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Teri Moderator
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 5:51 am Post subject: |
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People vote their resentment, not their appreciation. The average man does not vote for anything, but against something.
William Bennet Munro _________________
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geraldh Aruba Lover
Joined: 12 Jan 2004 Posts: 43
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:37 am Post subject: |
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· ??He had delusions of adequacy.?
- Walter Kerr
·?He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.?
- Winston Churchill
· ??I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.?
- Clarence Darrow
· ??He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.?
- William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).
· ??Thank you for sending me a copy of your book;I??ll waste no time reading it.?
- Moses Hadas
· ??I didn??t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.?
- Mark Twain
· ??He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends..?
- Oscar Wilde
· ??I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend, if you have one.?
- George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
· ??Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second ?..if there is one.?
- Winston Churchill, in response.
· ??I feel so miserable without you; it??s almost like having you here.?
- Stephen Bishop
· ??He is a self-made man and worships his creator.?
- John Bright
· ??I??ve just learned about his illness. Let??s hope it??s nothing trivial.?
- Irvin S. Cobb
· ??He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of
dullness in others.?
- Samuel Johnson
· ??He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up.?
- Paul Keating
· ??In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily.?
- Charles, Count Talleyrand
· ??He loves nature in spite of what it did to him.?
- Forrest Tucker
· ??Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it??
- Mark Twain
· ??His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.?
- Mae West
· ??Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.?
- Oscar Wilde
· ??He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts?for support rather than illumination.?
- Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
· ??He has Van Gogh??s ear for music.?
- Billy Wilder
· ??I??ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn??t it.?
- Groucho Marx. _________________
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Orrin Aruba Fanatic
Joined: 13 Jul 2002 Posts: 1941 Location: Sparks, Nevada
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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"Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing."
--William S. Burroughs _________________
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Teri Moderator
Joined: 22 Mar 2003 Posts: 4420 Location: Pittsburgh
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 6:25 am Post subject: |
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Democracy is the name we give the people whenever we need them.
Marquis de Flers Robert and Arman de Caillavet _________________
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johntheott Aruba Fanatic
Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Posts: 429 Location: Winchester, MA
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 11:09 am Post subject: |
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"Unfortunately, no matter how frivolous the lawsuit, you still, of course, have to pay people to defend you on it."
Kelly Ayotte _________________ John...
"A Free Spirit On An Endless Flight"
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Orrin Aruba Fanatic
Joined: 13 Jul 2002 Posts: 1941 Location: Sparks, Nevada
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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"I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly."
--Oscar Wilde _________________
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Teri Moderator
Joined: 22 Mar 2003 Posts: 4420 Location: Pittsburgh
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 6:01 am Post subject: |
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You know that children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers.
John J. Plomp _________________
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johntheott Aruba Fanatic
Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Posts: 429 Location: Winchester, MA
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 8:50 am Post subject: |
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"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject."
Winston Churchill _________________ John...
"A Free Spirit On An Endless Flight"
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Orrin Aruba Fanatic
Joined: 13 Jul 2002 Posts: 1941 Location: Sparks, Nevada
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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"Life is too short to work so hard."
--Vivien Leigh _________________
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Teri Moderator
Joined: 22 Mar 2003 Posts: 4420 Location: Pittsburgh
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 8:22 am Post subject: |
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No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.
Lily Tomlin _________________
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Orrin Aruba Fanatic
Joined: 13 Jul 2002 Posts: 1941 Location: Sparks, Nevada
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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"It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance."
--Thomas Sowell _________________
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johntheott Aruba Fanatic
Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Posts: 429 Location: Winchester, MA
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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"Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight?"
Al Boliska _________________ John...
"A Free Spirit On An Endless Flight"
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Teri Moderator
Joined: 22 Mar 2003 Posts: 4420 Location: Pittsburgh
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 7:09 am Post subject: |
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Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
David Starr Jordan _________________
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johntheott Aruba Fanatic
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 11:44 am Post subject: |
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"Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn."
Gore Vidal _________________ John...
"A Free Spirit On An Endless Flight"
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Orrin Aruba Fanatic
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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"My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them."
--Mitch Hedberg _________________
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