The Frictionary # 959

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9126. We must not call riches things we might lose. (Leonardo da Vinci)

9127. It's sad to see little kids grow up and lose all their superhero powers. (Robert Brault)

9128. No ghosts in this forest/ Only squirrels, drops of sun/ bird songs and wind./ Deep down, quiet tree roots/ in search of water entangled/ around old white bones. (Wojciech Setlak)

9129. Niagara Falls is the bride's second disappointment. (Oscar Wilde)

9130. We write because nobody listens. (Georges Perros)

9131. Dreams are road signs along the nighttime highway of sleep. (Astrid Alauda)

9132. Squirrel: drag-queen rat. (Martin Perrizzolo)

9133. The greater the ignorance, the greater the dogmatism. (William Osler)

9134. The argument for atheism is really very simple. If God created the universe, who or what created God? [?)

9135. Voracity: big town that eats people. (Réjean Lévesque)

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The Frictionary # 114

Here is another page from The Frictionary: 1046. There are three reasons for breastfeeding: the milk is always at the right temperature, it comes in attractive containers, and the cat can't get it. (Irena Chalmers) 1047. What do you call a person who likes to hang with musicians? A drummer. (?) 1048. Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. (Abraham Lincoln) 1049. The only way to be followed is to run faster than the others. (Francis Picabia) 1050. Words are like water, once poured, you cannot pick them up. (Saharian proverb) 1051. When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him whose. (Don Marquis) 1052. The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling. (Paula Poundstone) 1053. The world is a skirt I want to lift up. (Hanif Kureishi) 1054. Never trust an acupuncturist whose degree is done in needlepoint. (Johnny Hart) 1055. Perhaps imagination is only intelligence having fun. (George Scialabba , also attributed to Terry Pratchett) That's all for this edition. Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Subscribe and receive this free weekly blog in your in-box. Have a great week.

The Frictionary # 958

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9116. The essence of wisdom is to maintain suspicion about what you want to be true. (Jon K. Hart)

9117. Who teaches good to others without doing it, is like the blind man who would carry a lantern. (Algerian proverb)

9118. I don't have health insurance, so when I get sick I make chicken soup with low-grade poultry and hope the antibiotics seep out. (Katie Hannigan)

9119. Our flaws are eclipses of the soul that are unfortunately only visible to others. (Joseph Sanial-Dubay)

9120. We usually recognize the consequences of our actions. It's the consequence of our inaction that gets confused with fate. (Robert Brault)

9121. Man is in control of the TV remote. Woman controls travel destinations. (Stéphane Laporte)

9122. Technology is Darwinian. It spreads, it evolves, it updates. The most dangerous wipes out the less fit. (Nancy Kress)

9123. Get a grip, people! Athletes win the medals, not nations. (Réjean Lévesque)

9124. There's nothing sadder/ Than writing a haiku and/ Getting writer's block. (Ayo Edebiri)

9125. It is not the writer's task to answer questions but to question answers. (Edward Abbey)

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The Frictionary # 957

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9106. The moment you put a deadline on your dream, it becomes a goal. (Harsha Bhogle)

9107. Without money, honor is just a sickness. (Jean Racine)

9108. Martial arts are more common than martial crafts. (Demetri Martin)

9109. From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them. And that is eternity. (Edvard Munch)

9110. It is easier to fight for one's principles than live up to them. (Alfred Adler)

9111. Impatience: Attitude that gives the same results as patience, but faster. (Michel Lauzière)

9112. If you carry your childhood with you, you never become old. (Abraham Sutzkever)

9113. Hell was made for the curious. (Augustine of Hippo aka Saint Augustine)

9114. Home isn't where the heart is. It's where you fully understand how the shower works. (?)

9115. God only exists in the form of absence. (Simone Weil)

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The Frictionary # 956

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9096. A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterward. (Karl Kraus)

9097. The past is always present. (Maurice Maeterlinck)

9098. Modesty is my best quality. (Jack Benny)

9099. Loneliness/ a slow, cold, creaking/ creeping glacier. (Réjean Lévesque)

9100. In America, any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes. (Adlaï E. Stevenson)

9101. Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father. (Gloria Steinem)

9102. Love goes like running water/ Love flies away/ How slow is life/ And how violent is Hope. (Guillaume Apollinaire)

9103. The greatest mystery of life is ... life. (Deborah Kurgouale)

9104. Two parallel lines never meet, except if they were made for each other. (?)

9105. Money is really only important if you don't have any. (Harrison Ford)

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