"When you pass the buck, don't ask for change." -- Solomon Short
"Quite a few economists measure their truth by the applause it evokes." -- John Kenneth Galbraith
"The obscure we see eventually. The completely apparent takes a little longer." -- Edward R. Munon
"Anything not nailed down is mine. Anything I can pry loose is not nailed down." -- author unknown
"When the authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities." -- Matt Groening (from LIFE IN HELL)
PREUDHOMME'S LAW OF WINDOW CLEANING:
It's on the other side.
"I know the answer! The answer lies within the heart of all mankind! The answer is twelve? I think I'm in the wrong building." -- Charles Schulz (Peppermint Patty in PEANUTS)
"Our own painful struggle for existence destroys our feeling for the misery of those who have remained behind." -- Adolf Hitler (from MEIN KAMPF)
"Killing a man is murder, unless done to the sound of trumpets" -- Voltaire
"O woe, woe,
People are born and die,
We shall also be dead pretty soon.
Therefore let us act as if we were dead already."
-- Ezra Pound parodies A.E. Housman
"I grow tired of split pea debates in academic diners." -- Booboo
"See the happy moron,
He doesn't give a damn.
I wish I were a moron.
My God! Perhaps I am!"
--author unknown
"...and she said, "So tell me, why do you always end up at Nick's Cafe?"
And I said, "I dunno, I guess the wind just kinda PUSHED me that way."..."
-- from the song SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER
"ARTISITE: a person who aspires to high art by following it around a lot. Artisites can often be found within ten feet of a free bar trying to chat up anyone foolish enough to wear a name tag." -- Archibald Mumbull
"Pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
that I am meek and gentle with these butchers."
-- William Shakespeare
"We've almost lost Hope. We've already lost Crosby." -- Booboo
"Reality is a crutch for people who can't deal with drugs." -- Lily Tomlin
"Money is the root of all evil, and a person needs roots." -- author unknown
"There is a theory which states that if anyone ever discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why is it here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened." -- Douglas Adams (thanks to author finder Leila Wood)
"There is a necessary place in the process of healing where you do take the victim position, but to stay there, to get stuck, doesn't help you as a human being." -- Joyce Nelson
"Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong." -- John Ralston Saul
"Let's keep our factories and jobs here and move our corporate headquarters to Mexico, Korea, or wherever else we can get reasonably priced chief executives." -- Jim Hightower
"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean, I'd love to be skinny like that but not with all those flies and death and stuff." -- Mariah Carey (on the World Entertainment News Network)
