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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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  • Wisdom

    La Fontaine on Judging

    “Beware so long as you live, of judging people by appearances.” La Fontaine

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  • Faith,  Life,  Wisdom

    John Ruskin Wisdom Quote

    “What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.” John Ruskin English critic, essayist, & reformer (1819 – 1900)

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  • Cynical,  Education,  Experience

    Georges Clemenceau on Experience

    “All that I know I learned after I was thirty.” Georges Clemenceau

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  • Love

    Dorothy Day on Love and Community

    “We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.” Dorothy Day

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  • Art,  Imagination

    Pablo Picasso on Imagination

    “Everything you can imagine is real.” Pablo Picasso Spanish Cubist painter (1881 – 1973)

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Money

    Nancy Astor on Money

    “The only thing I like about rich people is their money.” Nancy Astor British politician (1879 – 1964)

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  • Art,  Cynical,  Funny,  Politics

    George Orwell on Writing

    “In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning.” George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language”, 1946 English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)

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  • Cynical

    Mark Twain on Temptation

    “There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator (1897) US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

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  • Music

    Maya Angelou on Music

    “Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” Maya Angelou

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  • Character,  Honor,  Wisdom

    John Calvin Coolidge on Honor

    “No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.” John Calvin Coolidge

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  • Cynical,  History,  Integrity,  Literature

    William Shakespeare on Honesty

    “Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.” William Shakespeare Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 – 1616)

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  • Education,  Society

    Victor Hugo on Education

    “He who opens a school door, closes a prison.” Victor Hugo

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  • Cynical,  Politics

    Bernard Baruch on Politics

    “Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing.” Bernard Baruch

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  • Nature

    Gerard De Nerval on Nature

    “Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.” Gerard De Nerval

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  • Wisdom

    Quentin Crisp Wisdom Quote

    “Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.” Quentin Crisp

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  • Happiness,  Love

    Bertrand Russell on Love and Happiness

    “Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.” Bertrand Russell, Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 12 British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)

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

    Robert Heinlein on Progress

    “Progress isn’t made by early risers. It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.” Robert Heinlein, Time Enough For Love US science fiction author (1907 – 1988)

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  • Business,  Cynical,  Money

    William Feather on Business

    “A budget tells us what we can’t afford, but it doesn’t keep us from buying it.” William Feather

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  • Work

    Anatole France on Work

    “Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.” Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard French novelist (1844 – 1924)

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Money,  Politics,  Science

    Robert Bakker on Taxes

    “I want to find a voracious, small-minded predator and name it after the IRS.” Robert Bakker, paleontologist

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  • Funny,  Love,  Movies

    Arnold Schwarzenegger on Movies

    “I have a love interest in every one of my films – a gun” Arnold Schwarzenegger

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Money,  Sci-Fi,  Science

    John Sladek on the Future

    “The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive.” John Sladek

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  • Cynical,  Politics,  Society

    George Bernard Shaw on Politics

    “Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.” George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

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  • Art,  Imagination

    Pablo Picasso on Art

    “There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.” Pablo Picasso Spanish Cubist painter (1881 – 1973)

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  • Life,  Wisdom

    William James on Life

    “The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” William James US Pragmatist philosopher & psychologist (1842 – 1910)

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Time,  Work

    Mark Twain on Procrastination

    “Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.” Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

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  • Equality,  Politics

    Irving Kristol on Equality

    “Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions – it only guarantees equality of opportunity.” Irving Kristol

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  • Humanity,  Science

    Stephen Jay Gould on Science

    “The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos.” Stephen Jay Gould US author, naturalist, paleontologist, & popularizer of science (1941 – 2002)

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  • History,  Politics

    Aristotle on Politics

    “Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.” Aristotle

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