September 22, 2004

Quotes:

Some quotes to think about...

    By Jack Grant

A realist is one who knows that the pessimist is right.
   -Jeff Ehrlich

A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.
   -Herman Melville

For four-fifths of our history, our planet was populated by pond scum.
   -J. W. Schopf

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and those are the ones you have to concentrate on.
   -Robert S. Strauss

Natural talent will abandon you, hard work will take you nowhere, and attitude will get you slapped upside the head.
   -Michael Wikoff

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

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.
   -Winston Churchill

You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.
   -Yogi Berra

Posted by Jack Grant at 18:20 on 22 September 2004
Comments

Good ones! Better than mine, so I'll not post them!! LOL

Posted by: Indigo at September 23, 2004 07:03 AM




























































































































































































































































































































































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