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5001 "It ain't over till it's over." -- Yogi Berra
5002 "This is like deja vu all over again." -- Yogi Berra
5003 Phil Rizzuto - "Hey Yogi I think we're lost." Yogi - "Ya, but we're making great time!" -- Yogi Berra
5004 "You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six." -- Yogi Berra
5005 " I couldn't tell if the streaker was a man or a woman because it had a bag on it's head." -- Yogi Berra
5006 "You can observe a lot just by watchin'." -- Yogi Berra
5007 "How can you think and hit at the same time?" -- Yogi Berra
5008 "In baseball, you don't know nothin'." -- Yogi Berra
5009 On seeing a Steve McQueen movie: - "He must have made that before he died" -- Yogi Berra
5010 "If you can't imitate him, don't copy him." -- Yogi Berra
5011 "Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical" -- Yogi Berra
5012 Mrs. Lindsay - "You certainly look cool." - Yogi - "Thanks, you don't look so hot yourself." -- Yogi Berra
5013 "Nobody goes there anymore; it's too crowded." -- Yogi Berra
5014 "I want to thank all those who made this night necessary." -- Yogi Berra
5015 "I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early." -- Yogi Berra
5016 Interviewer - "Why, you're a fatalist !" - Yogi Berra - "You mean I save postage stamps ? Not me." -- Yogi Berra
5017 "You got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there." -- Yogi Berra
5018 "Slump ? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hittin." -- Yogi Berra
5019 "It's pretty far, but it doesn't seem like it." -- Yogi Berra
5020 "It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much." -- Yogi Berra
5021 "When you come to a fork in the road, take it!" -- Yogi Berra
5022 Capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth. Socialism is the equal distribution of poverty. -- Unknown
5023 Lawlessness is the condition in which your adversary refers you to a law he made. -- Unknown
5024 I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting. -- Ronald Reagan
5025 It isn't that Liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so much that isn't so. -- Ronald Reagan
5026 Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges, even where there are no rivers. -- Nikita Khrushchev
5027 I won't say he flew a lot. But he won't start a cabinet meeting until the seat backs and tray tables are locked into the upright position. -- Senator Bob Dole on the former White House Chief of Staff, John Sununu
5028 The man with the best job in the country is the Vice President. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, "How's the President?" -- Will Rogers
5029 It's the responsibility of the media to look at the president with a microscope, but they go too far when they use a proctoscope. -- Richard M. Nixon
5030 Do you want to trace your family tree? Run for public office. -- Patricia H. Vance
5031 I do the very best I know how. The very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. -- Abraham Lincoln
5032 In politics stupidity is not a handicap. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
5033 It has been said that democracy is the worst form of governement except all the others that have been tried. -- Winston Churchill
5034 Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. -- George B. Shaw
5035 An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie for his country. -- Sir Henry Wotton
5036 I love my job, it's the work I hate. -- Unknown
5037 Give us the tools and we will finish the job. -- Winston Churchill
5038 We work not only to produce but to give value to time. -- Delacroix
5039 I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun. -- Thomas Alva Edison
5040 Work is a four letter word! -- Unknown
5041 Hard work never killed anybody, but why take the chance? -- Edgar Bergen
5042 A clean desk is a sign of a sick mind. -- Unknown
5043 Few great men could pass Personnel. -- Paul Goodman
5044 Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace. -- Frederick W. Taylor
5045 WARNING TO ALL PERSONNEL Firings will continue until moral improves. -- Unknown
5046 One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know. -- Groucho Marx
5047 The secret of acting is sincerity. Once you have learnt to fake that, you're made. -- Unknown
5048 Have a drink. Just a little one to lessen the differences in our characters. -- Noel Coward
5049 Here's looking at you, kid. -- Humphrey Bogart
5050 Bad table manners have broken up more households than infidelity. -- Isabel Jeans
5051 This is the way I look when I'm sober. It's enough to make a person drink, don't you say? -- Lee Remick
5052 A man needs a little madness or else...he never dares to cut the rope and be free. -- Anthony Quinn
5053 All Battles are fought by scared men who would have rather have been somewhere else. -- John Wayne, In Harms Way, 1965
5054 What's the going price on integrity this week? -- Orson Welles to Oliver Reed in I'll Never Forget Whatsisname, 1967
5055 Killing is an excellent way of dealing with a hostility problem. -- James Coburn in The President's Analyst, 1967
5056 Well, I'll tell you the truth. I ain't no real cowboy, but I'm a hell of a stud. -- Jon Voight to Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy, 1969
5057 Nothing wrong with shooting as long as the right people get shot. -- Clint Eastwood in Magnum Force, 1973
5058 What is essential is invisible to the eye. It's only with the heart that one can see clearly. -- Gene Wilder in The Little Prince, 1974
5059 Use the force, Luke. -- Obi Wan Kenobi, Star Wars, 1977
5060 You're not too bright. I like that in a man. -- Kathleen Turner to William Hurt in Body Heat, 1981
5061 No No, I'm not his friend. I'm his wife. -- Diane Keaton on Albert Finney in Shoot the Moon, 1982
5062 Go ahead, make my day. -- Clint Eastwood in Sudden Impact, 1983
5063 It's better to burn out than to fade away! -- The Kurgan in the film Highlander, 198?
5064 They say time is the fire, in which we burn. -- Malcolm McDowell to Patrick Stewart in 'Star Trek: Generations', 1994
5065 The world is a beautiful place, and it is worth fighting for. -- Morgan Freeman in Seven, 1995
5066 If it was so, it might and if it were so it would be, but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic. -- Lewis Caroll
5067 From birth to age 18 A girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35 she needs good looks. From 35 to 55 she needs a good personality. From 55 on, she needs good cash. -- Sophie Tucker
5068 The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well. -- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
5069 Love is like a flower. It shortly dies. -- Unknown
5070 A woman's love is a man's privilege, not his right. -- Unknown
5071 I believe in dragons, good men and other fantasy creatures. -- From a bumper sticker
5072 Those who say they can see through women are missing a lot. -- Unknown
5073 I have yet not been able to answer...the great question that has never been answered : What does a woman want? -- Sigmund Freud
5074 I'm not happy, I'm cheerful. There's a difference. A happy woman has no cares at all. A cheerful woman has cares but has learned how to deal with them. -- Beverly Sills
5075 The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. -- Unknown
5076 You see an awful lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy. -- Unknown
5077 Women like the simple things in life, like men. -- Unknown
5078 Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired. -- Unknown
5079 There is no such thing as a totally objective person, except Almighty God if she exists. -- Unknown
5080 Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult. -- Charlotte Whitton
5081 I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals. -- Brigid Brophy
5082 My advice to the women's clubs of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias. -- William Allen White
5083 A lady is one who never shows her underwear unintentionally. -- Lillian Day
5084 A company is known by the people it keeps. -- Unknown
5085 All organized systems move towards chaos. -- Unknown
5086 Simply pushing harder within the old boundaries will not do. -- Karl Weick
5087 Many people find it reassuring to think that someone else has the answer; others believe they have it and take control; CEO's frequently benefit from the realization that there is not one answer. -- Unknown
5088 Why is it that if you kill a man in war your are a hero, but if you kill a man outside of war you are called a murderer? -- Jonathan Grimes
5089 About the military : If it moves, salute it. If it does not move pick it up. If you can not pick it up,paint it! -- Unknown
5090 Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up. -- Robert Frost
5091 The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his. -- General G.C. Patton
5092 While your saving your face, you're losing your ass. -- President Lyndon Johnson
5093 There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity. -- Douglas MacArthur
5094 War is based on deception. -- Sun tzu, +/- 500 B.C.
5095 To secure peace is to prepare for war. -- Carl von Clausewitz
5096 It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose. --
5097 When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally. -- Lao Tse
5098 You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone. -- Al Capone
5099 Heredity is a splendid phenomenon that relieves us of responsibility for our shortcomings. -- Doug Larson
5100 Life is like a grindstone - whether it grinds you down or polishes you up depends on what you're made of. -- Unknown
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5101 Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man. (Speaking of Albert Einstein) -- Unknown
5102 A diplomat thinks twice before saying nothing. -- Unknown
5103 A diplomat is a man who can convince his wife she'd look stout in a fur coat. -- Unknown
5104 Advertising Anachronism: 'Fresh Frozen'. -- Unknown
5105 ADVERTISING MAJORS do it with style. -- Unknown
5106 A farmer is always going to be rich next year. -- Unknown
5107 After a certain number of years, our faces become our biographies. -- Unknown
5108 Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence. -- Quotes by UFO Expert
5109 A gentleman can disagree without being disagreeable. -- Unknown
5110 It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word. -- Andrew Jackson
5111 Changing things is central to leadership, and changing them before anyone else is creativeness. -- Anthony Jay
5112 The only real training for leadership is leadership. -- Anthony Jay
5113 Just cross your hearts, and wait till you die. -- Unknown
5114 Only the shallow know themselves. -- Oscar Wilde
5115 Putting a family member in jail is a good sign there is something seriously wrong in the home. -- Ricki Lake
5116 Sometimes when you hit the trail, the trail hits back. -- Marlboro ad
5117 It's not how many times you get thrown, it's how many times you get back on. -- Marlboro ad
5118 Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. -- Pablo Picasso
5119 It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself. -- J.S. Bach
5120 The aim of every authentic artist is not to conform to the history of art but to release himself from it in order to replace it with his own history. -- Harold Rosenberg
5121 Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that has. -- Margaret Meade
5122 He who laughs last, hasn't passed out yet. -- Unknown
5123 I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to death your right to say it. -- Voltaire
5124 My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you. -- Benjamin Jowett
5125 The Color of the World is changing day by day. -- Les Miserables
5126 A lot of things change and alot of things stay the same, they mostly stay the same. -- David Heyman
5127 It's better to burn out than to fade away. -- Unknown
5128 Impossible only means that you haven't found the solution yet. -- Unknown
5129 We have done so much with so little, for so long that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. -- Unknown
5130 People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim. -- Ann Landers
5131 One hundred percent, one hundred percent of the time. -- David P. Milton
5132 It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. -- Unknown
5133 When a married man had an affair with a woman twice his age, it could be true love; but when he did so with a woman half his age, it is just pure lust. -- Unknown
5134 Nothing fails like success. -- Unknown
5135 If it ain't fixed continuously, it's broke. -- Unknown
5136 Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these. -- Ovid (43 B.C.-A.D. 18)
5137 Gray hair is God's graffiti. -- Bill Cosby
5138 Kill 'em all. Let God sort 'em out. -- Various ascribed
5139 This generation may be the one that will face Armageddon. -- Ronald Reagan
5140 And you, madam, are ugly. But I shall be sober in the morning. -- Sir Winston Churchill in response to Bessie Braddock, who told him he was drunk
5141 The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything. -- Theodore Roosevelt
5142 It is not the end, it is even not the beginning of the end. It is perhaps the end of the beginning. -- Sir Wiston Churchill
5143 I will venture to lay it down for an infallible rule, that, if two persons equal in judgement play for a considerable sum, he that loves money the most shall lose; his anxiety for the success of the game confounds him. -- Benjamin Franklin
5144 History is a lie agreed upon. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
5145 I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell. -- Harry S. Truman
5146 Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Nixon and the White House. -- John F. Kennedy
5147 I would not like to be a political leader in Russia. They never know when they're being taped. -- Unknown
5148 I ain't ever had a job. I just always played baseball. -- Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige
5149 Individual commitment to a group effort, that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. -- Vince Lombardi
5150 I don't know what I am doing here. I can't sing, I can't dance, but just to be sociable I'll fight the best man in the house. -- Rocky Marciano
5151 I don't like it, and I'm sorry I ever had anything to do with it. -- Erwin Schrodinger talking about quantum mechanics.
5152 A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting. -- Dr. Who
5153 Door meten tot weten. (To knowledge by measurement). -- Kammerlingh, Dutch low temperature physicist
5154 It is the business of the future to be dangerous.... The major advances in civilization are processes that all but wreck the societies in which they occur. -- Alfred North Whitehead
5155 Experience has shown that science frequently develops most fruitfully once we learn to examine the things that seem the simplest, instead of those that seem the most mysterious. Marvin Minsky
5156 -- Unknown
5157 There is no gravity, the earth just sucks. -- Unknown
5158 Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. -- Arthur C. Clarke
5159 If I have seen farther than other men, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants. -- Sir Isaac Newton
5160 Only two things are certain: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. -- Albert Einstein
5161 All science is either physics or stamp collecting. -- Ernest (1st Baron) Rutherford
5162 As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. -- Albert Einstein
5163 The only possible interpretation of any research whatever in the 'social sciences' is: some do, some don't. -- Ernest (1st Baron) Rutherford
5164 Never express yourself more clearly than you think. -- Neils Bohr
5165 In the pure and physical sciences each generation inherits the consequences made by its predecessors, but in the moral sciences, particularly the arts of administration, the ground seems never to be incontestably won. -- Unknown
5166 The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it) but "That's funny..." -- Isaac Asimov
5167 There is more to life than increasing speed. -- Mohandas K. Gandhi
5168 It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -- Krishnamarti
5169 All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher. -- Ambrose Bilerce
5170 Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat. -- Harry Emerson Fosdick
5171 Not to know the past is to be in bondage to it, while to remember, to know, is to be set free. -- Dr. Sigmund Freud
5172 Consider the past and you shall know the future. -- Chinese Proverb
5173 Whether we will philosophize or we won't philosophize, we must philosophize. -- Aristotle
5174 I think therefore I am (Ergo Cogito Sum). -- Descartes
5175 I need a prison in order to dream of being free. -- John Popper (Blues Traveler)
5176 Life is what happens to us while we're making other plans. -- John Lennon
5177 If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am for myself alone, what am I? And if not now, when? -- Hillel
5178 A wise man that walks in the dark with a blindfold on, is not much of a wise man. -- Chris Senkbeil
5179 Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. -- From an old african proverb
5180 Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. -- Unknown
5181 Live in today because your past is not your potential. -- Unknown
5182 You can't get where you want to go if you don't know where you are. -- Unknown
5183 If you keep doing things like you've always done them, what you'll get is what you've already got. -- Radio Commercial, 1994
5184 Fear makes strangers of people who should be friends. -- Unknown
5185 Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind. -- Unknown
5186 Happiness is the meaning and purpose of Life, the whole aim and end of Human exsistence. -- Unknown
5187 No one can make you inferior without your consent. -- Unknown
5188 If you want the rainbow you have to put up with the rain. -- Unknown
5189 To many time we confuse motion with progress. -- Cyclops
5190 The best way to predict your future is to create it. -- Unknown
5191 I would willingly stand on street corners, hat in hand, begging passersby to drop their unused minutes into it. -- Unknown
5192 Not just passing time and place, but living the experience of being anytime, anyplace. -- Folkert Ringnalda on the Internet and the future
5193 Philosophy, like Medicine, has many drugs, very few good remedies, and almost no specifics. -- Sebastien-Roch-Nicholas Chamfort
5194 If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers. -- Frederick II, The Great
5195 The past is history, The future is a mystery and now is a gift. That's why we call it the present. -- Unknown
5196 The taller the bamboo grows, the lower it bends. -- Chinese saying ?
5197 If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started. -- Marcus Garvey
5198 Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go. -- James Baldwin
5199 No one feels another's grief, no one understands another's joy. People imagine they can reach one another. In reality they only pass each other by. -- Franz Schubert
5200 One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it. -- Dr. Martin Luthor King Jr.
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5201 Is this question relevant? -- Unknown
5202 Is anyone going anywhere? -- Unknown
5203 Is almost always nearly enough? -- Unknown
5204 Who would win in a fight: Mick Jagger or all four Beatles? -- Unknown
5205 Why is blue considered a color of sadness if most people find happiness in a blue sky? -- Unknown
5206 How many people know me? -- Unknown
5207 How probable is it that we can go through life seeing every stranger only once? Surely we must see some of these "strangers" many times more than we are aware of. -- Unknown
5208 In the end, are people really good at heart? -- Unknown
5209 Are you sure? -- Unknown
5210 When will people run out of questions to ask and boundaries to break? -- Unknown
5211 What is the most common color on Earth? -- Unknown
5212 If everything that is illegal now, were made legal, would anyone still do any of these things? -- Unknown
5213 Why do you sneeze if you look right at the sun? -- Unknown
5214 Who invented complicated algebra and geometry? Did they have a use for it at the time it was invented? -- Unknown
5215 Why do people say, when something is lost, "it's always in the last place you look"? Of course it is. Why would you keep looking after you've found it? Do people do this? Who and where are they? -- Unknown
5216 Why do some people say, "can I ask you a question?" You didn't really give me a choice there, did you, buddy? -- Unknown
5217 When something is "new and improved", which is it? If it's new, then there has never been anything before it. If it's an improvement, then there must have been something before it. -- Unknown
5218 Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. -- Albert Einstein
5219 Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding. -- Sanjay Kumar
5220 Who needs sight when you've got vision. -- Walther Mattieu in 'I'm not Rappaport'
5221 Everything is relative to nothing. -- Susan Epperley
5222 God was having so much fun creating His Creation that He created Mankind to help Him create. -- German Philosopher
5223 We can't run from what we are, our destiny chooses us. -- Unknown
5224 Wisdom is a greater prize than pride. -- Unknown
5225 We all want love to come along, yet we put all these restrictions on how it should arrive... -- Unknown
5226 It doesn't do to leave a dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. -- J.R.R. Tolkein
5227 Love is like a wet cement, the more you stay the harder you live and it is hard to live without leaving your print behind. -- Unknown
5228 How glorious it is, and also how painful, to be an exception. -- Alfred de Musset
5229 Life is like a bowl of punch. Every now and then its okay to spike it. -- Unknown
5230 Math is the alphabet of the universe. -- Galileo
5231 You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. -- Unknown
5232 If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it was meant to be. If it doesn't, it never was. -- Unknown
5233 Behind the desire lies the beast. -- Luis Royo
5234 The chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. -- Unknown
5235 The hardest fight is against your own demons. -- Unknown
5236 If you spend your life looking back at what could have been, you are bound to trip over opportunities that lie ahead. -- Unknown
5237 You didn't go to school to learn that life is taught on the streets. -- Ronald Anthony
5238 The doers and undoers give each other purpose. -- Ronald Anthony
5239 When I feel no one understands, no one will, for I then become no one myself. -- Ronald Anthony
5240 The simplest answers are the hardest believed and easiest found. -- Ronald Anthony
5241 A period must come to an end in order to have begun. -- Ronald Anthony
5242 Our life is not what we are "Our life" is not what "we are". -- Ronald Anthony
5243 It's as easy to lose as hard as it is to gain. -- Unknown
5244 Existence exists in the mind and the minds of others. -- Unknown
5245 I put it my way till I find someone who understands that then "it" is our way. -- Unknown
5246 When we truly realize that we are all alone is when we need others the most. -- Unknown
5247 A point of reference is the most sought after point in life. -- Unknown
5248 It hurts to know on the outside we feel inside. -- Unknown
5249 We need so much to love and only so little to hate. -- Unknown
5250 Don't let traditions, dictate your decisions. -- Unknown
5251 A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one would find fault. -- Unknown
5252 The universe begins to look like a great thought, rather than a great machine. -- Unknown
5253 What's life without a crisis every now and then? Bor-ing. So I guess I've had a pretty exiting life up to now. -- Unknown
5254 Why wait for the window of oppurtunity to open? Break it open! -- Unknown
5255 There is enough for everyone's need, there is never enough for everyone's greed. -- Ghandi
5256 If ever in doubt, the answer's always no. Because where there is doubt, there is no faith. -- Barrell
5257 It is nice to be important. But more important to be nice. -- Unknown
5258 Time is relative to experience. -- Unknown
5259 He who walks the line never experiences the path. -- Unknown
5260 Nothing is what it seems, and everything is what it isn't. -- Unknown
5261 There are two ways to live life: One as though nothing is a blessing, one as though everything is a blessing. -- Albert Einstein
5262 Be what you want to be, not what others want you to be, thats the only way you'll find true happiness. -- Unknown
5263 Before I can know anything I must believe. -- St. Augustine
5264 They can send you to college, but they can't make you think. -- Unknown
5265 Love and Life are like two flowing rivers, they will have to meet in the ocean. -- Unknown
5266 Today said thanks for the fun, but tommorrow says the best is yet to come. -- Unknown
5267 The truth hurts. -- Unknown
5268 Living is a life long process. -- Unknown
5269 There is a dream dreaming us. -- The Bushmen of the Kalahari
5270 Nothing is either good nor bad, thinking makes it so. -- Shakespeare
5271 Some people may not like me, but, if I changed me, I wouldn't like me. -- 3rd grader
5272 You cannot have your cake and eat it too. -- Unknown
5273 Live life knowing that in the end, the only race is with yourself. -- Unknown
5274 I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean, and for every door thats closed I hope one opens, promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance, and when you get the choice to sit it out or dance ... I hope you dance. -- Leanne Womack
5275 Secrets are the swords and trust is the shield... only one will win! Honestly, the good guy can't always cut it. -- Unknown
5276 You've got to dance like no one is watching and love like it's never going to hurt. -- Unknown
5277 I know who I am, and who I may be, if I choose. -- Cervantes
5278 Men live on the brink of mysteries and harmonies into which they can never enter, and with their hand on the doorlatch they die outside. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
5279 And the day came when the risk to remain closed in the bud became more painful than the risk it took to blossom. -- Helen Thompson
5280 Knowing and not doing is the same as not knowing at all. -- Unknown
5281 Two men look through the same bars; one sees mud, the other stars. -- Unknown
5282 When two friends part they should lock up each others secrets and exchange keys. -- Unknown
5283 Life is as beautiful as you make it. -- Unknown
5284 The power to express yourself is the power to be yourself and that is the greatest power of all. -- Unknown
5285 Excellence is an attitude, not an inheritance. -- Anita J. Marshall
5286 A teacher plants learning seeds. -- A plaque.
5287 Children are always the only future the human race has. Teach them well. -- A plaque.
5288 I seek for my ultimate considerations, but like all men past, I too will be conquered. -- Unknown
5289 The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. -- Hillcrest Christian Church
5290 Smile, you never know who's falling in love with it. -- Unknown
5291 A child without courage is like the sky without stars. -- "Annie", The movie
5292 Do or do not, there is no try. -- Yoda
5293 The greatest pain that comes from love, is loving someone you can never have. -- Unknown
5294 I always knew looking back on the tears would make me laugh, but I never knew looking back on the laughs would make me cry. -- Unknown
5295 If you write someones name in the sand the waves will wash it away, but if you write it in your heart it will remain. -- Unknown
5296 To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world. -- Unknown
5297 Don't go after the person you can picture spending the rest of your life with, go after the person you can't imagine spending the rest of your life without. -- Unknown
5298 Amongst democratic nations, men easily attain a certain equality of condition, but they can never attain as much as they desire. -- Christopher Lowery
5299 Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence. -- Unknown
5300 True love is when your need for someone exceeds your love for someone. -- Unknown
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5301 Word power...Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. -- Unknown
5302 Word power...Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightie. -- Unknown
5303 Word power...Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk. -- Unknown
5304 Word power...Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent. -- Unknown
5305 Word power...Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained. -- Unknown
5306 Word power...Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp. -- Unknown
5307 Word power...Gargoyle (n.), an olive-flavored mouthwash. -- Unknown
5308 Word power...Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon. -- Unknown
5309 Word power...Flatulence (n.) the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller. -- Unknown
5310 Word power...Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline. -- Unknown
5311 Word power...Semantics (n.), pranks conducted by young men studying for the priesthood, including such things as gluing the pages of the priest's prayer book together just before vespers. -- Unknown
5312 Word power...Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified demeanor assumed by a proctologist immediately before he examines you. -- Unknown
5313 Word power...Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddish expressions. -- Unknown
5314 Word power...Circumvent (n.), the opening in the front of boxer shorts. -- Unknown
5315 Word power...Frisbatarianism (n.), The belief that, when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck there. -- Unknown
5316 Word power...Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the reader who doesn't get it. -- Unknown
5317 Word power...Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly. -- Unknown
5318 Word power...Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very high. -- Unknown
5319 Word power...Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of obtaining sex. -- Unknown
5320 Word power...Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. -- Unknown
5321 Word power...Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like a serious bummer. -- Unknown
5322 Word power...Glibido: All talk and no action. -- Unknown
5323 Word power...Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. -- Unknown
5324 Word power...Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a refund from the IRS, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with. -- Unknown
5325 Word power...Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and a jerk. -- Unknown
5326 Things to do at Wal-Mart...Set all the alarm clocks to go off at ten minute intervals throughout the day. -- Unknown
5327 Things to do at Wal-Mart...Put M&M's on layaway. -- Unknown
5328 Things to do at Wal-Mart...Walk up to an employee and tell him in an official tone, "I think we've got a Code 3 in house wares," and see what happens. -- Unknown
5329 Things to do at Wal-Mart...Tune all the radios to a polka station; then turn them all off and turn the volumes to "10". -- Unknown
5330 Things to do at Wal-Mart...Challenge other customers to duels with tubes of gift wrap. -- Unknown
5331 Things to do at Wal-Mart...Make a trail of orange juice on the floor, leading to the rest rooms. -- Unknown
5332 Things to do at Wal-Mart...Move "Caution: Wet Floor" signs to carpeted areas. -- Unknown
5333 Things to do at Wal-Mart...Set up a tent in the camping department; tell others you'll only invite them in if they bring pillows from Bed and Bath. -- Unknown
5334 Things to do at Wal-Mart...When someone asks if you need help, begin to cry and ask, "Why won't you people just leave me alone?" -- Unknown
5335 Things to do at Wal-Mart...Look right into the security camera, and use it as a mirror while you floss your teeth. -- Unknown
5336 Things to do at Wal-Mart...Take up an entire aisle in Toys by setting up a full scale battlefield with G.I. Joes vs. the X-Men. -- Unknown
5337 Things to do at Wal-Mart...Ask other customers if they have any Grey Poupon. -- Unknown
5338 Things to do at Wal-Mart...While handling guns in the hunting department, suddenly ask the clerk if he knows where the antidepressants are. -- Unknown
5339 Things to do at Wal-Mart...Switch the men's and women's signs on the doors of the rest rooms. -- Unknown
5340 Things to do at Wal-Mart...Dart around suspiciously while humming the theme from "Mission Impossible." -- Unknown
5341 Things to do at Wal-Mart...Set up a "Valet Parking" sign in front of the store. -- Unknown
5342 Things to do at Wal-Mart...Sit on a chair and read a book for hours. -- Unknown
5343 Things to do at Wal-Mart...Hide in the clothing racks and when people browse through, say things like "pick me! pick me!!" -- Unknown
5344 Things to do at Wal-Mart...When an announcement comes over the loudspeaker, assume the fetal position and scream, "No, no! It's those voices again!" -- Unknown
5345 Things to do at Wal-Mart...If the store has a food court, buy a soft drink; explain that you don't get out much, and ask if they can put a little umbrella in it. -- Unknown
5346 Things to do at Wal-Mart...Go into the dressing room and yell real loud..."Hey, we're out of toilet paper in here!" -- Unknown
5347 Now that I am older, here's what I have discovered:My wild oats have turned into prunes and All Bran. -- Unknown
5348 Now that I am older, here's what I have discovered:Funny, I don't remember being absent-minded. -- Unknown
5349 Now that I am older, here's what I have discovered:All reports are in; life is now officially unfair. -- Unknown
5350 Now that I am older, here's what I have discovered:If all is not lost, where is it? -- Unknown
5351 Now that I am older, here's what I have discovered:It is easier to get older than it is to get wiser. -- Unknown
5352 Now that I am older, here's what I have discovered:Some days you're the dog; some days you're the hydrant. -- Unknown
5353 Now that I am older, here's what I have discovered:Kids in the back seat cause accidents. Accidents in the back seat cause kids. -- Unknown
5354 Now that I am older, here's what I have discovered:It's hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere. -- Unknown
5355 Now that I am older, here's what I have discovered:Only time the world beats a path to your door is when you're in the bathroom. -- Unknown
5356 Now that I am older, here's what I have discovered:If God wanted me to touch my toes, he would have put them on my knees. -- Unknown
5357 Now that I am older, here's what I have discovered:When I'm finally holding all the cards, why does everyone decide to play chess? -- Unknown
5358 Now that I am older, here's what I have discovered:It's not hard to meet expenses... they're everywhere. -- Unknown
5359 Now that I am older, here's what I have discovered:The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth. -- Unknown
5360 Now that I am older, here's what I have discovered:These days I spend a lot of time thinking about the hereafter....I go somewhere to get something, and then wonder what I'm here after. -- Unknown
5361 The greatest risk is not taking one. -- Unknown
5362 The average American works 24.5 years before earning a million dollars. -- Unknown
5363 Life is not so short that there is no time for courtesy. -- Unknown
5364 People exit our lives as quickly as they came in. -- Unknown
5365 The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches -- Unknown
5366 You can't love others until you love yourself. -- Unknown
5367 If you give a man a fish he will eat for a day, but if you teach a man how to fish he will eat forever. -- Unknown
5368 No one is normal, for if every boy and girl in the world is different, then no one is normal. -- Unknown
5369 All too often we find ourselves expanding outward to further our lives, when in fact we can further them beyond human fathom if we look within ourselves -- Unknown
5370 Never, ever quit. By quitting, you admit defeat, and then your are trully beaten. And it is no one's fault but your own for stopping -- Unknown
5371 Not only has humankind disregarded the need of love in the family, but we overlook our environment as well, and with these two omissions, we cannot survive -- Unknown
5372 I asked God for all things that I might enjoy life, God gave me life that I might enjoy all things. -- Unknown
5373 Do not walk behind me because I will not lead. Do not walk in front of me because I will not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend -- Unknown
5374 You're smart enought to raise your kids until they get old enough to tell you how stupid you are. -- Unknown
5375 Don't hate the player ... hate the game. -- Unknown
5376 People are like pieces of a puzzle, we all fit together, but not all of us connect. -- Unknown
5377 You gotta dream like you're going to live forever and live like you're going to die tomorrow. -- Unknown
5378 If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain as he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be -- Goethe
5379 Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. -- Martin Luther
5380 To dream of the person you long to be is a waste of the person you are. -- Unknown
5381 Sometimes you really can't, even when you say you can, but that doesn't mean you should ever give up on your hopes and dreams -- Unknown
5382 The only place you find success before work is in the dictionary. -- Unknown
5383 The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well. -- Sir William Mosler
5384 Keep your face towards the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you. -- Unknown
5385 Accept, don't expect. -- Unknown
5386 It's not just the eyes that give us sight. -- Unknown
5387 He who said money isn't everything ... doesn't have any. -- Unknown
5388 Money can't buy me love. -- The Beatles
5389 Prejudice and racism is like a plague that can win over people's hearts and indulge their souls, but those who can grow aware of every culture can learn to become immune. -- Unknown
5390 Don't blind me of the evils of the world, I ask you God, just let me see and learn. -- Unknown
5391 Of thy heart, thy will's defined. -- Unknown
5392 All that we see or have seen is nothing but a dream within a dream. -- Poe
5393 If you stop yourself from learning, you are already dead. -- Unknown
5394 A true friend is someone who knows everything about you, and likes you anyway. -- Unknown
5395 Dreams are the answers to questions that we haven't learned how to ask. -- From "The X-Files"
5396 Don't let worrying about tomorrow steal the joy from today. Today may be all that we have. -- Unknown
5397 Everything happens for a reason. -- Unknown
5398 Turns out not where, but who you're with that really matters. -- Dave Matthews Band
5399 It is not the past that matters but the future. -- Agatha Christie
5400 What I want is what I've not got, but what I need is all around me. -- Dave Matthews Band
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5401 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. -- Unknown
5402 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!Every day more money is printed for monopoly than the US Treasury. -- Unknown
5403 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear better than men. -- Unknown
5404 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. -- Unknown
5405 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!Cost of raising a medium sized dog to the age of 11: $6,400. -- Unknown
5406 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!Average number of people airborne over the US during any given hour: 61,000. -- Unknown
5407 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!The world's youngest parents were 8 & 9 and lived in China in 1910. -- Unknown
5408 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!The youngest Pope was 11 years old. -- Unknown
5409 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer. -- Unknown
5410 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 -- Unknown
5411 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile national monuments. -- Unknown
5412 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David Clubs - Alexander the Great Hearts - Charlemagne Diamonds - Julius Caesar -- Unknown
5413 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on 4 JULY, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on 2 AUG., but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. -- Unknown
5414 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. -- Unknown
5415 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!The term "whole 9 yards" came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the 50-caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got the "whole 9 yards". -- Unknown
5416 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!The Interstate system was designed so that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of War or other emergencies. The Intestate's official name is "The National Defense Highway System." -- Unknown
5417 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only 6" for each gallon of fuel that it burns. -- Unknown
5418 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the bubonic plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (Ring around the Rosey). These sores would smell very bad so people would hide flowers on their bodies in an attempt to mask the smell ("pocket full of posies"). People who died from the plague would be burned to reduce the spread of the disease ("ashes, ashes, we all fall Down"). -- Unknown
5419 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!Q: What separates "60 Minutes" on CBS from every other TV show? A: No theme song. -- Unknown
5420 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!Q: Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? A: Their birthplace. -- Unknown
5421 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!Q: What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and printers all have in common? A: All were invented by women. -- Unknown
5422 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!Q: What is the only food that doesn't spoil? A: Honey. -- Unknown
5423 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!Q: There are more collect calls made on this day than any other. A: Fathers Day. -- Unknown
5424 Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School!Q: What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) is most ironic? A: He was allergic to carrots. -- Unknown
5425 It's through the pain that we find the truth of who we are. -- Unknown
5426 Live the life you love and love the life you live. -- Unknown
5427 True love is rare and it's the only thing that gives life real meaning. -- Unknown
5428 Sometimes the only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy. -- From "Girl Interupted"
5429 After climbing a great hill, one only finds there are many more hills to climb. -- Unknown
5430 The difference between genius and stupidity, is genius has its limits. -- Unknown
5431 Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. -- Unknown
5432 O wad some Power the giftie gie us. To see oursels as ithers see us. -- Robert Burns
5433 Prove the impossible really exists. -- Unknown
5434 It's never to late to be what you might have been. -- George Eliott
5435 We become strong at the broken places. -- Unknown
5436 The intuitive mind is a gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. -- Albert Einstein
5437 Know where you are going, how you plan to get there and what you plan to do when you arrive. -- Unknown
5438 Love is not blind; it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it chooses to see less. -- Unknown
5439 A dream is like a river, everchanging as it flows. And the dreamer's just a vessel that much follows where it goes. So don't you sit upon the shoreline and say you're satisfied- choose to chance the rapids and dare to dance the tides. -- Unknown
5440 You can fall from a mountain. You can fall from above. But the best way to fall, is to fall in love. -- Unknown
5441 Do not doubt your powers, or else you give power to your doubts. -- Unknown
5442 I wish I could be your tear drops, for what more could anyone ask for then to be concieved in your heart, born in your eyes, live on your cheeks, and die on your lips. -- Unknown
5443 A fruit can only be enjoyed when it's ripe. -- Tzouannis
5444 Once a person reaches a certain point of intellect he goes one of two ways: towards humanity or towards egomania. Thankfully, there are those who recognize their place and find a warm, comfortable spot in the middle of the two. -- Roger Smith
5445 Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be. -- Abraham Lincoln
5446 To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. -- Oscar Wilde
5447 Remember ... there's a little kid inside all of us. Once in a while, let the kid out to play. -- Bill Cosby
5448 God is Himself, apart from all the religions. -- Alexander Evans
5449 Letting go doesn't mean giving up, it means accepting that some things can't be. -- Unknown
5450 What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. -- Aristoteles
5451 If you don't take a chance, you don't stand a chance. -- Unknown
5452 You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. -- Mary Tyler Moore
5453 Don't you be thinking, you be knowing. -- Blaize Barnes
5454 The glass is not half full, it is broken. -- Bill Herbert
5455 Guys give love to get sex, girls give sex to get love. -- Unknown
5456 Imagination is the preview of life's coming attractions. -- Unknown
5457 Our lives are better left to chance, I could've missed the pain, but I'd have had to miss the dance. -- Garth Brooks
5458 People look strange, when you're a stranger. -- The Doors
5459 All you need is love. -- John Lennon
5460 Do not doubt your powers, or else they will disappear. -- Alexander Evans
5461 Don't run away from the things you're scared of, cause you won't get anywhere. -- Unknown
5462 One cannot call oneself one, if one is not one with oneself. -- Unknown
5463 I'd rather be a failure at somthing I love, than a success at something I hate. -- Unknown
5464 Dont just be a reactionary... be a revolutionary. -- Unknown
5465 People have two feelings: fear and love, all others come from the imagination. -- Alexander Evans
5466 The funny thing about dreams is they come true if you work on them long enough. -- Alexander Evans
5467 A lot of people are afraid to say what they want, that's why they don't get what they want. -- Madonna
5468 Tommorrow's not yours for sure, but today you can do anything. -- Alexander Evans
5469 Craziness is freedom, freedom is not craziness. -- Unknown
5470 The touch of someone that cares for you can make a world of difference. -- Unknown
5471 Everyone's purpose in life is to live life to their fullest. -- Unknown
5472 Some people give excuses, some people give explanations, then there are the people who give results. -- Unknown
5473 Keep a smile on your face and a rainbow in your heart. -- Unknown
5474 No matter how high you are in life always stay humble, for at any moment it can all be taken from you. -- Unknown
5475 I play with the cards life deals me, I'm a good player, so watch how you play your cards... -- Unknown
5476 With great power, comes great responsibillity. -- Spiderman
5477 Do what you think is right. -- Unknown
5478 Hoping that someone will change will only change yourself. -- Unknown
5479 Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have forgotten how to fly. -- Unknown
5480 Our technology has surpassed our humanity, someday I hope our humanity will surpass our technology. -- From the movie "Congo"
5481 The less you open your heart to others the more you suffer, you never loose by loving, you always lose by holding back. -- Unknown
5482 The road of life is rocky and you may stumble too, so while you point your finger, someone else is judging you. -- Unknown
5483 After all I have lived through I have learned but one thing: Not everything counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. -- Unknown
5484 Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused. -- Unknown
5485 The best realization that true friends can make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. -- Unknown
5486 Love is when you can't fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams. -- Unknown
5487 Life is not about the destination, it is the journey. -- Unknown
5488 Say what you feel and do what you want, for those who mind don't matter, and for those who matter don't mind. -- Unknown
5489 The past is a present to the future. -- Unknown
5490 It is better to remain silent and thought of as a fool, then to open your mouth and remove all doubt. -- Mark Twain
5491 Never believe that you are better than anyone else, and never believe that anyone else is better than you. -- Unknown
5492 The wind blows, the light flows, earth and the grass stay put, one must learn the difference of a time to change and a time to resist. -- Unknown
5493 Practice makes perfect so be careful what you practice. -- Unknown
5494 You can't turn back the clock, but you can wind it up again. -- Unknown
5495 Remember in any situation where you feel nervous: It's ok to be nervous, but confidence wins. -- Unknown
5496 Can you go back in time, to a place in your mind, to the one who knew, a part of you, that you just couldn't find? -- From the theme song of "Stealing Home"
5497 Friendship has many faces, but we all forget sometimes that the most familiar of them is found right in the mirror. -- Unknown
5498 Words are seductive and dangerous material, to be used with caution. -- Unknown
5499 The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him. -- Unknown
5500 Waiting for love is asking for a heartache. It's kinda like eating candy and not brushing your teeth ... you wait for a toothache. -- Unknown
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5501 A little well-gotten will do us more good, than lordships and sceptres by Rapine and Blood. -- Benjamin Franklin
5502 Many a long dispute among Divines may be thus abridged: It is so: It is not so; It is so: It is not so. -- Benjamin Franklin
5503 Ill Customs and Bad Advice are seldom forgotten. -- Benjamin Franklin
5504 He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night. -- Benjamin Franklin
5505 He that speaks ill of the Mare, will buy her. -- Benjamin Franklin
5506 Fish and Visitors stink after three days. -- Benjamin Franklin
5507 How few there are who have courage enough to own their Faults, or resolution enough to mend them! -- Benjamin Franklin
5508 He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that composes books. -- Benjamin Franklin
5509 A country man between two lawyers, is like a Fish between two Cats. -- Benjamin Franklin
5510 After crosses and losses, men grow humbler and wiser. -- Benjamin Franklin
5511 The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise. -- Benjamin Franklin
5512 Well done is better than well said. -- Benjamin Franklin
5513 There are three faithful Friends - an old Wife, an old Dog, and ready Money. -- Benjamin Franklin
5514 He that can travel well afoot, keeps a good horse. -- Benjamin Franklin
5515 Who has deceiv'd thee so oft as thy self? -- Benjamin Franklin
5516 A traveller should have a Hog's nose, a Deer's legs, and an Ass's back. -- Benjamin Franklin
5517 No better relation than a prudent and faithful Friend. -- Benjamin Franklin
5518 An honest Man will receive neither Money nor Praise that is not his due. -- Benjamin Franklin
5519 Avoid dishonest gain: no price Can recompense the pangs of vice. -- Benjamin Franklin
5520 There are more old Drunkards than old Doctors. -- Benjamin Franklin
5521 Harry Smatter, has a Mouth for every Matter. -- Benjamin Franklin
5522 'Tis a well spent penny that saves a groat. -- Benjamin Franklin
5523 Many Foxes grow grey, but few grow good. -- Benjamin Franklin
5524 Content makes poor Men rich Discontent makes rich Men poor. -- Benjamin Franklin
5525 If your head is wax, don't walk in the Sun. -- Benjamin Franklin
5526 Genius without Education is like Silver in the Mine. -- Benjamin Franklin
5527 You can bear your own F'aults, why not a Fault in your Wife? -- Benjamin Franklin
5528 Doing an Injury puts you below your Enemy; Revenging one makes you but even with him; Forgiving it sets you above him. -- Benjamin Franklin
5529 Great Good-nature, without Prudence, is a great Misfortune. -- Benjamin Franklin
5530 An infallible Remedy for Tooth-ache, viz. - Wash the root of an aching Tooth, in Elder vinegar, and let it dry half an hour in the Sun; after which it will never ache more. -- Benjamin Franklin
5531 A Pair of good Ears will wring dry an hundred Tongues. -- Benjamin Franklin
5532 A penny saved is two pence clear. A pin a-day is a groat a-year. Save and have. -- Benjamin Franklin
5533 Every little makes a mickle. -- Benjamin Franklin
5534 Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. -- Benjamin Franklin
5535 Beware, beware; he'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear. -- Benjamin Franklin
5536 If you would have Guests merry with cheer, be so yourself, or so at least appear. -- Benjamin Franklin
5537 The poor Man must walk to get meat for his stomach, the rich man to get a stomach for his meat. -- Benjamin Franklin
5538 Avarice and Happiness never saw each other, how then should they become acquainted? -- Benjamin Franklin
5539 The family of Fools is ancient. -- Benjamin Franklin
5540 The King's cheese is half wasted in parings; but no matter, 'tis made of the People's milk. -- Benjamin Franklin
5541 There's many witty Men whose brains can't fill their bellies. -- Benjamin Franklin
5542 He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees. -- Benjamin Franklin
5543 Times change...1970: Long Hair 2000: Longing for hair -- Unknown
5544 Times change...1970: The perfect high 2000: The perfect high yield mutual fund -- Unknown
5545 Times change...1970: Keg 2000: EKG -- Unknown
5546 Times change...1970: Acid Rock 2000: Acid Reflux -- Unknown
5547 Times change...1970: Moving to California because it's cool 2000: Moving to California because it's warm -- Unknown
5548 Times change...1970: Growing pot 2000: Growing pot belly. -- Unknown
5549 Times change...1970: Watching John Glenn's historic flight with your parents 2000: Watching John Glenn's historic flight with your children -- Unknown
5550 Times change...1970: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Elizabeth Taylor 2000: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Elizabeth Taylor -- Unknown
5551 Times change...1970: Seeds and stems 2000: Roughage -- Unknown
5552 Times change...1970: Popping pills, smoking joints 2000: Popping joints -- Unknown
5553 Times change...1970: Our president's struggle with Fidel 2000: Our president's struggle with fidelity -- Unknown
5554 Times change...1970: Paar 2000: AARP -- Unknown
5555 Times change...1970: Killer weed 2000: Weed killer -- Unknown
5556 Times change...1970: Hoping for a BMW 2000: Hoping for a BM -- Unknown
5557 Times change...1970: The Grateful Dead 2000: Dr. Kevorkian -- Unknown
5558 Times change...1970: Getting out to a new, hip joint 2000: Getting a new hip joint -- Unknown
5559 Times change...1970: Rolling Stones 2000: Kidney stones -- Unknown
5560 Times change...1970: Being called into the principal's office 2000: Calling the principal's office -- Unknown
5561 Times change...1970: Up the system! 2000: Upgrade the system -- Unknown
5562 Times change...1970: Peace sign 2000: Mercedes logo -- Unknown
5563 Times change...1970: Parents begging you to get your hair cut 2000: Children begging you to get their heads shaved -- Unknown
5564 Times change...970: acid 2000: antacid -- Unknown
5565 Times change...1970: Passing the driver's test 2000: Passing the vision test -- Unknown
5566 Times change...1970: "Whatever" 2000: "Depends" -- Unknown
5567 Be slow in chusing a Friend, slower in changing. -- Ben Franklin
5568 Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows. -- Ben Franklin
5569 When Knaves fall out, honest men get their goods: When Priests dispute, we come at the Truth. -- Ben Franklin
5570 Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn in no other. -- Ben Franklin
5571 How many observe Christ's Birthday; How few his Precepts! 0! 'tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments. -- Ben Franklin
5572 He that drinks his Cyder alone, let him catch his Horse alone. -- Ben Franklin
5573 Who is rich? He that rejoices in his Portion. -- Ben Franklin
5574 The Devil wipes his Breech with poor Folks' Pride. -- Ben Franklin
5575 A ship under sail and a big-bellied Woman, are the handsomest two things that can be seen common. -- Ben Franklin
5576 Industry pays Debts, Despair encreases them. -- Ben Franklin
5577 They who have nothing to trouble them, will be troubled at nothing. -- Ben Franklin
5578 There is much difference between imitating a good man, and counterfeiting him. -- Ben Franklin
5579 Monkeys, warm with envious spite, their most obliging friends will bite. -- Ben Franklin
5580 Half Wits talk much but say little. -- Ben Franklin
5581 Let thy maid-servant be faithful, strong, and homely. -- Ben Franklin
5582 Declaiming against Pride, is not always a Sign of Humility. -- Ben Franklin
5583 An open Foe may prove a curse; But a pretended Friend is worse. -- Ben Franklin
5584 Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it. -- Ben Franklin
5585 'Tis easy to see, hard to foresee. -- Ben Franklin
5586 Those who in Quarrels interpose, Must often wipe a bloody Nose. -- Ben Franklin
5587 Where yet was ever found the mother, who'd change her booby for another? -- Ben Franklin
5588 In a discreet man's mouth a publick thing is private. -- Ben Franklin
5589 He that buys by the penny, maintains not only himself, but other people. -- Ben Franklin
5590 Here comes Courage! that seized the Lion absent, and ran away from the present Mouse. -- Ben Franklin
5591 Caesar did not merit the triumphal car more than he that conquers himself. -- Ben Franklin
5592 He that hath a Trade, hath an Estate. -- Ben Franklin
5593 There are no fools so troublesome as those that have wit. -- Ben Franklin
5594 Late Children, early Orphans. -- Ben Franklin
5595 Quarrels never could last long, If on one side only lay the wrong. -- Ben Franklin
5596 You will be careful, if you are wise, how you touch men's Religion, or Credit, or Eyes. -- Ben Franklin
5597 Subtract the time you spend on hold and waiting in line...and suddenly you have a life. -- From a Bill Lyon column.
5598 My first job was working in an orange juice factory, but I got canned ...couldn't concentrate. -- Unknown
5599 I worked in the woods as a lumberjack, but I just couldn't hack it, so ...they gave me the ax. -- Unknown
5600 I tried working in a muffler factory but that ...was exhausting. -- Unknown
5600 I tried working in a muffler factory but that ...was exhausting. -- Unknown
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5601 You're a Redneck if...You take your dog for a walk and you both use the same tree. -- Unknown
5602 You're a Redneck if...You can entertain yourself for more than an hour with a fly swatter. -- Unknown
5603 You're a Redneck if...Your property has been mistaken for a recycling center. -- Unknown
5604 You're a Redneck if...Your boat has not left the driveway in 15 years. -- Unknown
5605 You're a Redneck if...You burn your yard rather than mow it. -- Unknown
5606 You're a Redneck if...The Salvation Army declines your mattress. -- Unknown
5607 You're a Redneck if...Your entire family sat around waiting for a call from the governor to spare a loved one. -- Unknown
5608 You're a Redneck if...You offer to give someone the shirt off your back and they don't want it. -- Unknown
5609 You're a Redneck if...You have the local taxidermist on speed dial. -- Unknown
5610 You're a Redneck if...You come back from the dump with more than you took. -- Unknown
5611 You're a Redneck if...You keep a can of Raid on the kitchen table. -- Unknown
5612 You're a Redneck if...Your wife can climb a tree faster than your cat. -- Unknown
5613 You're a Redneck if...Your grandmother has "ammo" on her Christmas list. -- Unknown
5614 You're a Redneck if...You've been kicked out of the zoo for heckling the monkeys. -- Unknown
5615 You're a Redneck if...You think a subdivision is part of a math problem. -- Unknown
5616 You're a Redneck if...You've bathed with flea and tick soap. -- Unknown
5617 You're a Redneck if...You've been involved in a custody fight over a hunting dog. -- Unknown
5618 You're a Redneck if...Your kids take a siphon hose to show and tell. -- Unknown
5619 You're a Redneck if...You think a hot tub is a stolen indoor plumbing fixture. -- Unknown
5620 You're a Redneck if...You took a fishing pole to Sea World. -- Unknown
5621 You're a Redneck if...You go to the stock car races and don't need a program. -- Unknown
5622 You're a Redneck if...You know how many bales of hay your car will hold. -- Unknown
5623 You're a Redneck if...You have a rag for a gas cap. -- Unknown
5624 You're a Redneck if...You wonder how service stations keep their rest rooms so clean. -- Unknown
5625 You're a Redneck if...You consider your license plate personalized because your father made it. -- Unknown
5626 You're a Redneck if...Your lifetime goal is to own a fireworks stand. -- Unknown
5627 You're a Redneck if...You sit on your roof at Christmas time hoping to fill your deer quota. -- Unknown
5628 You're a Redneck if...Your richest relative buys a new house and calls you up to help him take the wheels off. -- Unknown
5629 You're a Redneck if...You have a complete set of salad bowls and they all say Cool Whip on the side. -- Unknown
5630 You're a Redneck if...The biggest city you've ever been to is Wal-Mart. -- Unknown
5631 You're a Redneck if...Your working TV sits on top of your non working TV. -- Unknown
5632 You're a Redneck if...You thought the Unabomber was a wrestler. -- Unknown
5633 You're a Redneck if...You've ever used your ironing board as a buffet table. -- Unknown
5634 You're a Redneck if...You think a quarter horse is that ride in front of K-Mart. -- Unknown
5635 You're a Redneck if...Your neighbors think you're a detective because a cop always brings you home. -- Unknown
5636 You're a Redneck if...A tornado hits your neighborhood and does a $100,000 worth of improvement. -- Unknown
5637 You're a Redneck if...You've used a toilet brush as a back scratcher. -- Unknown
5638 You're a Redneck if...You missed 5th grade graduation because you had jury duty. -- Unknown
5639 You're a Redneck if...You think fast food is hitting a deer at 65mph. -- Unknown
5640 You're a Redneck if...Somebody tells you that you've got something in your teeth and you take them out to see what it is. -- Unknown
5641 You're a Redneck if...You've ever stared at a can of orange juice because it said concentrate. -- Unknown
5642 Things a true Southerner knows:The difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit. -- Unknown
5643 Things a true Southerner knows:Pretty much how many fish make up a mess. -- Unknown
5644 Things a true Southerner knows:What general direction cattywumpus is. -- Unknown
5645 Things a true Southerner knows:That "gimme sugar" don't mean pass the sugar. -- Unknown
5646 Things a true Southerner knows:When somebody's "fixin" to do something, it won't be long. -- Unknown
5647 Things a true Southerner knows:The difference between Yankees and damn Yankees. -- Unknown
5648 Things a true Southerner knows:How good a cold grape Nehi and cheese crackers are at a country store. -- Unknown
5649 Things a true Southerner knows:Knows what "Well I Suwannee !!" means. -- Unknown
5650 Things a true Southerner knows:Ain't nobody's biscuits like Grandma's biscuits!! -- Unknown
5651 Things a true Southerner knows:A good dog is worth its weight in gold. -- Unknown
5652 Things a true Southerner knows:Real gravy don't come from the store. -- Unknown
5653 Things a true Southerner knows:When "by and by" is. -- Unknown
5654 Things a true Southerner knows:How to handle their "pot likker". -- Unknown
5655 Things a true Southerner knows:The difference between "pert' near" and "a right fer piece". -- Unknown
5656 Things a true Southerner knows:The differences between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and trailer trash. -- Unknown
5657 Things a true Southerner knows:Never to go snipe hunting twice. -- Unknown
5658 Things a true Southerner knows:At one point learned what happens when you swallow tobacco juice. -- Unknown
5659 Things a true Southerner knows:Never to assume that the other car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn. -- Unknown
5660 Things a true Southerner knows:You may wear long sleeves, but you should always roll 'em up past the elbows. -- Unknown
5661 Things a true Southerner knows:You should never loan your tools, pick-up, or gun to nobody. -- Unknown
5662 Things a true Southerner knows:A belt serves a greater purpose than holding Daddy's pants up. -- Unknown
5663 Things a true Southerner knows:Rocking chairs and swings are guaranteed stress relievers. -- Unknown
5664 Things a true Southerner knows:Rocking chairs and swings with an old person in them are history lessons. -- Unknown
5665 The main trouble with mental notes is the ink fades so fast. -- Unknown
5666 Ideas are great provided they don't degenerate into work. -- Unknown
5667 If you're not yourself today, enjoy it while ya can. -- Unknown
5668 Maybe he/she doesn't act stupid; it might be the real thing. -- Unknown
5669 If life isn't worth living, what else can you do with it? -- Unknown
5670 Some people not only have bad luck... they're carriers. -- Unknown
5671 If a man's Captain of his ship, his wife's likely the Admiral. -- Unknown
5672 Give some women an inch, and they'll rearrange or redecorate it. -- Unknown
5673 There're still incurable romantics -- we need better antibiotics. -- Unknown
5674 Opportunity may only knock once, but temptation raps for years . -- Unknown
5675 Ever notice how ignorance picks-up confidence as it goes along. -- Unknown
5676 A billion's the current number of foods made with types of bran. -- Unknown
5677 These days, an underprivileged kid only has one set of parents. -- Unknown
5678 People are more violently opposed to fur than to leather because it`s safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs. -- Unknown
5679 Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don`t. -- Unknown
5680 Today is the last day of your life, so far. -- Unknown
5681 If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. -- Unknown
5682 If you can dream it, you can become it. -- Unknown
5683 WOMEN'S BUMPER STICKERS...SO MANY MEN, SO FEW WHO CAN AFFORD ME. -- Unknown
5684 WOMEN'S BUMPER STICKERS...GOD MADE US SISTERS, PROZAC MADE US FRIENDS. -- Unknown
5685 WOMEN'S BUMPER STICKERS...IF THEY DON'T HAVE CHOCOLATE IN HEAVEN, I AIN'T GOING. -- Unknown
5686 WOMEN'S BUMPER STICKERS...MY MOTHER IS A TRAVEL AGENT FOR GUILT TRIPS. -- Unknown
5687 WOMEN'S BUMPER STICKERS...PRINCESS, HAVING HAD SUFFICIENT EXPERIENCE WITH PRINCES, SEEKS FROG. -- Unknown
5688 WOMEN'S BUMPER STICKERS...COFFEE, CHOCOLATE, MEN ... SOME THINGS ARE JUST BETTER RICH. -- Unknown
5689 WOMEN'S BUMPER STICKERS...DON'T TREAT ME ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU WOULD THE QUEEN. -- Unknown
5690 WOMEN'S BUMPER STICKERS...IF YOU WANT BREAKFAST IN BED, SLEEP IN THE KITCHEN. -- Unknown
5691 WOMEN'S BUMPER STICKERS...DINNER IS READY WHEN THE SMOKE ALARM GOES OFF. -- Unknown
5692 WOMEN'S BUMPER STICKERS...I'M OUT OF ESTROGEN - AND I HAVE A GUN. -- Unknown
5693 WOMEN'S BUMPER STICKERS...GUYS HAVE FEELINGS TOO. BUT LIKE...WHO CARES? -- Unknown
5694 WOMEN'S BUMPER STICKERS...NEXT MOOD SWING: 6 MINUTES. -- Unknown
5695 WOMEN'S BUMPER STICKERS...AND YOUR POINT IS? -- Unknown
5696 WOMEN'S BUMPER STICKERS...Moody bitch seeks nice guy for love-hate relationship. -- Unknown
5697 WOMEN'S BUMPER STICKERS...Men aren't pigs...pigs are gentle, cute creatures! -- Unknown
5698 WOMEN'S BUMPER STICKERS...Few women admit their age, few men act it. -- Unknown
5699 WOMEN'S BUMPER STICKERS...Never fight ugly people--they have nothing to lose. -- Unknown
5700 WOMEN'S BUMPER STICKERS...Grow your own dope, plant a man. -- Unknown
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5701 The Facts of Life... Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the enemy. -- Unknown
5702 The Facts of Life... There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot. -- Unknown
5703 The Facts of Life... Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their lives. -- Unknown
5704 The Facts of Life... Don't worry about the world ending today... It's already tomorrow in Australia. (unless you're in Australia -then start worrying) -- Unknown
5705 The Facts of Life... Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Unknown
5706 The Facts of Life... Character is what you are. Reputation is what people think you are. -- Unknown
5707 The Facts of Life... Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be recalled by their maker. -- Unknown
5708 The Facts of Life... A loser is a window washer on the 44th floor who steps back to admire his work.. -- Unknown
5709 The Facts of Life... A man usually feels better after a few winks, especially if she winks back. -- Unknown
5710 The Facts of Life... Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate. -- Unknown
5711 The Facts of Life... The facts, although interesting, are irrelevant. -- Unknown
5712 The Facts of Life... There is always one more imbecile than you counted on. At least one. -- Unknown
5713 The Facts of Life... If at first you don't succeed ... well, so much for sky diving. -- Unknown
5714 The Facts of Life... A man who says marriage is a 50-50 proposition doesn't understand two things: 1 - Women, 2 - Fractions -- Unknown
5715 Women should not have children after 35. Really...35 children are enough. -- Unknown
5716 I live in my own little world, but it's OK, they know me here. -- Unknown
5717 Nobody is perfect until you fall in love with them. -- Unknown
5718 Home is where you can say anything you like 'cause nobody listens to you anyway. -- Unknown
5719 If God had intended for man to use the metric system, Jesus would have only had ten disciples! -- Unknown
5720 When you stop believing in Santa Claus is when you start getting clothes for Christmas! -- Unknown
5721 Sign in Asian pet store: "Buy one dog, get one flea." -- Unknown
5722 Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with. -- Unknown
5723 I don't have a big ego...I'm way too cool for that. -- Unknown
5724 Dyslexia means never having to say that you're yrros. -- Unknown
5725 If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the 'terminal'? -- Unknown
5726 I see your IQ test results were negative. -- Unknown
5727 Regular naps prevent old age...especially if you take them while driving. -- Unknown
5728 When I was born, I was so surprised I couldn't talk for a year and a half. -- Unknown
5729 Sex is hereditary. If your parents never had it, chances are you won't either. -- Unknown
5730 I've learned there is little difference in husbands...you might as well keep the first one. -- Unknown
5731 I was on a date recently, and the guy took me horseback riding. That was kind of fun, until we ran out of quarters. -- Unknown
5732 Shopping tip: You can get shoes for 85 cents at bowling alleys. -- Unknown
5733 After all is said and done, usually more is said than done. -- Unknown
5734 I am a nobody, nobody is perfect, therefore I am perfect. -- Unknown
5735 I married my wife for her looks...but not the ones she's been giving me lately! -- Unknown
5736 Two peanuts were walking down the street. One was a salted. -- Unknown
5737 No one ever says "It's only a game" when their team is winning. -- Unknown
5738 I gave my son a hint. On his room door I put a sign: "CHECKOUT TIME IS 18". -- Unknown
5739 How long a minute is depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on. -- Unknown
5740 Isn't having a smoking section in a restaurant like having a peeing section in a swimming pool? -- Unknown
5741 I earn a seven-figure salary. Unfortunately, there's a decimal point involved. -- Unknown
5742 Snowmen fall from Heaven unassembled. -- Unknown
5743 The next time you feel like complaining, remember: Your garbage can probably eats better than thirty percent of the people in this world. -- Unknown
5744 "I'd rather know some of the questions than all of the answers." -- James Thurber
5745 "The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can never end." -- Benjamin Disraeli
5746 "The secret of being a bore is to tell everything." -- Voltaire
5747 "The time to be happy is now; the place to be happy is here." -- Robert G. Ingersoll
5748 "Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way." -- Topo Gigio
5749 "How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?" -- Leroy Satchell Paige
5750 "Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love." -- Mahatma Gandhi
5751 "Depravity is its own reward." -- Unknown
5752 "It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English - up to fifty words used in correct context - no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese." -- Carl Sagan
5753 "The Messiah will only come when he is no longer needed." -- Franz Kafka
5754 "Having vision means seeing with the heart." -- Lucie Marty
5755 "I knew that if I lived long enough, something like this would happen." -- George Bernard Shaw's epitaph
5756 "If I don't see you no more in this world, I'll meet you in the next one; & don't be late. -- "From Don't be late" James Marshall Hendrix
5757 "God does not play dice with the universe" -- Albert Einstein
5758 "For in the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught." -- Baba Dioum
5759 "Many of the things you can count don't count. Many of the things you can't count really count." -- Albert Einstein
5760 "Man exists in a twilight zone between beast and Buddha" -- Unknown
5761 "Don t be afraid of mistakes; there are none." -- Miles Davis
5762 "The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up." -- Paul Valery
5763 "You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." -- Mark Twain
5764 "The same thing happened today that happened yesterday, only to different people." -- Walter Winchell
5765 "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" -- Eleanor Roosevelt
5766 "The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides." -- Henri Frederic Amiel
5767 "Between truth and the search for truth, I opt for the second." -- Bernard Berenson
5768 "Errors, like Straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for Pearls must dive below." -- John Dryden
5769 "If we do not find anything pleasant, at least we shall find something new." -- Voltaire
5770 "Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions" -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
5771 "We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give." -- Norman MacEwan
5772 "Never forget that those who bring happiness to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves." -- Maurice Maeterlinck
5773 "It is only those who never do anything who never make mistakes." -- A. Favre
5774 "An ounce of pretension is worth a pound of manure." -- Shelda Parsnip
5775 "Don't just stammer...DO something!" -- Unknown
5776 Savor the warmth of every sun filled day, the chill wind of every raging storm, weeds as much as flowers, the bitter and the sweet." -- Dean Koontz from "Dark Rivers of the Heart"
5777 "Loving someone deeply gives you strength; while being deeply loved gives you courage." -- Lao Tzu
5778 "There's nothing you can do that can't be done." -- Lennon & McCartney from "All You Need is Love"
5779 "I don't like work- no man does- but I like what is in work- the chance to find yourself." -- Joseph Conrad
5780 "Never eat anything bigger than your head." -- B. Kliban
5781 "Wine is proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy" -- Ben Franklin
5782 "Nothing's more dangerous than an idea when it's the only one you have." -- Emile Chartier
5783 "People who are resting on their laurels are wearing them on the wrong end." -- Malcolm Kushner
5784 "Try? There is no try. There is only do or not do." -- Yoda
5785 "The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist." -- Eric Gill
5786 "Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun." -- Pablo Picasso
5787 "If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail." -- Heraclitus
5788 "To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong" -- Joseph Chilton Pearce
5789 "The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love." -- Pearl Bailey
5790 "One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well." -- Virginia Woolf
5791 "Whether you believe you can or believe you can't, you're right." -- Joey Abzo Croemboza
5792 "I am not a crook!" -- Richard Milhouse Nixon
5793 "I just can't imagine what happened to the tape." -- Rosemary Woods
5794 "The universe will reward you for taking risks on its behalf." -- Shakti Gawain
5795 "I shut my eyes in order to see." -- Paul Gaugin
5796 A reporter asked jazz musician, Johnny Hodges if he could read music and he replied,"not enough to hurt me" -- Unknown
5797 "I merely took the energy it takes to pout, and wrote some blues." -- Mercer Duke Ellington
5798 "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us." -- Dr. Martin Luther King
5799 "Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown." -- Claude Bernard
5800 "The Devil craps on the big pile" -- Albert Einstein
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5801 Lend money to an Enemy, and thou'lt gain him; to a Friend, and thou'lt lose him. -- Benjamin Franklin
5802 Strange! that a Man who has wit enough to write a Satyr, should have folly enough to publish it. -- Benjamin Franklin
5803 The heart of the Fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of the wise man is in his heart. -- Benjamin Franklin
5804 Visit your Aunt, but not every Day; and call at your Brother's, but not every night. -- Benjamin Franklin
5805 What you would seem to be, be really. -- Benjamin Franklin
5806 Prayers and Provender hinder no journey. -- Benjamin Franklin
5807 Half-Hospitality opens his Door and shuts up his Countenance. -- Benjamin Franklin
5808 Hear Reason, or she'll make you feel her. -- Benjamin Franklin
5809 At the working man's house Hunger looks in, but dares not enter. -- Benjamin Franklin
5810 Where there is Hunger, Law is not regarded; and where Law is not regarded, there will be Hunger. -- Benjamin Franklin
5811 An empty Bag cannot stand upright. -- Benjamin Franklin
5812 There's none deceived but he that trusts. -- Benjamin Franklin
5813 Tricks and treachery are the practice of Fools that have not wit enough to be honest. -- Benjamin Franklin
5814 Death; for the sooner we die, the longer shall we be immortal. -- Benjamin Franklin
5815 There are lazy Minds as well as lazy Bodies. -- Benjamin Franklin
5816 When you speak to a man, look on his eyes; when he speaks to thee, look on his mouth. -- Benjamin Franklin
5817 Tart Words make no Friends: a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a Gallon of Vinegar. -- Benjamin Franklin
5818 Sloth (like Rust) consumes faster than Labour wears: the used Key is always bright. -- Benjamin Franklin
5819 The Way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason. -- Benjamin Franklin
5820 As Pride increases, Fortune declines. -- Benjamin Franklin
5821 Drive thy Business, or it will drive thee. -- Benjamin Franklin
5822 A rich rogue is like a fat hog, who never does good till as dead as a log. -- Benjamin Franklin
5823 Observe all men; thyself most. -- Benjamin Franklin
5824 Wish not so much to live long, as to live well. -- Benjamin Franklin
5825 The Morning Daylight appears plainer when you put out your Candle. -- Benjamin Franklin
5826 If you have time, don't wait for Time. -- Benjamin Franklin
5827 The most exquisite Folly is made of Wisdom spun too fine. -- Benjamin Franklin
5828 Search others for their Virtues, thyself for thy Vices. -- Benjamin Franklin
5829 Hunger is the best Pickle. -- Benjamin Franklin
5830 Little Strokes fell great Oaks. -- Benjamin Franklin
5831 Clean your Finger, before you point at my Spots. -- Benjamin Franklin
5832 Life with Fools consists in Drinking; with the wise Man, living's Thinking. -- Benjamin Franklin
5833 Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad Habits. -- Benjamin Franklin
5834 A man in a Passion rides a mad Horse. -- Benjamin Franklin
5835 To-morrow I'll reform, The fool does say; To-day itself's too late - The wise did yesterday. -- Benjamin Franklin
5836 Dine with little, sup with less: Do better still; sleep supperless. -- Benjamin Franklin
5837 If you'd lose a troublesome Visitor, lend him money. -- Benjamin Franklin
5838 The wise Man draws more Advantage from his Enemies, than the Fool from his Friends. -- Benjamin Franklin
5839 Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good throughout. -- Benjamin Franklin
5840 None but the well-bred Man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error. -- Benjamin Franklin
5841 He that has not got a Wife, is not yet a compleat Man. -- Benjamin Franklin
5842 Industry, Perseverance, & Frugality, make Fortune yield. -- Benjamin Franklin
5843 Fear to do ill, and you need fear nought else. -- Benjamin Franklin
5844 Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Thro' which the living Homer beg'd his bread. -- Benjamin Franklin
5845 Marry above thy match, thou'lt get a master. -- Benjamin Franklin
5846 Seek Virtue, and of that possest, To Providence resign the rest. -- Benjamin Franklin
5847 Promises may get thee friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies. -- Benjamin Franklin
5848 Tho' Modesty is a Virtue, Bashfulness is a Vice. -- Benjamin Franklin
5849 Many would live by their Wits, but break for want of Stock. -- Benjamin Franklin
5850 Enjoy the present hour, be mindful of the past; & neither fear nor wish the approaches of the last. -- Benjamin Franklin
5851 Hide not your Talents, they for Use were made: "What's a Sun-Dial in the Shade?" -- Benjamin Franklin
5852 If evils come not, Then our fears are vain; And if they do, Fear but augments the pain. -- Benjamin Franklin
5853 Learn of the skillful: He that teaches himself, hath a fool for his master. -- Benjamin Franklin
5854 Death takes no Bribes. -- Benjamin Franklin
5855 E'er you remark another's sin, bid your own conscience look within. -- Benjamin Franklin
5856 Anger and Folly walk cheek by jowl; Repentance treads on both their heels. -- Benjamin Franklin
5857 Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, and countenance. -- Benjamin Franklin
5858 Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou owest, all thou hast, nor all thou can'st. -- Benjamin Franklin
5859 Man's tongue is soft, And bone doth lack; Yet a stroke therewith May break a man's back. -- Benjamin Franklin
5860 Lazy bones! Dost thou think God would have given thee arms and legs, if he had not design'd thou should'st use them? -- Benjamin Franklin
5861 No Gains without Pains. -- Benjamin Franklin
5862 Beware of little Expenses: a small leak will sink a great Ship. -- Benjamin Franklin
5863 There are no ugly loves, nor handsome prisons. -- Benjamin Franklin
5864 He that would have a short Lent, let him borrow money to be repaid at Easter. -- Benjamin Franklin
5865 Eat few Suppers, and you'll need few Medicines. -- Benjamin Franklin
5866 If Passion drives, let Reason hold the Reins. -- Benjamin Franklin
5867 Money and Man A mutual Friendship show: Man makes false Money, Money makes Man so. -- Benjamin Franklin
5868 To err is human, to repent divine; to persist devilish. -- Benjamin Franklin
5869 Here comes Glib-Tongue: who can out-flatter a Dedication; and lie, like ten Epitaphs. -- Benjamin Franklin
5870 In Marriage Without love, there be love without Marriage. -- Benjamin Franklin
5871 A Lie stands on one leg, Truth on two. -- Benjamin Franklin
5872 Grief often treads Upon the heels of pleasure, Marry'd in haste, We oft repent at leisure; Some by experience Find these words misplaced, Marry'd at leisure, They repent in haste. -- Benjamin Franklin
5873 The Tongue offends, and the Ears get the cuffing. -- Benjamin Franklin
5874 Ceremony is not Civility; nor is Civility Ceremony. -- Benjamin Franklin
5875 Mankind are very odd Creatures: One half censure what they practise, the other half practise what they censure; the rest always say and do as they ought. -- Benjamin Franklin
5876 An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife. -- Benjamin Franklin
5877 Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd, and never well mended. -- Benjamin Franklin
5878 He is not well bred, that cannot bear Ill-Breeding in others. -- Benjamin Franklin
5879 Kings and Bears often Worry their keepers. -- Benjamin Franklin
5880 Light Purse, heavy Heart. -- Benjamin Franklin
5881 He's a fool that makes his Doctor his Heir. -- Benjamin Franklin
5882 A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother. -- Benjamin Franklin
5883 Ne'er take a Wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in. -- Benjamin Franklin
5884 He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas. -- Benjamin Franklin
5885 Beware of the young Doctor and the old Barber. -- Benjamin Franklin
5886 The Creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set Days and Times. -- Benjamin Franklin
5887 Duty is not beneficial because it is commanded, but is commanded because it is beneficial. -- Benjamin Franklin
5888 Fools make feasts and Wise Men eat them. -- Benjamin Franklin
5889 Great beauty, great strength, and great riches are really and truly of no great use; a right Heart exceeds all. -- Benjamin Franklin
5890 To bear other people's afflictions, every one has courage and enough to spare. -- Benjamin Franklin
5891 Epitaph on a Scolding Wife by her Husband: Here my poor Bridget's Corps doth lie, she is at rest, and so am I. -- Benjamin Franklin
5892 He's a Fool that cannot conceal his Wisdom. -- Benjamin Franklin
5893 All Blood is alike ancient. -- Benjamin Franklin
5894 Tim was so learned, that he could name a Horse in nine Languages. So ignorant, that he bought a Cow to ride on. -- Benjamin Franklin
5895 A true Friend is the best Possession. -- Benjamin Franklin
5896 Great Spenders are bad Lenders. -- Benjamin Franklin
5897 Many complain of their Memory, few of their Judgment. -- Benjamin Franklin
5898 You may talk too much on the best of Subjects. -- Benjamin Franklin
5899 The same man cannot be both Friend and Flatterer. -- Benjamin Franklin
5900 He who multiplies Riches multiplies Cares. -- Benjamin Franklin
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5901 "Chinese" Proverb... Man who run in front of car get tired. -- Unknown
5902 "Chinese" Proverb... Man who run behind car get exhausted. -- Unknown
5903 "Chinese" Proverb... Man with one chopstick go hungry. -- Unknown
5904 "Chinese" Proverb... Man who scratch butt should not bite fingernails. -- Unknown
5905 "Chinese" Proverb... Man who eat many prunes get good run for money. -- Unknown
5906 "Chinese" Proverb... War does not determine who is right, war determine who is left. -- Unknown
5907 "Chinese" Proverb... Wife who put husband in doghouse soon find him in cat house. -- Unknown
5908 "Chinese" Proverb... Man who drive like hell, bound to get there. -- Unknown
5909 "Chinese" Proverb... Man who stand on toilet is high on pot. -- Unknown
5910 "Chinese" Proverb... Man who live in glass house should change clothes in basement. -- Unknown
5911 "Chinese" Proverb... Crowded elevator smell different to midget. -- Unknown
5912 The poor have little, Beggars none; The rich too much Enough not one. -- Benjamin Franklin
5913 Hear no ill of a Friend, nor speak any of an Enemy. -- Benjamin Franklin
5914 Pay what you owe, and you'll know what is your own. -- Benjamin Franklin
5915 An old man in a House is a good Sign. -- Benjamin Franklin
5916 Those who are fear'd, are hated. -- Benjamin Franklin
5917 Be always ashamed to catch thy-self idle. -- Benjamin Franklin
5918 At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgment. -- Benjamin Franklin
5919 If you would keep your secret from an Enemy, tell it not to a Friend. -- Benjamin Franklin
5920 The Traveller that is struck by Lightning, seldom gets home to tell his Widow. -- Benjamin Franklin
5921 The Things which hurt, instruct. -- Benjamin Franklin
5922 The Eye of a Master will do more Work than his Hand. -- Benjamin Franklin
5923 Let thy discontents be thy secrets; if the World knows them 'twill despise thee and increase them. -- Benjamin Franklin
5924 "Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one s bath like a lump of sugar!" -- Pablo Picasso
5925 "God is the shortest distance between zero and infinity...in either direction." -- Alfred Jarry
5926 "God is a practical joker with unlimited resources." -- Wanda Simpson
5927 "Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment." -- Jalal Ud-Din Rumi
5928 "In creating, the only hard thing is to begin; A grass blade s no easier to make than an oak." -- James Russell Lowell
5929 "Reality is that which, when you quit believing in it, doesn't go away." -- Philip K. Dick
5930 "The map is not the territory." -- Alfred Korzbyski
5931 "An awful lot of people can't see the trees for the forest." -- Unknown
5932 "The future ain't what it used to be." -- Yogi Berra
5933 "The neurotic has problems; the psychotic has solutions." -- Thomas Szasz
5934 "Every form correctly seen is beautiful" -- Goethe
5935 "They've said all they can say about me, except that I'm dead" -- Georgia O'Keefe
5936 "Oh, lonesome s a bad place to get crowded into." -- Kenneth Patchen
5937 "Love and death are the two great gifts that we pass on, and we usually pass them on unopened" -- Rilke
5938 "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things." -- Edgar Degas
5939 "A drawing is the nervous system made visible." -- John Perriault
5940 "Civilization is a transient sickness." -- Robinson Jeffers
5941 "Few people have the imagination for reality." -- Goethe
5942 "We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
5943 "There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line." -- Oscar Levant
5944 "You must be the change you wish to see in the world. " -- Mahatma Ghandi
5945 "You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm." -- Unknown
5946 "Holy War is a contradiction of terms..." -- Elie Wiesel
5947 "What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind..." -- Thomas Hewitt Key
5948 "Opposites are a product of fragmentary understanding." -- Abraham Maslow
5949 "It has been demonstrated that some amphibians are able to use celestial bodies for navigation" -- Encyclopaedia Brittanica
5950 "The world is a comedy to those who think; a tragedy to those who feel." -- Horace Walpole
5951 "Progress is the victory of laughter over dogma." -- Benjamin De-Casseres
5952 "Rats is like sausages only they got fur an' stuff." -- Unknown
5953 "Always strive not to bleed on your work." -- Unknown
5954 "Don t ever let something as mundane as gravity keep you down." -- Craig Convissor
5955 "A life well-spent is indeed long." -- Leonardo daVinci
5956 "Adventure is not outside a man; it is within" -- David Grayson
5957 "Against boredom, even the gods contend in vain." -- Nietzsche
5958 "Someone s got to talk about accountability, someone s got to raise some Hell, it might as well be me." -- Jimmy Buffett from the song, Cultural Infidel
5959 "I have made this letter somewhat longer than usual because I lack the time to make it short." -- Blaise Pascal
5960 "In art, economy is always beauty." -- Henry James
5961 "A word spoken in due season; how good it is!" -- Proverbs 15:23
5962 Samson, for all his strong Body, had a weak Head, or he would not have laid it in a Harlot's lap. -- Benjamin Franklin
5963 He that waits upon Fortune, is never sure of a dinner. -- Benjamin Franklin
5964 Drink water, put the Money in your pocket, and leave the dry-bellyache in the punch-bowl. -- Benjamin Franklin
5965 Full of Courtesie, full of Craft. -- Benjamin Franklin
5966 Approve not of him who commends all you say. -- Benjamin Franklin
5967 You cannot pluck roses Without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy a fair wife Without danger of horns. -- Benjamin Franklin
5968 A Slip of the Foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the Tongue you may never get over. -- Benjamin Franklin
5969 It is wise not to seek a Secret and honest not to reveal it. -- Benjamin Franklin
5970 Neither a Fortress nor a Maidenhead will hold out long after they begin to parley. -- Benjamin Franklin
5971 Field well till'd and a little Wife well will'd, are great riches. -- Benjamin Franklin
5972 Nothing humbler than Ambition, when it is about to climb. -- Benjamin Franklin
5973 The discontented Man finds no easy Chair. -- Benjamin Franklin
5974 Virtue and a Trade, are a Child's best Portion. -- Benjamin Franklin
5975 Take heed of the Vinegar of sweet Wine, and the Anger of Good-nature -- Benjamin Franklin
5976 The Bell calls others to Church, but itself never minds the Sermon. -- Benjamin Franklin
5977 The good or ill hap of a good or ill Life, is the good or ill choice of a good or ill Wife. -- Benjamin Franklin
5978 What one relishes, nourishes. -- Benjamin Franklin
5979 Don't think to hunt two Hares with one Dog. -- Benjamin Franklin
5980 All things are easy to Industry, all things difficult to Sloth. -- Benjamin Franklin
5981 He that cannot obey, cannot command. -- Benjamin Franklin
5982 A house without woman and firelight, is like a Body without soul or sprite. -- Benjamin Franklin
5983 You may delay, but Time will not. -- Benjamin Franklin
5984 Have you somewhat to do tomorrow, do it today. -- Benjamin Franklin
5985 Love and Tooth-ache have many Cures, but none infallible, except Possession and Dispossession. -- Benjamin Franklin
5986 Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him. -- Benjamin Franklin
5987 Teach your Child to hold his tongue, he'll learn fast enough to speak. -- Benjamin Franklin
5988 In Rivers and bad Governments, the lightest things swim at top. -- Benjamin Franklin
5989 "The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding." -- Francis Bacon
5990 "Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited while imagination embraces the entire world." -- Albert Einstein
5991 "Pleasure is the carrot dangled to lead the ass to market; or to the precipice." -- Robinson Jeffers
5992 "The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim." -- E. W. Dijkstra
5993 "There is a pleasure sure, in being mad, which none but madmen know." -- John Dryden
5994 "I love you, not for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you." -- Roy Croft
5995 "Truth; n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance." -- Ambrose Bierce
5996 "If one studies too zealously, one easily loses his pants." -- Albert Einstein
5997 "Some lies are so well disguised to resemble truth, that we should be poor judges of the truth not to believe them ." -- Willliam Jefferson Clinton (Words from the master.)
5998 "That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false." -- Paul Valery
5999 "It's better to be silent and thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove it." -- Telpo Lendolotoproj
6000 "The fantastic advances in the field of communication constitute a grave danger to the privacy of the individual." -- Earl Warren
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