Foolishness Quotes (was Re: Delaney vs. Lorrey)

From: Amara Graps (Amara.Graps@mpi-hd.mpg.de)
Date: Mon Jun 26 2000 - 10:02:22 MDT


From: "scerir@libero.it" <scerir@libero.it>, Mon, 26 Jun 2000

Nice quotes. Here are some more related quotes.

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"When anger rises, think of the consequences. "
       --Confucius

"If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water."
 --A Bulgarian proverb

"Thou frothy clay-brained jolthead" --Shakespearean Insult

"The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of the wise
man is in his heart."
     --Benjamin Franklin

"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity." --Lazarus Long

"Never appeal to a man's 'better nature.' He may not have one.
Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage."
           --Lazarus Long

"Gentlemen! You can't fight here! This is the War Room!"
         -Dr Strangelove

"Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient
carelessness I am sure to be filled." --Henry David Thoreau

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm
not sure about the the universe. " --Albert Einstein

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And one of my alltime favorites (but it has nothing to do with this
topic)

"I see the correlation but just because I work for the federal
government doesn't mean I'm an expert on cockroaches."
  
--Agent Mulder (The X-Files)

:-)

Amara

P.S. I put a bunch of my favorite quotes at
http://www.amara.com/aboutme/favquotes.html

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