Sunday, May 24, 2015

The Frictionary # 583

Here is another page taken from The Frictionary:

5356. We are masters of unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out. (Winston Churchill)

5357. We love but once for once only are we perfectly equipped for loving. (Cyril Connolly)

5358. Those who do nothing are never wrong. (Théodore de Banville)

5359. Mistrust your own mistrust. (Vincent Cespedes)

5360. I'd like to change the world, but I can't find a diaper big enough. (covertcomic)

5361. The silence in here
is the precise shape
of this room. (Positively Wyrde)

5362. England is a Norman colony that went wrong. (Alphonse Allais)

5363. The minute people fall in love they become liars. (Harlan Ellison)

5364. There are two kinds of people in this world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better. (Abigail Van Buren)

5365. People's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. (Haruki Murakami)

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Sunday, May 17, 2015

The Frictionary # 582

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5346. If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others? [Dolores Huerta)

5347. You have to begin to lose your memory...to realize that memory is what makes our lives. (Luis Bunuel)

5348. What we know of someone prevents us from knowing him. (Christian Bobin)

5349. A library doesn't need windows. A library is a window. (Stewart Brand)

5350. My point is, life is about balance. The good and the bad. The highs and the lows. The piña and the colada. (Ellen De Generes)

5351. Not being able to go back is a form of progression. (Frédéric Dard)

5352. We never learn how to die well; we only get to do it once - we can't practice. (Réjean Lévesque)

5353. Wisdom begins at the end. (Daniel Webster)

5354. The stars are the street lights of eternity. (?)

5355. What people say behind your back is your standing in the community. (Edgar Watson Howe)

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Sunday, May 10, 2015

The Frictionary # 581

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5336. One finds limits by pushing them. (Herbert Simon - attributed)

5337. The biggest problem with Christians today is that no one wants to kill them anymore.* (Søren Kierkegaard)
* ISIS thinks otherwise...

5338. I started meditation. It's better than to just lay there on the floor and do nothing. (Jean Yanne)

5339. I used to think it'd be cool to be able to read other people's minds. Since I joined Facebook, I got over that. (newfylover1]

5340. Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have. (Shanti Dharm)

5341. Time is an invention of movement. One who doesn't move won't see time go by. (Amélie Nothomb)

5342. My love is an aviary
of small birds
and I must learn
to leave the door ajar...[Karen McCarthy Woolf)

5343. When in doubt ascribe all quotations to George Bernard Shaw. (Nigel Rees)

5344. Just before dying
he saw the writing on the wall.
It said "Exit". (Réjean Lévesque)

5345. Several excuses are always less convincing than one. (Aldous Huxley)

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Sunday, May 03, 2015

The Frictionary # 580

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5326. Time moves in one direction, memory in another. (William Gibson)

5327. Maturity is the capacity to endure uncertainty. (John Huston Finley)

5328. What is a year but the infinite volume of a pinch of seconds. (Dominique Rollin)

5329. Prayer is a confession of one's unworthiness and weakness. (Gandhi)

5330. Hunting is easier for vegans because it's easier to sneak up on plants.(Jerry Thomas)

5331. Beneath this slab
John Brown is stowed
He watched the ads
And not the road. (Ogden Nash)

5332. Wanting to know is born out of doubt. Stop believing and learn. (André Gide)

5333. A short story about sorrow:
Once upon a time
The end. (Positively Wyrde)

5334. Nobody is too good and few are good enough. (French proverb)

5335. Happiness is pleasure without remorse. (Socrates)

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