The Frictionary # 153

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1436. There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. (George Carlin)

1437. Today, you have 100% of your life left. (Tom Hopkins)

1438. Humour is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law? (Dick Clarke)

1439. Efficiency is a highly developed form of laziness. (?)

1440. There are two ways to be unhappy: to desire what you don't have and, possess what you desired. (Pierre Louÿs)

1441. Blessed is the tourist that has seen all before the arrival of the tourists. (Bertrand Arcand)

1442. I have an existential map. It has "You are here." written all over it. (Steven Wright)

1443. Time is but the shadow of the world upon the background of Eternity. (Jerome K. Jerome)

1444. If all men were gynecologists, there would be fewer crimes of passion. (Jean Anouilh)

1445. Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. (Ronald Reagan)

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The Frictionary # 152

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1426. To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. (Oscar Wilde)

1427. Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow. (Eric Hoffer)

1428. If you ask a politician to tell "the truth, the whole truth and, nothing but the truth", you will probably get three different answers. (?)

1429. There is no essential difference between metaphysical uncertainty and a toothache. (Théodule Ribot)

1430. Have you ever heard of platonic hate? (Réjean Lévesque)

1431. When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands. (George Carlin)

1432. Temptation is a woman's weapon and a man's excuse. (H.L. Mencken)

1433. There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception. (James Thurber)

1434. Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

1435. To kill time is not murder, it's suicide. (William James)

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The Frictionary # 151

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1416. Nostalgia is a seductive liar. (George W. Ball)

1417. Become a pool to invite the water
Become empty to be filled up
Become a flame to burn for ever. (Shun To)

1418. Jesus loves you. Then again, so does Barney. (?)

1419. Freedom of the press has no meaning if the reader is not free. (Dany Laferrière)

1420. The reverse side also has a reverse side. (Japanese proverb)

1421. Writing books is the closest men ever came to childbearing. (Norman Mailer)

1422. Happiness is like peeing your pants, everyone can see it but only you can feel the warmth. (Anthony Liu)

1423. Cinema is a big head in a little theater. (André Malraux)

1424. Autobiography: I-witness account. (Art Moger)

1425. My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed. (Christopher Morley)

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The Frictionary # 150

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1406. The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouths they've been in. (Dennis Potter)

1407. When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the fire department generally uses water. (?)

1408. Nothing presents as many obligations as freedom. (Vjekoslav Kaleb)

1409. The habit of lying about one's age is so anchored, even in men, that I wonder if Jesus-Christ died at 34. (Henri de Montherlant)

1410. Communism is like one big phone company. (Lenny Bruce)

1411. All phone calls are obscene. (Karen Elizabeth Gordon)

1412. Experience: what you imagine you have until you get more. (Jacob M. Braude)

1413. It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving. (Richard Braunstein)

1414. The problem is that we get used to addiction. (Philippe Geluck)

1415. Poetry is life distilled. (Gwendolyn Brooks)

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