Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
- Michel de Montaigne
Friday, November 30, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Daily Quote 67
Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.
- Herman Melville
- Herman Melville
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Daily Quote 66
I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either.
- Jack Benny
- Jack Benny
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Daily Quote 65
On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
- George Orwell
- George Orwell
Monday, November 26, 2007
Daily Quote 64
We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it.
- Dave Barry
- Dave Barry
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Daily Quote 63
We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
- Arthur Schopenhauer
Daily Quote 62
I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home.
- Robert Orben
- Robert Orben
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Daily Quote 61
We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.
- Samuel Johnson
- Samuel Johnson
Friday, November 23, 2007
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Daily Quote 59
To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity.
- Oscar Wilde
- Oscar Wilde
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Daily Quote 58
If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.
- Elbert Hubbard
- Elbert Hubbard
Monday, November 19, 2007
Daily Quote 57
After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say "I want to see the manager."
- William S. Burroughs
- William S. Burroughs
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Daily Quote 56
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
- Leo Tolstoy
- Leo Tolstoy
Monday, November 12, 2007
Daily Quote 55
Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness.
- Cullen Hightower
- Cullen Hightower
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Daily Quote 54
In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
- Andre Maurois
- Andre Maurois
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Daily Quote 53
When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room.
- Woody Allen
- Woody Allen
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Daily Quote 52
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.
- Simon Cameron
- Simon Cameron
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Daily Quote 50
When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not.
- Mark Twain
- Mark Twain
Monday, November 5, 2007
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Daily Quote 48
He may be mad, but there's method in his madness. There nearly always is method in madness. It's what drives men mad, being methodical.
- GK Chesterton
- GK Chesterton
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Daily Quote 47
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Friday, November 2, 2007
Thursday, November 1, 2007
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