Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous amounts of energy
merely to be normal. -- Albert Camus
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Fortune Quote #236
It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it
all. -- Albert Camus
all. -- Albert Camus
Friday, March 29, 2013
Fortune Quote #235
Human relationships always help us to carry on because they always
presuppose further developments, a future--and also because we live as if
our only task was precisely to have relationships with other
people. -- Albert Camus
presuppose further developments, a future--and also because we live as if
our only task was precisely to have relationships with other
people. -- Albert Camus
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Fortune Quote #234
At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the
face. -- Albert Camus
face. -- Albert Camus
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Fortune Quote #233
And it came to pass that in the hands of the ignorant, the words of the
Bible were used to beat plowshares into swords. -- Alan Wilson Watts
Bible were used to beat plowshares into swords. -- Alan Wilson Watts
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Fortune Quote #232
You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile
and a gun. -- Al Capone
and a gun. -- Al Capone
Monday, March 25, 2013
Fortune Quote #231
Humour brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less
friendly understanding. -- Agnes Repplier
friendly understanding. -- Agnes Repplier
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Fortune Quote #230
The great masses of the people... will more easily fall victims to a great
lie than to a small one. -- Adolf Hitler
lie than to a small one. -- Adolf Hitler
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Fortune Quote #229
In America any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the
risks he takes. -- Adlai Stevenson
risks he takes. -- Adlai Stevenson
Friday, March 22, 2013
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Fortune Quote #227
It is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before
the game ever starts. -- Addison Walker
the game ever starts. -- Addison Walker
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Fortune Quote #226
Acheson's Rule of the Bureaucracy: "A memorandum is written not to inform
the reader but to protect the writer."
the reader but to protect the writer."
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Fortune Quote #225
Association with corrupt people is a pain, the cure of which is separating
yourself from them. -- Abu Ali Katib
yourself from them. -- Abu Ali Katib
Monday, March 18, 2013
Fortune Quote #224
When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a
nail. -- Abraham Maslow
nail. -- Abraham Maslow
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Fortune Quote #223
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. --
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Fortune Quote #222
"No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's
consent." -- Abraham Lincoln
consent." -- Abraham Lincoln
Friday, March 15, 2013
Fortune Quote #221
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's
consent. -- Abraham Lincoln
consent. -- Abraham Lincoln
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Fortune Quote #220
Military glory--the attractive rainbow that rises in showers of
blood. -- Abraham Lincoln
blood. -- Abraham Lincoln
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Fortune Quote #219
Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us dare to
do our duty as we understand it. -- Abraham Lincoln
do our duty as we understand it. -- Abraham Lincoln
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Fortune Quote #218
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him
work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that
his own shall be safe from violence when built. -- Abraham Lincoln
work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that
his own shall be safe from violence when built. -- Abraham Lincoln
Monday, March 11, 2013
Fortune Quote #217
If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please
bring me some coffee. -- Abraham Lincoln
bring me some coffee. -- Abraham Lincoln
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Fortune Quote #216
I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what
his grandson will be. -- attributed to Abraham Lincoln
his grandson will be. -- attributed to Abraham Lincoln
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Fortune Quote #215
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my
idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the
difference, is no democracy. -- Abraham Lincoln
idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the
difference, is no democracy. -- Abraham Lincoln
Friday, March 8, 2013
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Fortune Quote #213
A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like
the rest of the world. -- Abigail Adams
the rest of the world. -- Abigail Adams
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Fortune Quote #212
Grief and sorrow do not come to us by chance, they are sent to us by the
Divine Mercy for our own Perfecting. -- Abdu`l Baha
Divine Mercy for our own Perfecting. -- Abdu`l Baha
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Fortune Quote #211
Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the
herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to
scatter. -- Aaron Hill
herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to
scatter. -- Aaron Hill
Monday, March 4, 2013
Fortune Quote #210
Intelligence appears to be the thing that enables a man to get along
without an education. Education appears to be the thing that enables a man
to get along without the use of his intelligence. -- A. E. Wiggan
without an education. Education appears to be the thing that enables a man
to get along without the use of his intelligence. -- A. E. Wiggan
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Fortune Quote #209
That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and
I'm just the one to do it. -- A congressional candidate in Texas
I'm just the one to do it. -- A congressional candidate in Texas
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Fortune Quote #208
"You spend your whole life believing that you're on the right track, only
to discover that you're on the wrong train."
to discover that you're on the wrong train."
Friday, March 1, 2013
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