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“God gave men both a penis and a brain, but unfortunately not enough blood supply to run both at the same time.”

-robin williams

"A library is a personal possession, not a brothel open to all comers."

~ Robertson Davies, 1995


"No dearness of price ought to hinder a man from buying books."

~ Richard de Bury 14th Century Bishop of Durham

Lots of wise and witty folk, with the whole of literary history to pick from:

"If one wishes to find consolation in this world, one must be prepared to accept at least one or two large lies" Graf Ulrich von Bek (Michael Moorcock)

"Mankind are a herd of knaves and fools. It is necessary to join the crowd,or get out of their way, in order not to be trampled to death by them." Willliam Hazlitt.


Let me go away and find something for a brighter mood...

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both

- Ben Franklin

Was Mich nicht unbringt machts Mich stärker.
(What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.) --Friederich Nitsche

I've never been sure about that one.
My double pneumonia left me feeling like hell, and weak as a kitten.
My lungs have never been the same since.

" Nothing could be more unwise for a free people at any time, under any circumstance to give up their rights under the vein hope and miserable delusion that they might there by be enabled to defend them"- Alexander H stephens, VP CSA 1861-1865

"It is good that War is hell, otherwise we might grow too fond of it" Gen. Robert E. Lee

"Beer is proof that God Loves us" Ben Franklin

"three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead"

"When the Well's Dry, we know the Worth of water"

"People that are wrapped up in themselves make small packages"

Ben Franklin in "Poor Richards Alamanack"

Ladysmokeater, your: "Well behaved women never make history.... "

Reminded me of a very quotable American:


"A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular."

"You will find that the truth is often unpopular and the contest between agreeable fancy and disagreeable fact is unequal. For, in the vernacular, we Americans are suckers for good news. "

"An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff."
Adlai E. Stevenson

"Science is the true Theology" Thomas Paine

“Don't argue! You cannot win, you cannot beat a woman in a arguement. It's impossble you will not win. Cause men, we are handicapped when it comes to arguing cause we have a need to make sense”

-chris rock

"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect." - Benny Hill

"I'd hate to be a giraffe with a sore throat." Mitch Hedburg

I've got so many... here are a few I've collected that people might find familiar

"Nine out of ten shrinks agree: one out of ten shrinks is crazy." (unknown/Jetson)

"I think that a sexual relationship is what you get if you cross a friendship with crack-cocaine." (Mark)

"I want to add "love" to the next edition of the DSM." (Serissa)

"If I am insane, why do you spend so much money trying to be like me?" (DeepThought)

"What is expressable in your heart that would bring you to a conversation state?" (Ghosthunter)

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
-Benjamin Franklin

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." ~Albert Einstein~

"In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra."
~Fran Lebowitz~

"I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch."
~Gilda Radner~

a serious favorite quote of mine:

"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth"

-Jesus Christ