" Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. "

Ovid Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

" If the automobile had followed the same development cyclee as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.” "

Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld

" Observe your enemies for they first find out your faults. "

Antisthenes Greek philosopher at Athens (445 BC – 365 BC)

" It is by acts and not by ideas that people live. "

Anatole France French novelist (1844 – 1924)

" We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach. "

Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays (1928), “Eastern and Western Ideals of Happiness” British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)

" Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century. "

Dame Edna Everage, In a television interview with Joan Rivers Australian Comedian (character of Barry Humphries) (1934 – )

" Why is this thus? What is the reason for this thusness? "

Artemus Ward US humorist (1834 – 1867)

" Whatever is reasonable is true, and whatever is true is reasonable. "

Georg W. Hegel German philosopher (1770 – 1831)

" Intimacy is what makes a marriage, not a ceremony, not a piece of paper from the state. "

Kathleen Norris

" If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. "

The Dalai Lama Tibetan Buddhist religious leader (1935 – )

" It is not enough to succeed; others must fail. "

Gore Vidal US author & dramatist (1925 – )

" The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all. "

John F. Kennedy, speech at Vanderbilt University, May 18, 1963 US Democratic politician (1917 – 1963)

" To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming is the only end of life. "

Robert Louis Stevenson Scottish author (1850 – 1894)

" You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered. "

Lyndon Johnson

" We are only now on the threshold of knowing the range of the educatability of man — the perfectibility of man. We have never addressed ourselves to this problem before. "

Jerome Seymour Bruner

" Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes… but no plans. "

Peter Drucker

" Talent is like a faucet; while it is open, you have to write. Inspiration? – a hoax fabricated by poets for their self-importance. "

Jean Anouilh French dramatist (1910 – 1987)

" …adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them. "

Dr. Seuss, (as quoted in his obit in Time) US author & illustrator (1904 – 1991)

" The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. "

Arnold Toynbee English historian & historical philosopher (1889 – 1975)

" The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is more deprived and alone than the man who has achieved his dream? "

Brendan Francis

" Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue. "

Izaak Walton English biographer & fishing author (1593 – 1683)

" War is the continuation of politics by other means. "

General Karl Von Clausewitz, Book: “On War”

" Delay always breeds danger and to protract a great design is often to ruin it. "

Miguel de Cervantes Spanish adventurer, author, & poet (1547 – 1616)

" Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all fighting. "

Maxims of Ptahhotep, 3400 B.C.

" There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. "

Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark, 1915 US novelist (1873 – 1947)

" It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you live, than to be loved by them. And this is not on account of any gratification of vanity, but because admiration is so much more tolerant than love. "

Sir Arthur Helps

" A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of. "

Ogden Nash US humorist & poet (1902 – 1971)

" Humility is no substitute for a good personality. "

Fran Lebowitz US writer and humorist (1950 – )

" Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get them, get them right, or they will get you wrong. "

Dr. Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732 British physician (1654 – 1734)

" Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness. "

John Howe

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