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A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
Speaker: Tom WaitsSource: Paddle Your Own CanoePosted: 19 Jan 2014 at 11:45 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
When you’re born, you get a ticket to the freak show. If you’re born in America, you get a front row seat.
Speaker: George CarlinSource: 7 Dirty WordsPosted: 12 Jan 2014 at 3:52 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Life is a festival only to the wise
Speaker: Ralph Waldo EmersonSource: 7 Dirty WordsPosted: 12 Jan 2014 at 3:52 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The fully realized man does not identify with the local group.
Speaker: Abraham MaslowSource: 7 Dirty WordsPosted: 12 Jan 2014 at 3:51 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.
Speaker: Mark TwainSource: 7 Dirty WordsPosted: 12 Jan 2014 at 3:49 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Laughter is our response to injustice.
Speaker: George CarlinSource: 7 Dirty WordsPosted: 12 Jan 2014 at 3:49 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
What do they know of England who only England know?
Source: Letters to a Young ContrarianPosted: 12 Jan 2014 at 3:45 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is very seldom that in debate any one of two evenly matched antagonists will succeed in actually convincing or converting the other. But it is equally seldom that, in a properly conducted argument, either antagonist will end up holding exactly the same position as that with which he began. Concessions, refinements, and adjustments will occur and each initial position will have undergone modification, even if it remains ostensibly the same.
Speaker: Christopher HitchensSource: Letters to a Young ContrarianPosted: 12 Jan 2014 at 3:40 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil
Speaker: Exodus 23:2Source: Letters to a Young ContrarianPosted: 12 Jan 2014 at 3:35 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks but in how it thinks.
Speaker: Christopher HitchensSource: Letters to a Young ContrarianPosted: 12 Jan 2014 at 3:34 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
A remarkable, glorious achievement is just what a long series of unremarkable, unglorious tasks looks like from far away.
Speaker: UnknownPosted: 13 Dec 2013 at 11:26 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
How many therapists does it take to change a light bulb? Only one, but the light bulb has to want to change.
Speaker: AnonymousPosted: 09 Dec 2013 at 9:01 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
Speaker: Nelson MandelaPosted: 06 Dec 2013 at 7:31 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Your twenties are all about taking your childhood out on everyone you run into.
Speaker: Bill BurrSource: http://www.billburr.com/podcastPosted: 04 Dec 2013 at 10:39 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
A managed democracy is a wonderful thing – for the managers. And it’s greatest strength is a free press – when free is defined as “responsible,” and the managers define what is “irresponsible.”
Speaker: Robert HeinleinSource: the Moon is a Harsh MistressPosted: 02 Dec 2013 at 9:25 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Anything which is physically possible can be made financially possible. Money is a bugaboo of small minds.
Speaker: Robert HeinleinSource: the Moon is a Harsh MistressPosted: 02 Dec 2013 at 9:25 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Certain types of loudmouth-ism should be a capital offense among decent people.
Speaker: Robert HeinleinSource: the Moon is a Harsh MistressPosted: 02 Dec 2013 at 9:24 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
As long as you keep getting born, it’s alright to die sometimes.
Speaker: Orson Scott CardSource: the Speaker for the DeadPosted: 02 Dec 2013 at 8:25 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Trying to have a productive discussion about a complex social issue on Facebook is like trying to build a bridge by throwing rocks into a well.
Speaker: Patrick RothfussPosted: 26 Nov 2013 at 8:16 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top.
Speaker: Joseph Smith, Jr.Posted: 17 Nov 2013 at 1:43 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!
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