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One death is a tragedy, one million is a statistic.
Speaker: Joseph StalinPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 9:46 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I will not play at tug-o-war,
I’d rather play at hug-o-war,
Where everyone hugs
Instead of tugs.
Where everyone giggles
And rolls on the rug.
Where everyone kisses,
And everyone grins,
And everyone cuddles,
And everyone wins.Speaker: Shel SilversteinPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 9:45 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The fickleness of the women I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.
Speaker: George Bernard ShawPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 9:42 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity.
Speaker: George Bernard ShawPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 9:42 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.
Speaker: George Bernard ShawPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 9:40 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
Speaker: George Bernard ShawPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 9:40 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
Speaker: George Bernard ShawPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 9:39 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Speaker: George Bernard ShawPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 9:38 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
When I was a young man I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. I didn’t want to be a failure, so I did ten times more work.
Speaker: George Bernard ShawPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 9:16 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
What win I, if I gain the thing I seek?
A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting joy.
Who buys a minute’s worth to wail a week?
Or sells eternity to get a toy?
For one sweet grape who will the vine destroy?
Or what fond beggar, but to tough the crown,
Would with the scepter straight be stricken down?Speaker: William ShakespeareSource: Rape of the LockPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 9:14 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Live among men as if God beheld you; speak to God as if men were listening.
Speaker: SenecaPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 7:15 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Speaker: Bertrand RussellPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 7:13 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as to not seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.
Speaker: Bertrand RussellPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 7:12 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Speaker: Bertrand RussellPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 7:10 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.
Speaker: Bertrand RussellPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 7:09 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
A stupid man’s report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.
Speaker: Bertrand RussellPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 7:07 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The first test of a truly great man is his humility. I do not mean, by humility, doubt of his own power. But really great men have a curious feeling that greatness is not in them, but through them, and they see something divine in every other man, and are endlessly, foolishly, incredibly merciful.
Speaker: John RuskinsPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 7:06 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Speaker: Eleanor RooseveltPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 7:04 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
Speaker: Eleanor RooseveltPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 7:03 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.
Speaker: Eleanor RooseveltPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 7:00 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment!
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