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George Santayana (1863 - 1952), Soliloquies in England, 1922, "War Shrines"” 3:17:38 PM 9/17/03 “"Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils." -- Hector Berlioz” 4:36:42 PM 9/17/03 “ 4:39:38 PM 9/17/03 “Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day” 4:40:34 PM 9/17/03 “Sanity leaves to many walls to bounce off of while the deranged can run forever in any direction they choose.” 5:45:58 PM 9/17/03 “If any thing comes up....Swallow it!” 9:33:07 PM 9/17/03 “"Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead." -Scottish Proverb” 9:44:03 AM 9/19/03 bugger off... “mate” 11:19:42 AM 9/19/03 “"Bills travel at twice the speed of checks."” 3:28:44 PM 9/19/03 “"... you are a child of the Universe, no less than the trees and the stars, you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should....."” 3:33:54 PM 9/19/03 “"They were convinced that Saddam was going in this direction and I think it is understandable against the background of the man... But in the Middle Ages people were convinced there were witches. They looked for them and they certainly found them." - Hans Blix.” 11:25:42 AM 9/22/03 “i like the end of that quotation, flyguy... "With all its sham, drudgery, & broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy." LOL!! thank you for reminding me of all the sham, drudgery and broken dreams. hee hee! i've seen that hanging on the wall in people's houses, and i've always thought the whole thing was rather bizarre.” 11:31:40 AM 9/22/03 “You've seen broken dreams hanging on people's walls? What kind of freaks are you visiting!!” 12:28:36 PM 9/22/03 “LMAO!! i wish. okay, here's a copy of the whole thing. Desiderata this one's better... Deteriorata HA!!” 1:12:01 PM 9/22/03 “My dreams are usually so terrifying I'm glad to wake up from them.” 1:13:07 PM 9/22/03 “Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. --Robert Frost” 9:57:50 AM 9/23/03 “"Don't take life too seriously, you will never make it out alive." Van Wilder” 10:11:36 AM 9/23/03 TIC: “"I did not have financial relations with that company, Halliburton." - Vice President Dick Cheney” 1:38:30 PM 9/23/03 “OUCH!” 1:40:13 PM 9/23/03 “The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice. --Mahatma Gandhi” 1:45:24 PM 9/23/03 “If you want to see change in the world, be that change. Mohandas K. Ghandi” 1:52:03 PM 9/23/03 “The universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson. The mountain teaches stability and grandeur; the ocean immensity and change. Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes--every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man. --Orison Swett Marden” 8:41:28 AM 9/24/03 “If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason” 1:48:58 AM 9/26/03 “Jack Handy Strikes From Afar.” 1:51:38 AM 9/26/03 1:51:54 AM 9/26/03 “Ignore the link.” 1:52:24 AM 9/26/03 “I love Jack Handy. I threw a couple at that new troll, one of which dealt with a clown killing my dad. Either the troll played along or really believed my dad was killed by a clown.” 1:54:09 AM 9/26/03 “Maybe the troll playing along believed that a clown killed your father?” 1:59:28 AM 9/26/03 More Jack “The memories of my family outings are still a source of strength to me. I remember we'd all pile into the car - I forget what kind it was - and drive and drive. I'm not sure where we'd go, but I think there were some trees there. The smell of something was strong in the air as we played whatever sport we played. I remember a bigger, older guy we called "Dad." We'd eat some stuff, or not, and then I think we went home. I guess some things never leave you.” 2:12:43 PM 9/26/03 “  In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks. - Chris Patten” 3:15:14 PM 9/26/03 “  Fifty-one percent of a nation can establish a totalitarian regime, suppress minorities and still remain democratic. -- Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (or even 48.7%)” 3:29:04 PM 9/26/03 “Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or culture also becomes a dead people. --Malcolm X (1925-1965)” 3:36:05 PM 9/26/03 “"Asking the question whether the mainstream media has a liberal or conservative bias is like asking whether al Qaeda uses too much oil in their hummus. I might think they use a little bit too much oil; some people might think it's a little dry. But the problem with al Qaeda is they want to kill us. And the problem with the mainstream media is that it has these other biases that are much more important." -- Al Franken” 5:33:17 AM 9/30/03 “Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. --William Jennings Bryan” 3:26:12 PM 10/01/03 “with a tip o' the cap to InformationWeek Daily... "When I was young, I was amazed at Plutarch's statement that the elder Cato began at the age of 80 to learn Greek. I am amazed no longer. Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long." -- Groucho Marx” 4:06:52 AM 10/02/03 “It's easy to live to a hundred if you give up all reasons why you'd want to live to a hundred. - attributed to Woody Allen (This was used by a third person in a conversation about cigarette smoking's pros and cons)” 3:05:38 PM 10/02/03 “Any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day. --Booker T. Washington” 9:02:41 AM 10/03/03 Bumper snicker? “Carpenters always do their level best.” 3:14:04 PM 10/03/03 “I have no idea what that was about, unless it was a genetic experiment to breed a bullet-proof Kennedy. -- Will Durst, on Schwarzenegger's marriage to Maria Shriver.” 8:16:11 PM 10/03/03 “Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. --Robert Louis Stevenson” 11:17:38 AM 10/06/03 “Nice..thanks chili!” 11:28:17 AM 10/06/03 “"I know that I am mortal and the creature of a day; but when I search out the massed wheeling circles of the stars, my feet no longer touch the earth, but, side by side with Zeus himself, I take my fill of ambrosia, the food of the gods." -- Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy)” 11:35:50 AM 10/06/03 “"For the great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest-- but the myth--persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the clichés of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." John F. Kennedy (I gave part of this quote before, but found the context so here it is)” 6:11:23 PM 10/06/03 “"I am an evil poptart"” 6:50:04 PM 10/06/03 “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. --John Muir” 1:23:39 PM 10/07/03 “there's a band here in town called "the poptart monkeys"” 2:48:08 PM 10/07/03 Pumpkin36. “Hey I have that t-shirt!!! 8)” 3:40:11 PM 10/07/03 Jump to Page << prev
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