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101 You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. Abraham Lincoln 1 5 months 3 weeks ago
102 We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. (unknown) 9 5 months 3 weeks ago
103 The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act. (unknown) 1 5 months 3 weeks ago
104 Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that numbers of people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of the leaders of their government and have gone to war, and millions have been killed because of this obedience. Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves, and all the while the grand thieves are running and robbing the country. That's our problem. Howard Zinn 0 5 months 3 weeks ago
105 It is one thing to control starving peasants; it is quite another to govern them once they have food in their bellies. Nikita Khrushchev 0 5 months 3 weeks ago
106 "Ethics" for some is equivalent to "Nice guys finish last." Not great if you wanna be winning. Umair Haque 2011-04-25 2 5 months 3 weeks ago
107 The well adjusted don't evolve. Flemming Funch 2011-04-28 0 5 months 3 weeks ago
108 Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? Epicurus 0 5 months 3 weeks ago
109 Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear brighter - until they speak. Steven Wright 0 5 months 3 weeks ago
110 We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public. Bryan White 0 5 months 3 weeks ago
111 Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Napoleon Bonaparte 4 5 months 3 weeks ago
112 A good question is like a miniskirt. Long enough to cover the essentials, but short enough to keep everyone interested. Charles Halsey 5 5 months 3 weeks ago
113 Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant. Horace 14 5 months 3 weeks ago
114 We are what we frequently do. Aristotle 11 5 months 3 weeks ago
115 We all are joined in the serious business of keeping our food, shelter, clothing and loved ones from combining with oxygen. Kurt Vonnegut 3 5 months 3 weeks ago
116 Caminante, no hay camino. Se hace camino al andar. Antonio Machado 2 5 months 3 weeks ago
117 Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture and save it from the funny tricks of time. ABBA 3 5 months 3 weeks ago
118 Krúžok na kľúče je starý vynález, ktorý nám umožňuje stratiť všetky kľúče naraz. (unknown) 2 5 months 3 weeks ago
119 If we don’t change direction soon, we’ll end up where we’re heading. (unknown) 11 5 months 3 weeks ago
120 If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong. (unknown) 1 5 months 3 weeks ago
121 Kto pravidelne cvičí, zomrie zdravší! (unknown) 0 5 months 3 weeks ago
122 Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. (unknown) 3 5 months 3 weeks ago
123 You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice. (unknown) 3 5 months 3 weeks ago
124 Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. (unknown) 0 5 months 3 weeks ago
125 Entropy isn't what it used to be. (unknown) 0 5 months 3 weeks ago

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