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  • Cynical,  Funny

    Abraham Lincoln on Tact

    “Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.” Abraham Lincoln 16th president of US (1809 – 1865)

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  • Cynical,  History,  Humanity,  Politics

    John Kenneth Galbraith on Politics

    “Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it’s just the opposite.” John Kenneth Galbraith US (Canadian-born) administrator & economist (1908 – 2006)

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  • Cynical

    Francis Bacon on Beauty

    “There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.” Sir Francis Bacon, “Of Beauty” English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626)

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  • Happiness,  Work

    Pearl S. Buck on Work

    “To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.” Pearl S. Buck

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  • Cynical,  Law,  Morality,  Society

    Anatole France on Law

    “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.” Anatole France, The Red Lily, 1894, chapter 7 French novelist (1844 – 1924)

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  • Cynical,  Wisdom

    Winston Churchill on Strategy and Results

    “However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” Winston Churchill

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  • Anger,  Wisdom

    Ambrose Bierce on Anger

    “Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.” Ambrose Bierce

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  • Cynical,  Funny

    Harlan Ellison’s Funny Quote

    “The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.” Harlan Ellison US science fiction author & screenwriter (1934 – )

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  • Character,  Experience

    Eleanor Roosevelt on Character

    “People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.” Eleanor Roosevelt

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  • Leadership,  Politics,  Wisdom

    Sun Tzu on Leadership

    “A leader leads by example not by force.” Sun Tzu Chinese general & military strategist (~400 BC)

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  • Cynical,  Success

    Kin Hubbard on Success

    “There’s no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn’t tell you about it?” Kin Hubbard (1868 – 1930)

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  • Sci-Fi,  Science

    Arthur C. Clarke on Science

    “If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.” Arthur C. Clarke English physicist & science fiction author (1917 – 2008)

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Literature

    An English Professor on Writing

    “I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top.” An English Professor, Ohio University

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  • Dreams

    Thomas E. Lawrence on Dreams

    “All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.” Thomas E. Lawrence

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  • Cynical

    Ernest Hemingway Cynical Quote

    “Never confuse movement with action.” Ernest Hemingway US author & journalist (1899 – 1961)

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  • Cynical,  Life,  Wisdom

    Oscar Wilde on Selfishness

    “Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.” Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

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  • Success,  Work

    Arnold J. Toynbee on Work

    “The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.” Arnold J. Toynbee

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  • Cynical,  Humanity,  Society

    Abraham Lincoln’s Cynical Quote

    “It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.” Abraham Lincoln 16th president of US (1809 – 1865)

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Marriage

    Honoré de Balzac on Marriage

    “A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.” Honoré de Balzac

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  • Business,  Intelligence,  Money

    Stephen Leacock on Advertising

    “Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.” Stephen Leacock Canadian economist & humorist (1869 – 1944)

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  • Cynical,  Wisdom

    Henry Ford on Reputation

    “You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” Henry Ford US automobile industrialist (1863 – 1947)

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  • Success

    Bo Jackson on Success

    “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” Bo Jackson

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  • Knowledge,  Science

    Albert Einstein on Science

    “The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.” Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

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  • Cynical,  Life

    George Bernard Shaw on Life

    “There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart’s desire. The other is to get it.” George Bernard Shaw, “Man and Superman” (1903), act 4 Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

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  • Liberty,  Politics

    Voltaire on Freedom

    “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” Voltaire, (Attributed); originated in “The Friends of Voltaire”, 1906, by S. G. Tallentyre (Evelyn Beatrice Hall) French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

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  • Cynical,  Funny

    Will Rogers Cynical Quote

    “Everything is funny as long as it is happening to Somebody Else.” Will Rogers, Illiterate Digest (1924), “Warning to Jokers: lay off the prince” US humorist & showman (1879 – 1935)

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  • Life,  Media

    Marlon Brando on Television

    “If there’s anything unsettling to the stomach, it’s watching actors on television talk about their personal lives.” Marlon Brando US movie actor (1924 – 2004)

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  • Books,  Education,  Media

    Groucho Marx on TV and Books

    “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” Groucho Marx US comedian with Marx Brothers (1890 – 1977)

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  • Books,  Experience

    Isadora Duncan on Experience

    “What one has not experienced, one will never understand in print.” Isadora Duncan

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  • Funny

    Michel de Montaigne on Silliness

    “No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.” Michel de Montaigne French essayist (1533 – 1592)

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  • Intelligence,  Life

    Samuel Johnson on Curiosity

    “A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity.” Samuel Johnson

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  • Cynical

    Marquis de la Grange on Advice

    “When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.” Marquis de la Grange (1639 – 1692)

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  • Age,  Time

    Henry Austin Dobson on Time

    “Time goes, you say? Ah, no! alas, time stays, we go.” Henry Austin Dobson

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  • Cynical,  Humanity,  Literature

    Antoine de Saint-Exupery on Language

    “Language is the source of misunderstandings.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery French writer (1900 – 1944)

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  • Change

    Francis Bacon on Change

    “Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.” Francis Bacon

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  • Money,  Wisdom

    Sophocles on Wisdom

    “Wisdom outweighs any wealth.” Sophocles

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  • Life

    C. S. Lewis on Life

    “We are what we believe we are.” C. S. Lewis

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  • Art,  Media,  Movies

    Kate Reid on Acting

    “Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion.” Kate Reid

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  • Cynical,  Love

    Lynda Barry on Love

    “Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.” Lynda Barry

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  • Discovery,  Science

    Arthur Koestler on Discovery

    “The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.” Arthur Koestler British (Hungarian-born) author (1905 – 1983)

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  • Cynical,  Education,  Funny,  Intelligence,  Knowledge

    Will Rogers on Ignorance

    “You know everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.” Will Rogers, New York Times Aug. 31 1924 US humorist & showman (1879 – 1935)

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  • Art,  Cynical,  Funny,  Work

    Don Marquis on Procrastination

    “Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.” Don Marquis US humorist (1878 – 1937)

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  • Law,  Liberty,  Politics,  Society

    Benjamin Franklin on Liberty

    “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759 US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 – 1790)

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  • Death,  Faith

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca on Death

    “The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.” Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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  • Funny,  Imagination

    Lewis Carroll on Memory

    “It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backward.” Lewis Carroll English author & recreational mathematician (1832 – 1898)

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  • Death,  Life,  Wisdom

    Mark Twain on Death

    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” Mark Twain

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  • Change

    Carl Gustav Jung on Change

    “There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emotion.” Carl Gustav Jung

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  • Cynical,  Faith

    Peter Kreeft on Hell

    “The national anthem of Hell is ‘I did it my way’.” Peter Kreeft

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  • Cynical,  Wisdom

    Stephen Covey on Problems

    “The way we see the problem is the problem.” Stephen Covey

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  • Education

    Aristotle on Education

    “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” Aristotle

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  • Wisdom

    Jodie Foster Wisdom Quote

    “Normal is not something to aspire to, it’s something to get away from.” Jodie Foster US movie actress (1962 – )

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  • Cynical,  Politics

    Napoleon Bonaparte on Politics

    “He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.” Napoleon Bonaparte

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  • Cynical

    Judith Martin on Conversation

    “Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.” Judith Martin, (Miss Manners)

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  • Cynical,  Funny

    Francois de La Rochefoucauld on Agreement

    “We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Maximes (1678) French author & moralist (1613 – 1680)

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  • Truth

    W. Somerset Maugham on Criticism

    “People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.” W. Somerset Maugham English dramatist & novelist (1874 – 1965)

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  • Anger,  Wisdom

    Laurence J. Peter on Anger

    “Speak when you are angry – and you will make the best speech you’ll ever regret.” Laurence J. Peter US educator & writer (1919 – 1988)

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  • Wisdom

    George Bernard Shaw on Wisdom

    “People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.” George Bernard Shaw, “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” (1893) act II Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

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  • Cynical,  Education,  Knowledge,  Motivational

    Galileo Galilei on Ignorance

    “I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.” Galileo Galilei Italian astronomer & physicist (1564 – 1642)

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  • Cynical,  Politics,  War

    W. L. George on War

    “Wars teach us not to love our enemies, but to hate our allies.” W. L. George

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Intelligence,  Wisdom

    Euripides on Foolishness

    “Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.” Euripides Greek tragic dramatist (484 BC – 406 BC)

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