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“The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch someone else do it wrong, without comment.
-T. H. White”
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“One’s own thought is one’s world. What a person thinks is what he becomes. —Maitri Upanishads”
― Steven D. Price, 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said

“We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us. —Charles Bukowski”
― Steven D. Price, 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said

“You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. —Franklin P. Adams”
― Steven D. Price, 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said

“Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. —Josh Billings”
― Steven D. Price, 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said

“Men are like wine, some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age. —Pope John XXIII”
― Steven D. Price, 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said

“If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
-Carl Jung”
― Steven D. Price, 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said

“If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.
-Bruce Barton”
― Steven D. Price, 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said

“We are what we repeatedly do, Excellence is therefore not an act but a habit. —Aristotle”
― Steven D. Price, 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said

“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. —E. B. White”
― Steven D. Price, 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said

“Men occassionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry on as if nothing had happened.
-Sir Winston Churchill”
― Steven D. Price, 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said

“Who does not grow, declines. —Rabbi Hillel”
― Steven D. Price, 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said

“If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it. —Erma Bombeck”
― Steven D. Price, 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said

“I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last judgement, it takes place every day. —Albert Camus”
― Steven D. Price, 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said

“It is a good thing to be rich and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be loved by many friends. —Euripides”
― Steven D. Price, 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said

“Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination. —Voltaire”
― Steven D. Price, 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said

“Tuesday Nigbt at the Movies will be seen on Saturday this week instead of Monday.
-unidentified television announcer”
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“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. —Abraham Lincoln”
― Steven D. Price, 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said

“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some. —Charles Dickens”
― Steven D. Price, 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said

“Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these. —Susan B. Anthony”
― Steven D. Price, 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said

“My fellow Americans, I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.
-Ronald Reagan, unaware a radio microphone was on”
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“The telephone company is urging people not to use the telephone unless it is absolutely necessary, in order to keep the lines open for emergency calls. We'll be right back after this break to give away a pair of Phil Collins concert tickets to caller number 95.
-unidentified radio disc jockey after the 1990 Los Angeles earthquake”
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“Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. —Lyman Beecher”
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“Kierkegaard”
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“Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty. —Jefferson Davis”
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“We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?
-Lee Iacocca, former chairman, Ford Motor Company”
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“Honest businessmen should be protected from the unscrupulous consumer.
-Lester Maddox, governor of Georgia, arguing against the creation of a state consumer protection agency”
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“Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise. —Alice Walker”
― Steven D. Price, 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said

“What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others. —Confucius”
― Steven D. Price, 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said

“Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards. —Anonymous”
― Steven D. Price, 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said