Patriotism Wisdom

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home. – Sir Winston Churchill

Writer Wisdom

They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness. – Louise Erdrich

Humorist Wisdom

You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it. – Robin Williams

Poet Wisdom

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self confidence – Robert Frost

George Carlin: You Are All Diseased
As a matter of principle, I never attend the first annual anything.
Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.
Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.
I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.
I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect.
If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.
If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted?
It's never just a game when you're winning.
Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.
The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."
There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.
There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning.
Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?
When someone asks you, A penny for your thoughts, and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny?
I don't have hobbies; hobbies cost money. Interests are quite free.

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Novelist Wisdom

When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. – Edgar Watson Howe

Cartoonist Wisdom

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time. – James Thurber

Psychologist Wisdom

Intimate relationships cannot substitute for a life plan. But to have any meaning or viability at all, a life plan must include intimate relationships. – Harriet Lerner

Buddhist Wisdom

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. – HH The Dalia Lama

Award Winning Wisdom

Mistakes are part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Al Franken

Poet Wisdom

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts. – Nikki Giovanni

First Lady Wisdom

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Recreational Mathematics Wisdom

There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry. – Martin Gardner

Playwrite Wisdom

Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge’s chamber believes in a unprejudiced point of view. – Lillian Hellman

German Philosopher Wisdom

If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

Marketing Executive Wisdom

Life is too short for traffic. ~Dan Bellack

Catching a yellow-jacket in your shirt at seventy miles per hour can double your vocabulary. ~Author Unknown