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)

That's all for this edition of The Frictionary. Your comments and suggestions are welcome, but commercial links will be rejected. Subscribe and receive this free weekly blog in your in-box. Have a great week!

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3 Comments:

At 11:14 AM , Blogger Barry Popik said...

"Givers/Takers" is from Dear Abby in 1966.

http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/there_are_two_kinds_of_people_in_this_world/

 
At 9:40 AM , Blogger Barry Popik said...

Is everybody OK over there??

 
At 5:26 PM , Blogger Rejean said...

Thank you for the attribution on "Givers/Takers". I will edit the post accordingly.
Yes, everything is fine. It's just that I was cut off from the world (Internet, phone and TV) by squirrels who ate the provider's cables.

 

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