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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,  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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  • 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,  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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  • 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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  • 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,  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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Books,  Experience

    Isadora Duncan on Experience

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

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Cynical,  Faith

    Peter Kreeft on Hell

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

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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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  • Education

    Aristotle on Education

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

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Life

    Helen Keller on Life

    “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all” Helen Keller

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Cynical,  History,  Humanity

    George Bernard Shaw on History

    “If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.” George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

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  • Funny,  Imagination

    Richard Brinsley Sheridan on Imagination

    “He is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts.” Richard Brinsley Sheridan Irish dramatist & politician (1751 – 1816)

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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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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Humanity

    H. L. Mencken on Humanity

    “The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal.” H. L. Mencken US editor (1880 – 1956)

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  • Cynical,  Politics

    Douglas Adams on Politics

    “Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.” Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 – 2001)

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  • Wisdom

    Thomas Carlyle on Silence

    “Silence is more eloquent than words.” Thomas Carlyle

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  • Evil,  Morality,  Politics,  Power,  War

    Voltaire on Beliefs

    “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

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  • Computers,  Technology

    James Magary on Computers

    “Computers can figure out all kinds of problems, except the things in the world that just don’t add up.” James Magary

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  • Cynical,  Life,  Wisdom

    Abraham Maslow on Problems

    “If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” Abraham Maslow (1908 – 1970)

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  • Love

    Pedro Calderon de la Barca on Love

    “Love that is not madness is not love.” Pedro Calderon de la Barca

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  • Character

    Greg Anderson on Character

    “Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.” Greg Anderson

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  • Cynical,  Humanity

    William Hazlitt on Humanity

    “Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.” William Hazlitt English essayist (1778 – 1830)

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  • Love

    Robert Frost on Love

    “Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” Robert Frost US poet (1874 – 1963)

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  • Cynical,  Society,  Truth

    H. L. Mencken Cynical Quote

    “The men the American public admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.” H. L. Mencken US editor (1880 – 1956)

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