H. Rider Haggard "As I grow older , I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me."
Flannery O'Connor "Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher."
George Ade "Anybody can win unless there happens to be a second entry."
Gilda Radner "I base my fashion taste on what doesn't itch."
Dick Werthimer "The purpose of life is to fight maturity."
Sir Barnett Cocks "A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled."
Karl Marx "Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form."
Harry S Truman "All the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway."
Dave Barry "The only really good place to buy lumber is at a store where the lumber has already been cut and attached together in the form of furniture, finished, and put inside boxes."
Quote of the Day…11/20/08 “Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of freedoms of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations” - James Madison
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