Duct tape is like… Carl Zwanzig

Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, and a dark side, and it holds the universe together…

Carl Zwanzig

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A man in love is… Zsa Zsa Gabor

A man in love is incomplete until he is married. Then he is finished.

Zsa Zsa Gabor

US (Hungarian-born) actress (1919 - )

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Love: The delusion… H. L. Mencken

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another.

H. L. Mencken

US editor (1880 - 1956)

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The weak can never… Mahatma Gandhi

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Mahatma Gandhi

Indian ascetic & nationalist leader (1869 - 1948)

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The fixity of a… Marcel Proust

The fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.

Marcel Proust

French novelist (1871 - 1922)

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In heaven all the… Friedrich Nietzsche

In heaven all the interesting people are missing.

Friedrich Nietzsche

German philosopher (1844 - 1900)

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It is a kind of… Albert Camus

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

Albert Camus

French existentialist author & philosopher (1913 - 1960)

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The world is a… Karl Kraus

The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.

Karl Kraus

Austrian author and journalist (1874 - 1936)

March 20th, 2006 - Posted in Karl Kraus | | 0 Comments

I have the true… Franz Kafka

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

Franz Kafka

Austrian (Czechoslovakian-born) author (1883 - 1924)

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A man likes his… Israel Zangwill

A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to comprehend his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it.

Israel Zangwill

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Remarriage is an… Margo Kaufman

Remarriage is an excellent test of just how amicable your divorce was.

Margo Kaufman

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Reason should… Cicero

Reason should direct and appetite obey.

Cicero

Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

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They devoted the… The Book of Joshua 6:21

They devoted the city to the lord and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it - men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.

The Book of Joshua 6:21

March 15th, 2006 - Posted in The Book of Joshua 6:21 | | 0 Comments

I hope that one or… Poet Louise Bogan

I hope that one or two immortal lyrics will come out of all this tumbling around.

Poet Louise Bogan

March 14th, 2006 - Posted in Poet Louise Bogan | | 0 Comments

There is no money… Robert Graves

There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money either.

Robert Graves

British author & classical scholar (1895 - 1985)

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When the doors of… William Blake

When the doors of perception are cleansed, man will see things as they truly are, infinite.

William Blake

English engraver, illustrator, & poet (1757 - 1827)

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Religions change;… Hervey Allen

Religions change; beer and wine remain.

Hervey Allen

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Christ died for our… Jules Feiffer

Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?

Jules Feiffer

US cartoonist & satirist (1929 - )

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What if there had… Linda Festa on the origins of Christianity

What if there had been room at the inn?

Linda Festa on the origins of Christianity

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I detest converts… H. L. Mencken

I detest converts almost as much as I do missionaries.

H. L. Mencken

US editor (1880 - 1956)

March 8th, 2006 - Posted in H. L. Mencken | | 0 Comments

The best way to… Josh Billings

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

Josh Billings

US Humorist (1818 - 1885)

March 7th, 2006 - Posted in Josh Billings | | 0 Comments

Too bad the only… George Burns

Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.

George Burns

US actor & comedian (1896 - 1996)

March 6th, 2006 - Posted in George Burns | | 0 Comments

Get all the fools… Frank Dane

Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything.

Frank Dane

March 5th, 2006 - Posted in Frank Dane | | 0 Comments

Democracy is a… Laurence J. Peter

Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.

Laurence J. Peter

US educator & writer (1919 - 1988)

March 4th, 2006 - Posted in Laurence J. Peter | | 0 Comments

I have perfumed my… Proverbs 7:17-18

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning.

Proverbs 7:17-18

March 3rd, 2006 - Posted in Proverbs 7:17-18 | | 0 Comments

Monogamy is the… H.H. Munro (Saki)

Monogamy is the Western custom of one wife and hardly any mistresses.

H.H. Munro (Saki)

March 2nd, 2006 - Posted in H.H. Munro (Saki) | | 0 Comments

Morality is simply… Oscar Wilde

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people we personally dislike.

Oscar Wilde

Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)

March 1st, 2006 - Posted in Oscar Wilde | | 0 Comments