The Frictionary # 201

Here is another page taken from The Frictionary:

1916. Justice is revenge without the fun. (Wakcher)

1917. Drama is life with the dull parts cut out of it. (Alfred Hitchcock)

1918. Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when we only have one idea. (Alain)

1919. We have an expression, [...], for taking pleasure from another's misfortune. Reality TV. (Nat Mushkin)

1920. The opposite of love is not hate, the opposite of love is ignorance. (Brian Hwang)

1921. He who goes against the fashion is himself its slave. (Logan Pearsall Smith)

1922. The "What does it mean?" is the reproach made to the poet who has not been able to touch you. (Max Jacob)

1923. If a man tells you that he never tells the truth, can you believe him? (?)

1924. If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? (Scott Adams)

1925. The chief cause of problems is solutions. (Eric Sevareid)

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The Frictionary # 200

Here is another page taken from The Frictionary which celebrates today its 200th edition:

1906. Success goes to your head, failure to your heart. (L.J. Peter)

1907. Terror walks about on legs of velvet
Hiding in the recesses of the room
It crawls with the encroaching shadows
Taking aim at the darkening heart
It gains its night quarters. (Anne Hébert)

1908. A critic is a man who expects miracles. (James Gibbons Huneker)

1909. I never vote for anyone. I always vote against. (W.C. Fields)

1910. Happiness and desire can never be found together. (Epictetus)

1911. How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young. (Paul Sweeney)

1912. Memory, like salvation through death, often works only to serve oneself. (Andy Young)

1913. Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced you'll never be promoted. (?)

1914. It's not the fault that produces remorse, it's the penalty. (Jean Dutourd)

1915. I have done my best. That is about all the philosophy of living one needs. (Lin Yutang)

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The Frictionary # 199

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1896. Meat is, unavoidably, murder. (Nathan Thornburg)

1897. The Stone Age didn't end because we ran out of stones. (Ahmed Zaki Yamani)

1898. Likewise, we must leave the oil age before we run out of oil. (Tom Demarco)

1899. Even for the simple taking wing of the butterfly the whole sky is needed. (Paul Claudel)

1900. "G" means the hero gets the girl, "R" means the villain gets the girl. And "X" means everybody gets the girl. (Michael Douglas)

1901. There are very few wars over the theory of relativity. (Quentin Crisp)

1902. The world is in balance [...]. To light a candle is to cast a shadow. (Ursula K. Le Guin)

1903. Slavery: why own people when you can rent them? (?)

1904. Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet. (African proverb)

1905. Words, like weapons, sometimes go off on their own. (Daniel Pennac)

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The Frictionary # 198

Here is another page taken from The Frictionary:

1886. In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from. (Peter Ustinov)

1887. Love is the cheapest of religions. (Cesare Pavese)

1888. Modern technology
Owes ecology
An apology. (Alan M. Eddison)

1889. Speech was given to man so he could hide his thoughts. (Charles Maurice de Talleyrand)

1890. A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake. (Confucius)

1891. Forgotten is forgiven. (F. Scott Fitzgerald)

1892. Tent: Zip-Loc food for bears. (Scott Faulconbridge)

1893. The world is divided into people who think they are right. (?)

1894. A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils. (John Dryden)

1895. Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. (Truman Capote)

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