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Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else get your way.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein 

If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally anchored. One's destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things. - Henry Miller

Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today.

Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels good.

Age doesn't always bring wisdom.  Sometimes it comes alone.

Time is a path from the past to the future and back again. The present is the crossroads of both.

If you give me something I need more than you do, you've given me a gift. If you give me something you need more than I do, you've gifted me with love.- Merry Brown

War doesn't prove who's right... only who's left.

Anyone can make them cry, but it takes a genius to make them laugh.- Charlie Chaplin

Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.- Wendell Johnson

Get the facts first. You can distort them later.- Mark Twain

To choose a good book, look in an inquisitors prohibited list. -
J. Aikin

Freedom, after all, is simply being able to live with the consequences
of your decisions. -James Mullen

Always remember that you  are unique -- just like everyone else. -Herm Albright

The best way to save face is to keep the lower part of it shut.

Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.

There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.

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.

Winning an argument isn't worth losing a friend.-
John Drybred

If God had meant for us to be naked, we'd have been born that way. -Mark Twain

The only way to see a rainbow is to look through the rain.

Truth is a flexible perception based on need.

It is better to have people think you're a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.- Mark Twain

Eagles may soar, but weasels aren't sucked into jet engines.

I am incapable of conceiving infinity, And yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end.- Simon de Beauvoir
 
Free speech is one thing....being rude is another. If you don't know the difference, keep quiet.

Love is for poets.

Wisdom is knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech. - James A. Brewer

We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory. - Bern Williams       

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

Closed minds always seem to be connected to open mouths.

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim.  Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself."- Harvey Fierstein

"Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers." - Socrates (470 - 399 B.C.)

Nothing worth doing comes easy....nothing  that comes easy is worth doing.

In a world where smiles and laughs are so very dear, their creation becomes priceless.

Reality is not required to be fair.

Indecision is the key to flexibility.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.

I have not yet begun to procrastinate.

If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no use making them.

Choose not your friends from outward show, a feather floats...while pearls lie low.

Even God cannot change the past.- Agathon

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that it won’t work. – Thomas Edison

Believe those who seek the truth; doubt those who find it.

I'm not sure I want popular opinion on my side -- I've noticed those with the most opinions often have the fewest facts. - Bethania McKenstry

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

A spoken word and a thrown stone cannot be recalled. - J. A. Brewer