5.15.2006

Bucket o' Quotes...


  • That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another; but let him labor diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.-
Abraham Lincoln

  • We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.
Frank Tibolt
  • The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
William H. Borah
  • He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.
SakiBritish (Burman-born) short story author (1870 - 1916)
  • Admiration, n.: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's DictionaryUS author & satirist (1842 - 1914)
  • Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere.
G. K. ChestertonEnglish author & mystery novelist (1874 - 1936)
  • Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you.
Kin Hubbard(1868 - 1930)
  • Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion.
Robertson Davies
  • Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.
P. J. O'RourkeUS humorist & political commentator (1947 - )
  • Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
Will RogersUS humorist & showman (1879 - 1935)

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