The Frictionary # 93

Here is another page from The Frictionary:

836. Man's fate? To spend his closest hours to truth longing for a lie. (Tom Robbins)

837. We always obey signs more blindly than we obey men. (Frédéric Dard (San Antonio))

838. You can observe a lot by just watching.* (Yogi Berra)
* You can also have an effect on what or who is observed. It is called the "observer effect" which oversimplifies the principle of uncertainty proposed by Werner Heisenberg.

839. Men are like numbers; they only acquire value by their position. (Napoléon Bonaparte)

840. The ox is slow but the earth is patient. (Chinese proverb)

841. The shortest route from one point to another is the straight line, but they really must face each other. (Pierre Dac)

842. Opera: Italian vaudeville. (Robert Orben)

843. When a woman behaves like a man, why doesn't she behave like a nice man? (Edith Evans)

844. Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings and lawyers. (Richard Pryor)

845. Never judge a book by its movie. (J.W. Eagan)

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