some more quotes…
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Books are the curse of the human race.–Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)
Books had instant replay long before televised sports.–Bert Williams
Ever wonder if illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup? –John Mendoza
I cannot live without books.–Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
I see no point in reading.–Louis XIV (1638–1715)
If you believe everything you read, better not read.–Japanese proverb
My foolish parents taught me to read and write.–Martial (43–104), Epigrams
There are seventy million books in American libraries, but the one you want is always out.–Tom Masson (1866–1934)
Forget living well. The best revenge is revenge.–William Hamilton
The best revenge is massive success.–Les Brown
About 95 percent of what’s told you in confidence, you couldn’t get anybody to listen to anyway.–Mark McGinnis, Reader’s Digest (April 1976)
If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.–Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), Poor Richard (August 1741)
It’s a great kindness to trust people with a secret. They feel so important while telling it.–Robert Quillen
Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.–Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), Poor Richard (July 1795)
Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.–Hungarian proverb
I wasn’t kissing her, I was whispering in her mouth.–Chico Marx
People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.–Bob Hope, comedian
There are times not to flirt. When you’re sick. When you’re with children. When you’re on the witness stand.–Joyce Jillson
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.–Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
I believe in the discipline of silence and could talk for hours about it.–George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
I do not like noise, unless I make it myself.–French proverb
Remember, a closed mouth gathers no foot.–Steve Post
Go to bed. Whatever you’re staying up late for isn’t worth it.–Andy Rooney (1919–)
He who is known as an early riser can stay in until noon.–Yiddish proverb
No civilized person ever goes to bed the same day he gets up.–Richard Harding Davis (1864–1916)
The amount of sleep required by the average person is about five minutes more.–Max Kauffman
The day will happen whether or not you get up.–John Ciardi (1916-1986)
There ought to be a better way of starting the day than having to get up.–Earl Wilson
All men are equal before fish.–Herbert Hoover, 1951
Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.–Erma Bombeck (1927–1996)
Athletics have become professionalized.–Socrates (470–399 B.C.)
As I understand it, sport is hard work for which you do not get paid.–Irvin S. Cobb (1876–1944)
Football isn’t a matter of life or death; it’s much more important than that.–Bill Shankly (1913-1981).
If you watch a game, it’s fun. If you play it, it’s recreation. If you work at it, it’s golf.–Bob Hope, Reader’s Digest (October 1958)
“Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.”–Joe Theismann, football commentator
Sports begets tumultuous strife and wrath, and wrath begets fierce quarrels and war to the death.–Horace (65–8 B.C.)
The only polite thing to do when engaged in sky diving, hang gliding, ice climbing, or any other dangerous sport is to die.
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Books are the curse of the human race.–Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)
Books had instant replay long before televised sports.–Bert Williams
Ever wonder if illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup? –John Mendoza
I cannot live without books.–Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
I see no point in reading.–Louis XIV (1638–1715)
If you believe everything you read, better not read.–Japanese proverb
My foolish parents taught me to read and write.–Martial (43–104), Epigrams
There are seventy million books in American libraries, but the one you want is always out.–Tom Masson (1866–1934)
Forget living well. The best revenge is revenge.–William Hamilton
The best revenge is massive success.–Les Brown
About 95 percent of what’s told you in confidence, you couldn’t get anybody to listen to anyway.–Mark McGinnis, Reader’s Digest (April 1976)
If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.–Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), Poor Richard (August 1741)
It’s a great kindness to trust people with a secret. They feel so important while telling it.–Robert Quillen
Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.–Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), Poor Richard (July 1795)
Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.–Hungarian proverb
I wasn’t kissing her, I was whispering in her mouth.–Chico Marx
People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.–Bob Hope, comedian
There are times not to flirt. When you’re sick. When you’re with children. When you’re on the witness stand.–Joyce Jillson
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.–Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
I believe in the discipline of silence and could talk for hours about it.–George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
I do not like noise, unless I make it myself.–French proverb
Remember, a closed mouth gathers no foot.–Steve Post
Go to bed. Whatever you’re staying up late for isn’t worth it.–Andy Rooney (1919–)
He who is known as an early riser can stay in until noon.–Yiddish proverb
No civilized person ever goes to bed the same day he gets up.–Richard Harding Davis (1864–1916)
The amount of sleep required by the average person is about five minutes more.–Max Kauffman
The day will happen whether or not you get up.–John Ciardi (1916-1986)
There ought to be a better way of starting the day than having to get up.–Earl Wilson
All men are equal before fish.–Herbert Hoover, 1951
Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.–Erma Bombeck (1927–1996)
Athletics have become professionalized.–Socrates (470–399 B.C.)
As I understand it, sport is hard work for which you do not get paid.–Irvin S. Cobb (1876–1944)
Football isn’t a matter of life or death; it’s much more important than that.–Bill Shankly (1913-1981).
If you watch a game, it’s fun. If you play it, it’s recreation. If you work at it, it’s golf.–Bob Hope, Reader’s Digest (October 1958)
“Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.”–Joe Theismann, football commentator
Sports begets tumultuous strife and wrath, and wrath begets fierce quarrels and war to the death.–Horace (65–8 B.C.)
The only polite thing to do when engaged in sky diving, hang gliding, ice climbing, or any other dangerous sport is to die.
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