For all of its faults, it gives most hardworking people a chance to improve themselves economically, even as the deck is stacked in favor of the privileged few. Here are the choices most of us face in such a system: Get bitter or get busy. ~Bill O'Reilly, about capitalism
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. ~Nelson Mandela
The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word. ~Mata Hari
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. ~Josh Billings
The voodoo priest and all his powders were as nothing compared to espresso, cappuccino, and mocha, which are stronger than all the religions of the world combined, and perhaps stronger than the human soul itself. ~Mark Helprin, Memoir from Antproof Case, 1995
The trouble with learning to parent on the job is that your child is the teacher. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges. ~Benny Green
Christianity tells people to repent and promises them forgiveness. It therefore has nothing (as far as I know) to say to people who do not know they have done anything to repent of and who do not feel that they need forgiveness. ~C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not. ~George Bernard Shaw
Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. ~Eric Hoffer, Passionate State of Mind, 1955
One is tempted to say that the most human plants, after all, are the weeds. ~John Burroughs, Pepacton, 1881
Those who turn to God for comfort may find comfort but I do not think they will find God. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep. ~A.P. Herbert
I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month. ~Harlan Miller
Souls wouldn't wear suits and ties, they'd wear blue jeans and sit cross-legged with a glass of red wine. ~Carrie Latet
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. ~Jules Renard
The public history of all countries, and all ages, is but a sort of mask, richly colored. The interior working of the machinery must be foul. ~John Quincy Adams
Sanity is very rare: every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madness. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
Fils: used to distinguish a son from his father when they have the same given name.
He who burns his bridges better be a damn good swimmer. ~Author Unknown
If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian. ~Paul McCartney
Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
If I could wake up in a different place, at a different time, could I wake up as a different person? ~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, Chapter 3
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