Quotes, January 2000
01. Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better.
- Unknown
02. The world isn't worse. It's just that the news coverage is so much better.
- Unknown
03. Nothing is as terrible to see as ignorance in action.
- Goethe
04. Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket.
- Doug Horton
05. The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.
- Oscar Wilde
06. All I ask of life is a constant and exaggerated sense of my own importance.
- Unknown
07. Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
- Thomas Edison
08. If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would ever get done.
- Unknown
09. Be careful of reading health books, you might die of a misprint.
- Mark Twain
10. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail.
- Abraham Maslow
11. There's nothing wrong with teenagers that reasoning with them won't aggravate.
- Unknown
12. One ought, everyday, to hear a song, read a fine poem, and, if possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
- Goethe
13. Time is money.
- Benjamin Franklin
14. I was born a heretic. I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.
- Susan B. Anthony
15. Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.
- Robert Orben
16. The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom.
- George Hegel
17. "You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons."
- Gene Wilder in "Blazing Saddles"
18. "All I've ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an honest day's work."
- Steve Martin in "Sgt.Bilko"
19. Max Reid: My teacher tells me beauty is on the inside.
Fletcher: That's just something ugly people say.
- Jim Carrey in "Liar, liar"
20. Milo: You think you are so fucking cool, don't you? You think you are so fucking cool. But just once, I would like to hear you scream in pain...
Joe Hallenbeck: Play some rap music.
- Bruce Willis in "The Last Boy Scout"
21. Elwood Blues: It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake Blues: Hit it!
Dan Akroyd & John Belushi in "Blues Brothers"
22. "I want fat, I want cholesterol! I wanna eat butter and bacon and BUCKETS of cheese!"
- Denis Leary in "Demolition Man"
23. "You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig."
- Clint Eastwood in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
24. America is the only nation which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.
- Georges Clemenceau
25. I've had a wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.
- Groucho Marx
26. I fart in your general direction!
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
27. I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception.
- Groucho Marx
28. The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
- Paul Fix
29. Go, and never darken my towels again.
- Groucho Marx
30. American Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life: Violence and committee meetings.
- George Will
31. Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.
- African Proverb
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