The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's
time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are
first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be
stopped at all.
-- H.L. Mencken
I am aware that no man is a villain in his own eyes.
--James Baldwin
If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you.
If you really make them think, they'll hate you.
--Donald Robert Perry
Mon centre cede, ma droite recule.
Situation excellente. J'attaque!
[My centre is giving way, my right is retreating, situation excellent, I am
attacking.]
---Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929)
PETER: Look! There's a message in my Alpha-Bits! It says "Ooooooooo"!
BRIAN: Those are Cheerios, Peter.
-The Family Guy
"People are more violently opposed to fur than leather, because it's safer
to pick on rich women than biker gangs."
--Red Green
I tried to make him laugh,
He didn't get the joke,
And then he said I wasn't RIGHT IN THE HEAD!
--The Stranglers
Any group of folks willing to make asses of themselves in pursuit of a good time
needs to be commended and encouraged. The spirit of human frolic needs all the
help it can get.
--Molly Ivins
DOGBERT: We'll just have to let Nature take its course.
DILBERT: How long will THAT take?
DOGBERT: Not long. You forget, I'm part of Nature.
"I am the victim of a conspiracy! A conspiracy of silence! What shall I
do?"
"Join it."
--Oscar Wilde
[Doctor Meredith] was our family physician and saved my life several times.
Still, he was a good man and meant well. Let it go.
--Mark Twain
This guy said "Get out of here, or I'll tear you limb from limb,"
I said, "You know they refused Jesus, too," the guy said, "You
ain't him." --Bob Dylan
I don't know, I'm just making this up as I go.
--Indiana Jones
It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's just hilarious.
--Bill Hicks
MAJOR STRASSER: What is your nationality?
RICK: I'm a drunkard.
LOUIS: That makes Rick a citizen of the world
--Casablanca
He needs to learn that petulance is not sarcasm, and that insolence is not
invective.
--Disraeli
A Gentleman should cry less and drink more.
--Francois Rabelais
It's okay to laugh during sex. Just don't point.
--Pixel
Once you have pulled the pin from Mr. Grenade, he is no longer your friend.
--Unknown
My God, Peggy! I'm trying to contain an outbreak, and you're driving the monkeys
to the airport!
--Hank Hill
There is life before coffee. It is not, however, intelligent life.
--Unknown
That which does not kill me makes me stronger.
--Friedrich Nietzche
Nietzsche was dead wrong. That which doesn't kill us most often leaves us maimed
and broken.
--Sam Robinson
Five days a week my body is a temple, the other two, it's an amusement park
--Garibaldi, Babylon 5
Power corrupts. Absolute power...is kinda neat.
--Gesi Rovario (I think)
I said "I'm so happy I could die," she said "Drop dead," and
left with another guy.
--Elvis Costello
Eagles soar, but a weasel never gets sucked into a jet engine
--Unknown
Oh no, not another learning experience!
--Unknown
Don't try to outweird me, I get weirder things than you with my breakfast
cereal.
--Zaphod Beeblebrox, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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