Fun Facts 2 (see FF 1 too): The following is a collection of some of my favourite quotations, some known better than others:
"Knowledge is power." - Sir Francis Bacon
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference." - Robert Frost (The Road Not Taken)
"There's such thing as good grief. Just ask Charlie Brown." - Michael Scott (The Office: Season 3, Episode 4)
"Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half." - Gore Vidal
"Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill
"Maybe this judge thinks smoking gun is a famous Indian chief." - Det, Lennie Briscoe (Law & Order)
"Truth is not always popular, but it is always
right." - Unknown
"Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few." - Amos Bronson Alcott
"The 'war on terrorism' is like a war on dandruff... it's metaphorical." - Gore Vidal
"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it." - Sir Winston Churchill
"A closed mind is a good thing to lose." - Anonymous
"I celebrate myself, and sing myself." - Walt Whitman
"A free society is a place where it's safe to be
unpopular." - Adlai Stevenson
"Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so." - John Stuart Mill
"I'm the decider." - Pres. George W. Bush
"All men by nature desire knowledge." - Aristotle
"Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form." - Karl Marx
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." - Pres. John F. Kennedy
"Nothing is impossible." - Unknown
* Many more good quotes can be found by doing a Google search.
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Wednesday 18 October 2006
Fun Facts 2: Some good quotes...
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