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tiny.ag/jwhevbgo · submitted 1997
My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.
tiny.ag/fjegbeuo · submitted 1997
I think it would be a good idea.
Mahatma Gandhi, (when asked what he thought of Western civilization), in Law and Politics
tiny.ag/c6jkeq5x · submitted 1997
I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.
tiny.ag/ircejxuc · submitted 1997
You can get more of what you want with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word.
tiny.ag/f6aon4ji · submitted 1998
Never try to out-stubborn a cat.
Robert A. Heinlein, The Notebooks of Lazarus Long, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/mtktl96r · submitted 1997
Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down.
tiny.ag/xachd7wx · submitted 1997
Whenever anyone says anything he is indulging in theories.
Alfred Korzybski, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/cz34szjm · submitted 1997
My sources are unreliable, but their information is fascinating.
Ashleigh Brilliant, Brilliant Thoughts (copyright info: www.ashleighbrilliant.com), in Science and Religion
tiny.ag/losztnwc · submitted 1997
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/sq9g8eav · submitted 1997
tiny.ag/rnxbf2ho · submitted 1998
I hope life isn't a joke, because I don't get it.
tiny.ag/7alftveq · submitted 1997
I don't know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
tiny.ag/kygnp58l · submitted 1997
To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.
tiny.ag/dozch5ts · submitted 1997
Most of life is choices, and the rest is pure dumb luck.
tiny.ag/4xolnjrp · submitted 1997
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Albert Einstein, in Science and Religion and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/yefighwf · submitted 1999
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
tiny.ag/9kdycunx · submitted 1997
By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve.
Robert Frost, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/ultj3i4v · submitted 1997
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
tiny.ag/f0cqgbjg · submitted 1997
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
tiny.ag/isf8vo05 · submitted 1997
Delay is preferable to error.