The Lost Quotations

Here are quotations 31 to 45 that somehow were lost. All those quotations that I take pleasure in offering are taken from an ever-expanding personal collection (probably more than 3,500).

31. What goes around, comes around. If not examined too closely, it passes for justice. (Terry Pratchett)

Terry Pratchett is one of my favorite authors. I especially love the Discworld series where the action takes place on a 'planet' shaped like a giant disc that is spinning on the backs of four giant elephants that are themselves perched on the shell of Great A'Tuin, the star turtle. A new cosmology, but funny.

32. Laughter, like windshield wipers, allows you to go forward even though it won't stop the rain. (Gérard Jugnot)

33. The first commandment was when Eve told Adam to eat the apple. (?)

34. Senescence begins
And middle age ends
The day your descendants
Outnumber your friends. (Ogden Nash)

35. How could God create the world in only six days? No unions! (?)

36. If your cow doesn't give milk, kill him. (Renau's Rural Rule)

37. Lead me not into temptation - I can find the way myself. (Rita Mae Brown)

38. One man's 'freedom fighter' is another's terrorist. (Peter Kornbluh)

39. Killing time is sometimes a case of self-defence. (Albert Brie)

40. All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterwards that causes all the trouble. (Raymond Hull)

41. Is sex dirty? Only if it's done right. (Woody Allen)

42. Public schools: a place of detention for children placed in the care of teachers who are afraid of the principal who is afraid of the schoolboards who are afraid of parents who are afraid of their children who are afraid of nothing at all. (?)

43. Typical American family: a boy, a girl, and a vasectomy. (Bob Alper)

44. Einstein: the greatest Jew since Jesus. (J.B.S. Haldane)

45. Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly and for the same reason. (José Maria de Eça de Queiroz)

Until next time, live long and prosper.