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Each place has its own advantages – heaven for the climate, and hell for the society. — Mark Twain

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.

Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come. — Matt Groening

Be tough yet gentle; humble but bold; swayed always by beauty and truth.

Forget committees. New, noble, world changing ideas have come from one person working alone. He who gains victory over other men is strong; but he who gains victory over himself is all powerful. — Lao Tzu

Be bold and courageous. When you look back on life, you’ll regret the things you didn’t do more than the ones you did. What you are is what you have been; what you will be is what you do now.

To gain that which is worth have, it may be necessary to lose everything else. — Bernadette Delvin

Live as if you die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever. — Mahatma Gandhi

The mountaineer returns to the hills because he remembers always that he has forgotton so much. — Geoffrey Winthrop Young

Plot is character (your actions determine your character). — Aristotle

You find good people on bad roads. — D. Joubert, Botswana

Make no little plans, they have no magic to stir mens blood. — Daniel H. Burnham

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

A ship in harbour is safe, but thats not what ships are built for. — William Shed

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. — Theodore Roosevelt

A job done early is a job done twice.

Quantity has a quality all of its own.

You can’t have an active mind in an inactive body. — Patton

All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was in vanity. But the dreamers of the day are the dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes to make it possible. — T.E.Lawrence

The next time you make an assumption, see what happens when you do the opposite.

Everything that can be invented has been invented. — Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.

Come to the edge; its too high.
Come to the edge; we might fall.
Come to the edge, and they came
He pushed them, and they flew. — Guillaume Apollinaire

Although eating honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were. — A.A.Milne, Winnie the Pooh

I don’t mean to blow my own horn but, “beep beep”.

Practically perfect people never permit sentiment to muddle their feelings. — Mary Poppins

We cannot let terrorists stop us from shopping. — George W. Bush, 12.09.2001

Tell me, I’ll forget; involve me, I’ll understand.

For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, press 3.

Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them.

Repetition is a form of change.

A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men. — Willy Wonka

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. — Plato

Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats. — Howard Aiken, IBM engineer

Never test for an error condition you don’t know how to handle. — Steinbach’s Guideline for Systems Programming

Computers in the future may weigh no more than one and a half tonnes. — Popular Mechanics, 1949

Do or do not, there is no ‘try’. — Yoda

I’m not perfect because I’m humble.

Everyone had an uncle who tried to steal their nose.

Everyone who grew up in the 80s has entered the digits 55378008 into a calculator.

Triangular sandwiches taste better than square ones.

Never trust a man who when left alone with a tea cosy doesn’t try it on.

There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don’t.

Ageing is better than the alternative.

I’m so excited, and I just can’t hide it. I’m about to loose control and I think I like it.

The trouble with growing up is that you can’t run around naked as much.

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. — Isaac Asimov

Sleep as little as possible. Sleep is the cousin of death.

I think there is a world market for maybe five computers. — Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943

I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all.

Some people are very fond of thinking, but not very good at it.

If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten lava, forget ‘em, cause man, they’re gone.

Know what you know and know what you don’t know.

Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

Do what will make you happy now, and what will make you happy 10 years from now.

The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility. — Brooks Atkinson

Whatever you are, be a good one. — Abraham Lincoln

Never read a book through merely because you have begun it. — John Witherspoon

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. — Ambrose Bierce

Be formless, shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle; it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot; it becomes the teapot. Water can flow, and it can crash. Be like water, my friend. — Bruce Lee

If I tell you I’m good, you would probably think I’m boasting. If I tell you I’m no good, you know I’m lying. — Bruce Lee

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. — 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection. — Sigmond Freud

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. — Mark Twain

I didn’t get spots until I met you. — Kate Bretherton

Mother: Don’t you ever do that again! [slaps child hard]

Child [calmly]: Well, are you happy with yourself? — Union Square, NYC, overheard by Miranda

Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes. — Mickey Mouse

There is no sin greater than ignorance. — Rudyard Kipling

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument. — William G. McAdoo

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. — Confucius

Living with a conscience is like driving a car with the brakes on. — Budd Schulberg

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience. — George Bernard Shaw

Mornings are wonderful! The only drawback is that they come at such an inconvenient time of day. — Glen Cook, Sweet Silver Blues

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched. — George Jean Nathan

Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame. — Ben Franklin

We boil at different degrees.

Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you. — Yoda

He who angers you conquers you. — Elizabeth Kenny

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. — Josh Billings

Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination. — Roy M. Goodman

How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese? — Charles De Gaulle

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. — Quentin Crisp

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards. — Oscar Wilde

There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to; and that is, every now and then to be completely idle – to do nothing at all. — Sydney Smith

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. — Oscar Wilde

Psychoanalysis is confession without absolution. — G.K.Chesterton

Don’t be so humble – you are not that great. — Golda Meir to a visiting diplomat

There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don’t know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president. — Kurt Vonnegut

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. — Napoleon Bonaparte

The greater the loyalty of a group toward the group, the greater is the motivation among the members to achieve the goals of the group, and the greater the probability that the group will achieve its goals. — Rensis Likert

I am at two with nature. — Woody Allen

I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work… I want to achieve it through not dying. — Woody Allen

Jargon allows us to camouflage intellectual poverty with verbal extravagance. — David Pratt

If it turns out that there is a God, I don’t think that he’s evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he’s an underachiever. — Woody Allen

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons. — Woody Allen

Not only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on weekends. — Woody Allen

I think maps are pointless. — Kate Bretherton

I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy. — Frank Zappa

[When asked to describe radio]: You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat. — Albert Einstein

I am not one of those who in expressing opinions confine themselves to facts. — Mark Twain

Live amongst people in such a manner that if you die they weep over you and if you are alive they crave for your company. — Hazrat Ali Ibn-e-Abi Talib

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it’s just the opposite. — John Kenneth Galbraith

Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim. — George Santayana

In three words I can sum up everything Ive learned about life: it goes on. — Robert Frost

Are people more violently opposed to fur rather than leather because its much easier to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs? — George Carlin

The fact that no one understands you doesn’t mean you’re an artist.

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who do not possess it.

Computer games don’t affect kids. I mean if Pacman affected our generation, we’d all run around in a dark room munching pills and listening to repetitive music.

Tell a man there are 300 Billion stars in the universe and he’ll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he’ll have to touch to be sure.

When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty.

Any time anyone says human beings are inherently superior to animals, I say, “Yeah? Well go try to sell a monkey a long distance service and see if he goes for it!” Even apes aren’t fooled by the bells and whistles; show a gorilla a hip, alternative banana along with a plain one, and he’ll still punch you in the nuts and take ‘em both.

The only way you can control people is to lie to them. — L. Ron Hubbard

Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it. — Mark Twain

Before you judge the younger generation remember who raised them.

Corruption + Innocence = Corruption

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.

I only want two things in life: Everything. Now.

No, I don’t know that Atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God. — George Bush, Snr.

Some people are like slinkies: not really good for anything, but you still can’t help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

I’m like a superhero, with no powers or motivation.

Open-minded people must accept the possibility that being closed-minded is better. Close-minded people can take comfort in knowing that they are right.

I’m really easy to get along with once you people learn to see it my way.

Oh, you hate your job? Why didn’t you say so? There’s a support group for that. It’s called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar.

Me: “That was a total waste of £4.”
Kate: “Indeed, how much was it?” — Kate Bretherton

Me: Stop giving up so easily.
Kate: I’m not, I just can’t be bothered. — Kate Bretherton

Ma: “I think you’re getting fidgety”
Kate: “No, I just can’t sit still.” — Kate Bretherton

‘Rosy’ is a euphemism for ‘fat’. — Kate Bretherton

I am always right. — Kate Bretherton

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. — Winston Churchill

He had delusions of adequacy. — Walter Kerr

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. — Clarence Darrow

Poor Faulkner (William). Does he really think big emotions come from big words? — Ernest Hemingway

I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. — Mark Twain

He has Van Gogh’s ear for music. — Billy Wilder

In a few minutes a computer can make a mistake so great that it would have taken many men many months to equal it.

The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn’t get bigger or heavier. — Bill Gates

Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users? — Clifford Stoll

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. — Pablo Picasso

If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and no-one dares criticize it. — Pierre Gallois

I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image. — Stephen Hawking

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. — Epictetus

We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease. — George W. Bush, Gothenburg, Sweden, 14.06,2001

I couldn’t imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah. — George W. Bush, 10.12.2001

You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror. — George W. Bush, 06.09.2006

I’m the commander – see, I don’t need to explain – I do not need to explain why I say things. That’s the interesting thing about being president. — George W. Bush

I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family. — George W. Bush

[to Brazilian President Cardoso] Do you have blacks too? — George W. Bush

This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating. — George W. Bush

We need an energy bill that encourages consumption. — George W. Bush

My plan reduces the national debt, and fast. So fast, in fact, that economists worry that we’re going to run out of debt to retire. — George W. Bush

I don’t think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees. — George W. Bush

Because the – all which is on the table begins to address the big cost drivers. For example, how benefits are calculate, for example, is on the table; whether or not benefits rise based upon wage increases or price increases. There’s a series of parts of the formula that are being considered. And when you couple that, those different cost drivers, affecting those – changing those with personal accounts, the idea is to get what has been promised more likely to be – or closer delivered to what has been promised. Does that make any sense to you? — George W. Bush

For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And folks, this is unacceptable in America. It’s just unacceptable. And we’re going to do something about it. — George W. Bush

I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully. — George W. Bush

Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning? — George W. Bush

If this were a dictatorship, it’d be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I’m the dictator. — George W. Bush

There’s an old saying in Tennessee – I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee – that says, fool me once, shame on – shame on you. Fool me – you can’t get fooled again. — George W. Bush

Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many Ob-Gyns aren’t able to practice their love with women all across this country. — George W. Bush

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we. — George W. Bush

Your life at this very moment is a product of your choices and decisions.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. — Aristotle

The best way out is always through. — Robert Frost

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. — Michael Jordan

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. — Goethe

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. — Mark Twain

Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down. — Charles F. Kettering, Engineer and Inventor

Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want. — Dan Stanford

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others; it is the only means. — Albert Einstein

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. — Hugh Downs

If you’re going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now. — Marie Osmond

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. — Mark Twain

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect. — Mark Twain

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. — Winston Churchill

There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it. — Mario Cuomo

Life is “trying things to see if they work”. — Ray Bradbury

What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. — Elbert Hubbard

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day. — Robert Frost

Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired. — Richard Kemph

Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst. — Henri Cartier-Bresson

Lady Astor: “If you were my husband I’d give you poison.”
Winston Churchill: “If you were my wife, I’d drink it.” — Winston Churchill

I feel so miserable without you; it’s almost like having you here. — Stephen Bishop

He is a self-made man and worships his creator. — John Bright

I’ve just learned about his illness. Let’s hope it’s nothing trivial. — Irvin S. Cobb

Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it? — Mark Twain

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go. — Oscar Wilde

There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. — Ken Olson, president and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977

Who the hell wants to hear actors talk? — H. M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927

[rejecting the Beatles]: “We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.” — Decca Recording Co., 1962

This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. — Western Union internal memo, 1876

Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table, because Chuck Norris only recognizes the element of surprise.

If you have five dollars and Chuck Norris has five dollars, Chuck Norris has more money than you. — http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com

Chuck Norris can win a game of Connect Four in only three moves. — http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com

The Future: It’s About Time — seen on a tshirt

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. — Bertrand Russell

Pretend to be a tiny person by pouring all the crisps from a multi-pack bag into the big bag they came in, and eating them out of that. — http://www.viz.co.uk/

Trick spiders into thinking they have caught a fly by flicking cigarette ash into cobwebs. — http://www.viz.co.uk/

Bookshop owners, annoy Christians by putting the Bible in the ‘Fiction’ section of your shop where, joking aside, it actually belongs. — http://www.viz.co.uk/

Tourettes sufferers with an interest in Victoriana. Simply replace shouting ‘fuck’, ‘cunt’ and ‘wanker’ with ‘poppycock’, ‘fiddlesticks’ and ‘balderdash’ to recreate an authentic Victorian experience. — http://www.viz.co.uk/

Dieters, buy only Russian Alphabetti Spaghetti as there are only 22 letters in the Cyrillic alphabet. Just watch the pounds fall off. — http://www.viz.co.uk/

Boiled eggs cut in half vertically, and with the yolk removed, make ideal miniature porcelain-style urinals for hamsters and guinea pigs. — http://www.viz.co.uk/

Public toilet users, when you realise the person in the next cubicle is holding fire until you leave, simply open and close the toilet door without leaving. Their first plop can then be greeted with a huge cheer. — http://www.viz.co.uk/

Sudoku lovers, solve your puzzles in seconds by going to http://sudoku.sourceforge.net, typing the clues into the grid and clicking the ‘solve’ button. This will save hours, leaving you plenty of time to do something worthwhile. — http://www.viz.co.uk/

Rappers, avoid having to say “know what I’m sayin’” all the time by actually speaking clearly in the first place. — http://www.viz.co.uk/

Fool everyone into thinking you have just eaten an apple by rubbing your tummy and saying loudly “Mmm! That was a lovely apple.” — http://www.viz.co.uk/

Men, when listening to your favourite music, simply turn up the sound to the volume you desire; then turn it down three notches. This will save your wife from having to do it. — http://www.viz.co.uk/

Banging two pistachio nutshells together gives the impression that a very small horse is approaching. — http://www.viz.co.uk/

Smarties tubes pushed over cats’ legs make for a futuristic ‘space cat’. For a really space age look, cover the tubes in tin foil as well as your pet’s tail. This also works with small dogs and the middles out of kitchen rolls. — http://www.viz.co.uk/

Motorists, avoid getting prosecuted for using your phone whilst driving. Simply pop your mobile inside a large shell and the police will think you are listening to the sea. — http://www.viz.co.uk/

I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. — Maya Angelou

Brothers should pull up their pants. Some people might not want to see your underwear – I’m one of them. — Barack Obama

It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him. — George Bernard Shaw

Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned. — Harold S. Geneen

Space isn’t remote at all. It’s only an hour’s drive away if your car could go straight upwards. — Fred Hoyle

If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it’s another nonconformist who doesn’t conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity. — Bill Vaughan

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. — John F. Kennedy

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. — Friedrich Nietzsche

There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob. — G. K. Chesterton

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help. — Judith Martin

What’s another word for Thesaurus? — Steven Wright

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.” — Edmund Wilson

Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints.

It’s your bloody blog. — Kate Bretherton

Whoever is happy will make others happy too. — Anne Frank

We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others. — Blaise Pascal

People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other people have been left out of the pleasure. — Russell

People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other people have been left out of the pleasure. — Russell Baker

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. — Dr. Joyce Brothers

Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand. — Putt’s Law

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice. — Marquis de la Grange

Writing well means never having to say, ‘I guess you had to be there’. — Jef Mallett

An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. — Niels Bohr

Furious activity is no substitute for understanding. — H. H. Williams

When you’re going through hell, keep walking. — Winston Churchill, Bear Grylls

Me: (enquiring after some lost item) What ever happened to that?
Kate: I think we lost it at some point. — Kate Bretherton

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. — Anais Nin

The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money. — Margaret Thatcher

When you have tested flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward for there you have been and there you will always long to return. — Leonardo Da Vinci

Politeness is not weakness. — JFK

Ceremonial is the smoke of friendship. — Chinese proverb

Never buy anything from someone who’s out of breath. — David Carradine

Tracy Emin: Art is anything an artist says it is.
Brian Sewell: Indeed, but who says who is an artist? — Emin/Sewell

One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it worth watching.

Think like a man of action. Act like a man of thought.

Does Paddington Bear have some connection with Baker Street? — Kate Bretherton

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. — Albert Einstein

After writing an angry email, read it carefully. Then delete it.

All drinking challenges must be accepted.

Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.

Walk it off.

When I tell you to stay in the car, stay in the car.

Keep the safety on until you’re ready to pull the trigger.

It’s not a gang without the cool girl.

Cellphones have amplifiers. There’s no need to raise your voice.

If you need music on the beach, you’re missing the point.

You don’t get to choose your own nickname.

You marry the girl, you marry her whole family.

Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath. — Michael Caine

Never under any circumstances ask a woman if she is pregnant.

Trust the concierge.

Never request a joke or impression. They’re never as good on command.

Experience the serenity of traveling alone.

It’s not enough to be proud of your ancestry. Live up to it.

Don’t make a scene.

Know when to ignore the camera.

Suck it up.

Give credit. Take the blame.

Don’t underestimate your fertility.

When excusing yourself from the table, you need not give a reason.

Sympathy is a crutch. Never fake a limp.

When it comes to opening presents, no one likes a good guesser.

Take your own pictures at family events.

If your art is bad, make it bigger.

Make time for your mom on your birthday. It’s her special day too.

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. — Aesop

Offer your date the seat with the best view of the restaurant.

Dress for the job you want, not for the one you have.

Surprise your dad at the office. — http://rulesformyunbornson.tumblr.com

Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices. — Buckminster Fuller

If you’ve made your point, stop talking.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage. — Teddy Roosevelt

If you offer to help, don’t quit until the job is done.

The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any. — Fred Astaire

Identify your most commonly used word or phrase, and eliminate it. — http://rulesformyunbornson.tumblr.com

Don’t linger in a doorway. In or out.

If you aren’t hungry enough to eat an apple, you aren’t hungry.

I am not going to sit on my ass as the events that affect me unfold to determine the course of my life. — Cameron, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

It’s never too late for an apology.

Insanity is the practice of repeating the same actions whilst expecting different results. — Albert Einstein

A hungry man is an angry man. — Nilifur, BDHC Mumbai

You are what you eat and you clearly went out and devoured a big fat guy didn’t you? — Dr Cox, Scrubs

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. — Pablo Picasso

Make things as simple as possible but no simpler. — Albert Einstein

Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule. — Stephen King

The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal. — William James

A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance. — Hunter Stockton Thompson

He who cuts the wood warms himself twice.

All great changes are preceded by chaos. — Deepak Chopra

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. — George Bernard Shaw

Comfort is an illusion. A false security bred from familiar things and familiar ways. It narrows the mind, weakens the body and robs the soul of spirit and determination. — Izzy Zakaria, Esq.

A father carries pictures where his money used to be. — http://funstuffcafe.com/my-daddy-and-i

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. — Mark Twain, “Old Times on the Mississippi”

My favourite colour’s green. It’s just so versatile. — Aly Spratt

I didn’t like Kylie until she had cancer. — Aly Spratt

Success breeds complacency, complacency leads to failure – only the paranoid survive.

Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny. — Gandhi

The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want. — Ben Stein, http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/best-quotes/

In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity. — Albert Einstein

The most important single ingredient in the formula for success is knowing how to get along with people. — Theodore Roosevelt

A good plan vigorously executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week. — George S. Patton

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. — Thomas Jefferson

Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. — Thomas J. Watson

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true. — Leon J. Suenens

The mightiest works have been accomplished by men who have somehow kept their ability to dream great dreams. — Walter Russell Bowie

If you could do tomorrow over again, would you? — Seth Godin

If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough. — Robert Capa

Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today. — James Dean

There’s nothing like being the new girl with the bad breath. — Liza Smith