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Fouquet's Favorite Quotes There is no rhyme or reason to their addition to this list or as to the order of appearance."If it's in your way, knock it over." == Klingon proverb "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done." == Ernie Kovacs "I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." == Lily Tomlin "If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?" == author unknown "If we did the things [that] we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves." == Thomas Alva Edison "One does not find solitude, one creates it." == Marguerite Duras "No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up." == Jane Wagner We are here on earth to do good for others. What the others are here for I don't know. W.H. Auden
Thinking more seriously ...The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government ... it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the government." == Ayn Rand [1905-82] To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest. Mohandas K. Gandhi
The past is a guide post not a hitching post Truth is eternal. Knowledge is changeable. It is disastrous to confuse them. Madeleine L'Engle My advice to young people that I have great hopes for...Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing. Margaret Thatcher To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift Steve Prefontaine american distance runner 1951-1975 Thoughts that REALLY apply to me ...It is better of course to know useless things, than to know nothing. Tom Stoppard
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