Sunday, December 30, 2012

The Frictionary # 419

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4106. Believing is easier than thinking.  Hence so many more believers than thinkers. (Bruce Calvert)

4107. Extremists think communication means agreeing with them. (Leo Rosten)

4108. Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world.  Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. (Rumi)

4109. Autumn leaves
But will be back
Next year. (Réjean Lévesque)

4110. The opposite of poverty is not wealth...In too many places, the opposite of poverty is justice. (Bryan Stevenson)

4111. I try to stay in touch with reality but lately, it won't return my calls. (SpacemanQuisp)

4112. A circle is only a straight line that has come back to its starting point. (Frédéric Dard)

4113. Advertising - a judicious mixture of flattery and threats. (Northrop Frye)

4114. Everyone has a purpose in life.  Perhaps yours is watching television. (David Letterman)

4115. Maturity is ripening without rotting. (Mary E. Armstrong)

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Sunday, December 23, 2012

The Frictionary # 418

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4096. Christmas is a time when you get homesick even when you're home. (Carol Nelson)

4097. Children are ungrateful.  How many have written a thank you note to Santa on the 26th of December? (Réjean Lévesque)

4098. Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree
You aggravate my allergies.  (Charles Bivona)

4099. Aren't we forgetting the true meaning of Christmas, the birth of Santa? ("The Simpsons" - Bart)

4100. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses. (?)

4101. The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live. (George Carlin)

4102. Be naughty!  Save Santa a trip. (Nick Coppolillo)

4103. "That's the spirit!", said the ghost.(Réjean Lévesque)

4104. Christmas is a baby shower that went totally overboard. (Andy Borowitz)

4105. Ironically, the key to a good resolution is to avoid high-definition. (Bob Thaves - Frank & Ernest)

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Sunday, December 16, 2012

The Frictionary # 417

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4086. What we believe to be motives of our conduct are usually but the pretexts for it. (Miguel de Unamuno)

4087. The trouble with born again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around. (Herb Caen)

4088. We only love well once, the first time: the other following loves are less involuntary. (Jean de La Bruyère)

4089. You can't be deep without a surface. (Jonathan Lethem)

4090. Once you leave the womb, conservatives don't care about you until you reach military age. (George Carlin)

4091. Your true friend is the one who excuses nothing and forgives everything. (Diane de Beausacq)

4092. There are two groups of people in the world, those who group people into groups, and the groups who are grouped by the groupers - there's a third group called 'morons'. (Glen McCoy - The Duplex)

4093. Yes doesn't struggle
With no
Only with but. (Lothar M. Kirsch)

4094. To hold, you must first open your hand.  Let go. (Tao Te Ching)

4095. Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down. (William M. Winans)

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Sunday, December 09, 2012

The Frictionary # 416

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4076. The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. (Ralph Nader)

4077. Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. (Henry Brooks Adams)

4078. The optimist thinks that a night is surrounded by two days, the pessimist thinks that a day is surrounded by two nights. (Francis Picabia)

4079. Between going and staying
the day wavers,
in love with its own transparency.  (Octavio Paz)

4080. If school results were the key to power, girls would be running the world. (Sarah Boseley)

4081. We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition. (Alex Comfort)

4082. Laughter is quite the thing; it's contempt and understanding all rolled into one, and finally, the greatest way to look at life. (Gustave Flaubert)

4083. Congrats to every radio station in being number 1. (Patrick Mark Ryan)

4084. Some say they have found God.  I didn't know he had lost himself.  Isn't he supposed to be everywhere? (Réjean Lévesque)

4085. Beauty is not caused.  It is. (Emily Dickenson)

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Sunday, December 02, 2012

The Frictionary # 415

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4066. The cage is no more free than the bird. (Zen saying via Coyote Sings)

4067. Thoughts have no Sunday. (Kiah)

4068. Remorse is a second mistake; once the chicken has laid its egg, it's too late to squeeze its buttocks. (Gustave Parking)

4069. For a purely untrustworthy human organ, the memory is right in there with the penis. (P.J. O'Rourke)

4070. The difference between the rich and the poor? The poor sell drugs so they can buy Nikes and the rich sell Nikes so they can buy drugs. (Frédéric Beigbeder)

4071. A tear balanced on an eyelash
Grief hesitating. (madeleinebleue)

4072. Sand is both the problem and the solution for the beach. (Dean Young)

4073. Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. (Yiddish proverb)

4074. ".666"  - The number of the Millibeast. (Randy Goldstein)

4075. You never get what you are worth.  You get what you negotiate. (Jemis)

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