Some Quotes

I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by a dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in a magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Jack London, Personal Credo

To think or not to think, What was the question?

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.
Franklin P. Adams (1881 - 1960)

Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.
Sam Brown, Washington Post, 1977

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
Don Marquis

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
Oscar Wilde

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who haven't got it.
George Bernard Shaw

Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.
Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)

If a pessimist is always right, is he a realist?
Unknown

"A girl once told me semen on the face gets rid of blackheads. That's what she told me. Now maybe she just likes facials, I don't know. You could tell your girlfriend that, and then aim for her nose. I can't tell you whether or not it works. I didn't check the girl's face in the morning. I didn't care." - "Ask Jenna & Isaac", Maxim Courtesy of Brian S.

"I'm always wet when I'm in handcuffs" - Contestant on Fear Factor, Yet again, courtesy of Brian Schwartz

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the
principle difference between a dog and a man.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

I cannot give the formula for success, but I can give you the formula of failure - which is try to please everybody.
Herbert B. Swope

Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it.
Jane Wagner, (and Lily Tomlin)

This world is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.
Horace Walpole (1717 - 1797)

A pessimist is a man who looks both ways before crossing a one way street.
Laurence J. Peter, Peter's Quotations, by Laurence J. Peter, 1977

Stoop and you'll be stepped on; stand tall and you'll be shot at.
Carlos A. Urbizo

Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. 'Yes' is the answer.
Swami X

We're not lost. We're locationally challenged.
John M. Ford

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never
goes unpunished.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Going to church doesn't make you a Christian anymore than going to the garage makes you a car.
Laurence J. Peter

Adultery is the application of democracy to love.
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)

Chastity: the most unnatural of the sexual perversions.
Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963)

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? 
If I am not for others, what am I? 
And if not now, when?
Rabbi Hillel, 12th Century

A team effort is a lot of people doing what I say.
Michael Winner, British film director

Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
Arab Proverb