Sunday, June 24, 2018

The Frictionary # 741

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6946. The problem with doing things to prolong your life is that all the extra years come at the end, when you're old. (Bob Mankoff)

6947. There are four things that hold back human progress: ignorance, stupidity, committees, and accountants. (Charles C. Lyall)

6948. The optimist is the one who does his crossword puzzle directly in ink. (Marcel Achard)

6949. The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity. (Oscar Wilde)

6950. Love isn't blind, it just suffers from tunnel vision. (Réjean Lévesque)

6951. Saint Augustine wrote that we would find in Paradise an eternal Sunday. Life is just a long wait for the weekend. (Pekka Himanen)

6952. Remember: One lie does not cost you one truth but the truth. (Christian Hebbel)

6953. After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one. (Cato the Elder)

6954. A wedding ring is the smallest handcuff ever made. Choose your prison mate wisely. (?)

6955. Women and perfume are subtle, that is why they should be well confined. (Mohammed)

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Sunday, June 17, 2018

The Frictionary # 741

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6936. You'll seldom experience a regret for something you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. (Wayne Dyer)

6937. And if all the good things that are said of the deceased would be explained by the certainty that they won't be doing anything evil anymore. (Philippe Bouvard)

6938. It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. (John Templeton)

6939. Every day is permanently modern. Today is a more modern day than yesterday. And let's not talk about tomorrow. (Manuel Vásquez Montalbán)

6940. The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity. (Oscar Wilde)

6941, Impatience: to hurry your waiting. (Pierre Desproges)

6942. An epitaph is a belated advertisement for a line of goods that has been discontinued. (Irving S. Cobb)

6943. Wearing corduroy pants and feeling groovy. (Réjean Lévesque)

6944. Don't be discouraged. It's often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock. (?)

6945. The biggest difference between time and space is that you can't reuse time. (Merrick Furst)

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Sunday, June 10, 2018

The Frictionary # 739

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6926. If it's far away, it's news, but if it's close at home, it's sociology. (James Reston)

6927. My best birth control now is just to leave the lights on. (Joan Rivers)

6928. When I see that I am nothing, it is wisdom. When I see that I am all, it is love. And between the two, my life flows. (Nisargadatta Maharaj)

6929. As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer. (Robert Quillen)

6930. Every definition is a danger because it limits. (Réjean Lévesque)

6931. Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye. (Samuel Johnson)

6932. Love: a four-letter word, two vowels, two consonants, and two idiots. (Pierre Desproges)

6933. A person who trusts no one can't be trusted. (Jerome Blattner)

6934. Face your problems, don't Facebook them. (?)

6935. Obviously, the devil is spring-loaded and, where God went wrong, is when he pulled the trigger. (Victor Hugo)

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Sunday, June 03, 2018

The Frictionary # 738

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6916. Lies are like children. If you don't nurture them, they'll never be useful later. (Randy K. Milholland)

6917. If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either. (Dick Cavett)

6918. Death is the only country that accepts everyone. (Stéphane Laporte)

6919. There is a great difference between knowing and understanding; you can know a lot about something and not really understand it. (Charles F. Kettering)

6920. A pedestrian is a man who's going to get his car. (Frédéric Dard)

6921. How do you know for sure you've got power unless you abuse it. (Bob Mankoff)

6922. Beauty is the purgation of superfluities. (Michelangelo)

6923. There are three ingredients to the good life: learning, earning, and yearning. (Christopher Morley)

6924. Actions are the fruit, words are but the leaves. (?)

6925. The adjective is the grease in style. (Victor Hugo)

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