.” William Blake English engraver, illustrator, & poet (1757 – 1827)

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  • Funny,  Knowledge

    Cullen Hightower on Knowledge

    “Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know.” Cullen Hightower

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  • Education,  Knowledge

    Will Durant on Education

    “Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” Will Durant US historian (1885 – 1981)

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  • Art,  Movies,  Sci-Fi

    George Lucas on Movies

    “The secret to film is that it’s an illusion.” George Lucas

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  • Courage,  Faith

    Marcus Tullius Cicero on Faith

    “A man of courage is also full of faith.” Marcus Tullius Cicero

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  • Anger,  Cynical,  Funny

    Oscar Wilde Cynical Quote

    “Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.” Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

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  • Art,  Faith,  Science,  Technology

    Freeman Dyson on Technology

    “Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God’s gifts. It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and of sciences.” Freeman Dyson

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  • Anger,  Love

    George Eliot on Anger

    “Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.” George Eliot

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  • Truth

    Frank Lloyd Wright on Truth

    “The truth is more important than the facts.” Frank Lloyd Wright US architect (1869 – 1959)

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  • Liberty,  Politics

    Thomas Jefferson on Liberty

    “I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.” Thomas Jefferson, to Archibald Stuart, 1791 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

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  • Cynical

    Thomas A. Edison on Thinking

    “There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.” Thomas A. Edison US inventor (1847 – 1931)

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Society

    Franklin P. Jones on Punctuality

    “The trouble with being punctual is that nobody’s there to appreciate it.” Franklin P. Jones

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  • Movies

    Jean Cocteau on Movies

    “A film is a petrified fountain of thought.” Jean Cocteau

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  • Business,  Cynical,  Funny,  Technology

    Putt’s Law

    “Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.” Archibald Putt

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  • Cynical,  Media

    Clive Barnes on Television

    “Television is the first truly democratic culture – the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want.” Clive Barnes

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  • Cynical,  Motivational,  Success,  Wisdom,  Work

    Mahatma Gandhi on Work

    “Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.” Mahatma Gandhi Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 – 1948)

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  • Fear,  War,  Wisdom

    Sun Tzu on Fear

    “Fear is the true enemy, the only enemy” Sun Tzu Chinese general & military strategist (~400 BC)

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  • Imagination,  Sci-Fi,  Science

    Carl Sagan on Imagination

    “Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.” Carl Sagan

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  • Cynical,  Science

    Peter Ustinov on Science

    “If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can’t be done.” Peter Ustinov English actor & author (1921 – 2004)

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  • Computers,  Cynical,  Society,  Technology

    Esther Dyson on Internet

    “The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect.” Esther Dyson, Interview in Time Magazine, October 2005

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  • Character,  Education,  Life

    Sharon Salzberg on Life and Education

    “We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.” Sharon Salzberg, O Magazine, The Power of Intention, January 2004

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  • Character,  Motivational,  Success

    Zig Ziglar on Success

    “It was character that got us out of bed, commitment moved us into action, and discipline enabled us to follow through.” Zig Ziglar

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  • Cynical,  Work

    M. C. Escher on Work

    “My work is a game, a very serious game.” M. C. Escher Dutch artist (1898 – 1972)

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  • Happiness

    Anne Frank on Happiness

    “Whoever is happy will make others happy too.” Anne Frank

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  • Truth

    Bertrand Russell on Scepticism

    “It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.” Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays (1928), “On the Value of Scepticism” British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)

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  • Literature,  Society

    Victor Hugo on Society

    “There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.” Victor Hugo, Les Miserables, 1862 French dramatist, novelist, & poet (1802 – 1885)

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  • Knowledge,  Science

    Nikola Tesla on Science

    “Today’s scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.” Nikola Tesla, Modern Mechanics and Inventions, July, 1934 US (Serbian-born) electrical inventor (1857 – 1943)

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  • Cynical,  Imagination

    H. L. Mencken on Imagination

    “Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.” H. L. Mencken US editor (1880 – 1956)

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  • Faith,  Friendship,  Wisdom

    Saint Thomas Aquinas on Friendship

    “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” Saint Thomas Aquinas

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  • Science

    Louis Pasteur on Science

    “There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of science.” Louis Pasteur French biologist & bacteriologist (1822 – 1895)

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  • Character,  Cynical,  Wisdom

    Ralph Waldo Emerson on Greatness

    “To be great is to be misunderstood.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, An Essay on Self-Reliance US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)

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  • Cynical,  Law,  Politics

    Otto von Bismarck on Law

    “Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made.” Otto von Bismarck German Prussian politician (1815 – 1898)

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Politics,  Sci-Fi,  Science,  Technology

    Arthur C. Clarke on Science Fiction

    “Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.” Arthur C. Clarke English physicist & science fiction author (1917 – 2008)

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  • Cynical,  Wisdom

    Cullen Hightower on Wisdom

    “Wisdom is what’s left after we’ve run out of personal opinions.” Cullen Hightower

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Travel

    Charles Kuralt on Travel

    “Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything.” Charles Kuralt

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  • Education,  Happiness,  History,  Humanity,  Life

    Helen Keller on Knowledge

    “Knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge – broad, deep knowledge – is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low. To know the thoughts and deeds that have marked man’s progress is to feel the great heartthrobs of humanity through the centuries; and if one does not feel in these pulsations a heavenward striving, one must indeed be deaf to the harmonies of life.” Helen Keller

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  • Work

    James M. Barrie on Work

    “Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.” James M. Barrie Scottish dramatist & novelist (1860 – 1937)

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  • Science

    Richard Feynman on Science

    “I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.” Richard Feynman US educator & physicist (1918 – 1988)

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  • Cynical,  Wisdom

    Jef Mallett on Opinion

    “An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it.” Jef Mallett Frazz, 04-04-07

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  • Cynical,  Politics,  Society,  Truth

    Bertrand Russell on Controversies

    “The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.” Bertrand Russell British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)

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  • Computers,  Cynical,  Technology,  Work

    Andy Rooney on Computers

    “Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don’t need to be done.” Andy Rooney US news commentator (1919 – )

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  • Cynical,  Patriotism,  Politics

    Charles de Gaulle on Politics

    “In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.” Charles de Gaulle

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  • Business,  Cynical,  Funny,  Society

    Howard Scott on Business

    “Criminal: A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.” Howard Scott (1926 – )

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Technology,  Work

    De La Lastra’s Law

    “After the last of 16 mounting screws has been removed from an access cover, it will be discovered that the wrong access cover has been removed.” De La Lastra’s Law

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  • Art,  Books,  Cynical,  Literature

    Seneca on Literature

    “I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.” Seneca Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC – 65 AD)

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  • Sports,  Success

    Wayne Gretzky on Hockey

    “A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.” Wayne Gretzky

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  • Cynical,  Society

    Mignon McLaughlin on Society

    “Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers.” Mignon McLaughlin

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  • Imagination,  Science,  Truth

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on Science

    “I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of Four, A Scandal in Bohemia British mystery author & physician (1859 – 1930)

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  • Anger

    Evan Esar on Anger

    “Anger is the feeling that makes your mouth work faster than your mind.” Evan Esar American Humorist (1899 – 1995)

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  • Age,  Children,  Cynical,  Funny

    Alice Roosevelt Longworth on Youth

    “The secret of eternal youth is arrested development.” Alice Roosevelt Longworth US author & wit (1884 – 1980)

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