Sunday, April 28, 2013

The Frictionary # 436

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4276. Among politicians and businessmen, pragmatism is the current term for "to hell with our children". (Edward Abbey)

4277. Clocks do not make time
they only impose an illusion of order
on an essential chaos. (Positively Wyrde)

4278. By being always just, we often end up guilty. (Pierre Corneille)

4279. Doubt is the father of invention. (Galileo Galilei)

4280. I think Victoria's secret is: She's a he. (Wendy Liebman)

4281. Only the present is true, but it's already past. (Yves Florenne)

4282. I always thought by 2013 we would have flying cars.  Instead we have blankets with sleeves. (funnyoneliners)

4283. When women kiss it always reminds one of prize-fighters shaking hands. (H.L. Mencken)

4284. We must never forget that marriage was instituted in an era when life expectancy was less than forty. (?)

4285. Art like life should be free, since both are experimental. (George Santayana)

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Sunday, April 21, 2013

The Frictionary # 435

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4266. Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish. (Charles Caleb Colton)

4267. Are you wishy-washy?  Maybe yes, it depends  More or less  Yes and no  All of the above...but again maybe not. (Dave Whamond "Reality Check")

4268. Poetry is indispensable - if only I knew what for. (Jean Cocteau)

4269. We come spinning out of nothingness
Scattering stars like dust.  The stars form a circle
And in the center we dance.  (Rumi)

4270. To err is human; to admit it, superhuman. (Doug Larson)

4271. I dream, therefore I exist. (August Strindberg)

4272. Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion. (Ninon de Lenclos)

4273. Of course we gays dress well.  We don't spend all that time in the closet doing nothing. (Simon Chilvers)

4274. We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears. (François de La Rochefoucaud)

4275. Where facts are few, experts are many. (Donald R. Gannon)

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Sunday, April 14, 2013

The Frictionary # 434

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4256. Share your knowledge.  It's a way to achieve immortality. (Tenzin Gyatso - The Dalai Lama)

4257. Income tax time is when you test your powers of deduction. (Shelby Friedman)

4258. The only weapon I find interesting is the corkscrew. (Jean Carnet)

4259. The main ingredient in hand sanitizer...paranoia. (Newfylover1)

4260. Ceasefire
both sides pray
while they reload.  (Coyote Sings)

4261. Facts do not penetrate the world where our beliefs live. (Marcel Proust)

4262. Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt. (Kin Hubbard)

4263. Strong people have strong weaknesses. (Peter Drucker)

4264. Death is the only exam that can't be flunked. (Paul Claudel)

4265. The past, the future, two halves of life where one says 'never' and the other says 'always'. (Alphonse de Lamartine)

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Sunday, April 07, 2013

The Frictionary # 433

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4246. No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care. (Kurtis Lavoie)

4247. Those who flee temptation generally leave a forwarding address. (Lane Olinghouse)

4248. If we'd factor in the services rendered to science, the frog would take first place. (Claude Bernard)

4249. Invitation is the sincerest flattery. (Carolyn Wells)

4250. A piano store looks like a funeral parlor for music. (Ramon Gomez de la Serna)

4251. Semicolons: they are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing.  All they do is show you've been to college. (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)

4252. Street whispers, the wall listens. (madeleinebleue)

4253. If he swallows his pride, he'll surely get indigestion. (Réjean Lévesque)

4254. Capitalism without bankruptcy is like christianism without hell. (Frank Borman)

4255. Happiness held is the seed - Happiness shared is the flower. (John Harrigan)

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