If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?
Vince LombardiLife is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.
Horace WalpoleSome people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that.
George CarlinSubdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature
Charles DickensSelf-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.
Oscar WildeThere's a helluva distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
Dorothy ParkerBrevity is the body and soul of wit.
Jean PaulBrevity is the soul of lingerie.- Dorothy Parker 1893-1967
Dorothy Parker 3Never confuse motion with action.- Ernest Hemingway 1898-1961,
Ernest HemingwayWhen you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.Al Franken, \Oh, the Things I Know\, 2002
Al FrankenThe direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations. - David Friedman
David FriedmanIn religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination. - Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Mark Twain, religion and politicsHonesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy. - George Carlin
George Carlin: HonestyI don't drink water. Fish fuck in it.- W. C. Fields 1880 - 1946
W. C. FieldsBy all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. - Socrates
SocratesIn politics, absurdity is not a handicap.
Napoleon BonaparteThe trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. - Franklin P. Jones
Franklin P. Jones: being punctualHow much easier it is to be critical than to be correct. - Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881), Speech at the House of Commons, January 24, 1860
B. Disraeli: easier it is to be criticalNot everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Albert EinsteinLife isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain.\ ~ Native American wisdom
Dancing in the RainNinety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger (1923 - )
Henry Kissinger: politiciansThere is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. - Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Douglas Adams, LifeFurious activity is no substitute for understanding. - H. H. Williams
H. H. WilliamsYou can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. - Henry Ford
Henry Ford: reputationExperience isn’t an accident; It’s a reward for those that pursue it. - Paul Thoreau: Mosquito Coast
Paul Thoreau: \Mosquito Coast\For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three. - Alice Kahn
Alice KahnFiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't. - Mark Twain
Mark Twain, TruthIt is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. - Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde - PeopleThe nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. - George F. Will
George F. WillBurgundy for Kings, Champagne for Duchesses, and claret for Gentlemen.-FRENCH PROVERB
FRENCH PROVERBWine is made to be drunk as women are made to be loved; profit by the freshness of youth of the splendor of maturity; do not await decrepitude. - THEOPHILE MALVEZIN
THEOPHILE MALVEZINWine is a peep-hole on a man.- Alcaeus c. 625 - c. 575 B.C.
Alcaeus cHe who loves not wine, women and song remains a fool his whole life long.- Martin Luther, 1777
Martin LutherWine is bottled poetry.- Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis StevensonWater for oxen, wine for kings.- Spanish Proverb
Spanish ProverbAlcohol, if taken in sufficient quantities, can give one the illusion of drunkenness. - OSCAR WILDE
OSCAR WILDEIn vino veritas- Pliny the Elder - Historia Naturalis
Pliny the ElderWine is at the head of all medicines; where wine is lacking, drugs are necessary.- Talmud
TalmudAge appears to be best in four things--old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. - L. BACON
L. BACONWine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die. I lift the glass to my mouth, I look at you, and sigh. - William Butler Yeats, Green Helmet and Other Poems.
William Butler Yeats, Wine and LoveTis better for pearls to pass through the lips of swine than good wine to pass through the lips of the indifferent! Unknown
Pearls and SwineTo eat, to drink and to be merry.- Ecclesiates
EcclesiatesAnd how's this for a description of the perfect wine? \It's like the perfect wife--it looks nice and is nice, natural, wholesome, yet not assertive; gracious and dependable, but never monotonous.- ANONYMOUS
anonymous 3Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart. - ECCLESIASTES
ecclesiastesNew loves and old wine, give a man these and he never refines.- Francis Beeding
Francis BeedingCabernet will rape you and pinot noir seduces you. ... Cabernet will throw you down and rip your clothes off, and pinot noir subtly convinces you to take them off yourself. - Old French Saying
Cabernet and Pinot NoirWine is sunlight, held together by water!
GALILEO GALLILEIWine improves with age - I like it the older I get.- ANONYMOUS
Anonymous 2Nothing more excellent or valuable than wine was ever granted by the gods to man.- Plato
PlatoA remedy for the moroseness of old age- Plato
PlatoOne not only drinks the wine, one smells it, observes it, tastes it, sips it and--one talks about it.- KING EDWARD VII
KING EDWARD VIIDrink wine, and you will sleep well. Sleep well and you will not sin. Avoid sin, and you will be saved. Ergo, drink wine and be saved.- ANONYMOUS--MEDIEVAL GERMAN SAYING
Medieval German SayingWe don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.
Anais NinAround 22m lost Bush administration email messages have been recovered. Guardian, UK
The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations. - David Friedman
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