“The reason I talk to myself is that I’m the only one whose answers I accept.”
George Carlin, quoted in Bookreporter.com
“A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.”
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“The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it.”
Don Marquis, quoted in the Associated Press
“The people who fear humor, and they are many, are suspicious of its power to present things in unexpected lights, to question received opinions, and to suggest unforeseen possibilities.”
Robertson Davies, quoted in the Spokane, Wash., Spokesman-Review
“Normal is not something to aspire to, it’s something to get away from.”
Jodie Foster, quoted in the Ventura County, Calif., Star
“Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.”
Napoleon Bonaparte, quoted in the London Daily Mail
“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”
Soren Kierkegaard, quoted in the Montreal Gazette
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