Tuesday, August 22, 2006

GREAT QUOTES / 23

Here is the next installment of "GREAT QUOTES". All previous installments are available in the archives. Enjoy and use at will...............PEACE.................Scott


"With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the (human) race, for the developing of character in man, than any other association of men." - Clarence Darrow


"It has been observed, that they who most loudly clamour for liberty,
do not most liberally grant it."– Samuel Johnson, from the Life of Milton


Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake ­
Chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower


Maybe this world is another planet's hell - Aldous Huxley


The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past. William Faulkner.


Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally
in the name of reason - Ashley Montagu


It is the test of a good religion whether you can make a joke about it -
GK. Chesterton


Why does the porridge bird lay his eggs in the air?
-- Firesign Theatre


We do not know what is natural. We only know what is customary - C. G.
Jung


"Justice will not be served until those that are unaffected are as outraged as those who are." - Benjamin Franklin


My father makes counterfeit money
My mother makes synthetic gin
My sister makes love for a dollar
My god how the money rolls in.

My brother's a young missionary
Who saves young people from sin.
He'll save you a blonde for ten dollars
My god how the money rolls in . . .

- Ozark folksong


Call on God, but row away from the rocks. - Indian proverb


What is primarily secret is what is a secret and what isn't; that is
perhaps the actual state secret." - Hans Magnus Enzensberger


As of tomorrow, employees will only be able to access the building using
individual security cards. Pictures will be taken next Wednesday, and
employees will receive their cards in two weeks - Microsoft notice,
Redmond, WA


Assist the police. Torture yourself. - Graffiti in Uruguay

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