“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.”
Isaac Asimov, quoted in the Lancaster, Pa., Intelligencer Journal
“Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.”
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“Don’t be a pal to your son. Be his father. What child needs a 40-year-old for a friend?”
Cartoonist Al Capp, quoted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.”
Dylan Thomas, quoted in the Newark, N.J., Star-Ledger
“Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors.”
Novelist Zora Neale Hurston, quoted in the Port St. Lucie, Fla., News
“Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.”
H.L. Mencken, quoted in The Huffington Post
“It’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.”
Bertrand Russell, quoted in The Salt Lake Tribune
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