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"Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together." - Carl Zwanzig
Love your enemies; it will drive them nuts. - Eleanor Doan Based on what you know about him in history books, what do you think Abraham Lincoln would be doing if he were alive today? 1. Writing his memoirs of the Civil War. 2. Advising the President. 3. Desperately clawing at the inside of his coffin. - David Letterman For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off. - Johnny Carson A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit. - In the August 1993 issue, page 9, of PS magazine, the Army's magazine of preventive maintenance The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. - Plutarch Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Where have I gone wrong?" Then a voice says to me, "This is going to take more than one night." - Charlie Brown, "Peanuts" [Charles Schulz]
Calvin: People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
What is a committee? A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary. - Richard Harkness, The New York Times, 1960 My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right. - Ashleigh Brilliant |
I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants. - A. Whitney Brown
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it--and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again, and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. - Mark Twain Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. - F.P. Jones Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. -Helen Keller "I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early." - Charles Lamb "Make it a rule…never, if possible, to lie down at night without being able to say, “I have made one human being at least a little wiser, a little happier or a little better this day.” - Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) Clergyman and Writer "It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed." - Napoleon Hill, Author Faultfinding without suggestions for improvement is a waste of time. Ralph C. Smedley (1878-1965) Founder of Toastmasters The challenge of leadership is to be strong but not rude; be kind but not weak; be bold, but not a bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly. - Jim Rohn, Motivational Speaker |
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The Book of Taunt
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