April 06, 2005

Quotes:

Since I'm too tired to think for myself...

    By Jack Grant

...I'll give you some cynical thoughts from others:


I sometimes think that God, in creating man, overestimated His ability.
   -Oscar Wilde

Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.
   -Ashley Montague

It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead.
   -Dame Rose Macaulay

There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker.
   -Charles M. Schulz

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

You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.
   -Olin Miller

The parting shot is from the master...


Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.
   -Mark Twain




Posted by Jack Grant at 20:27 on 6 April 2005
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