Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit. [There is no great genius without some touch of madness.] -- Seneca

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures. ~ Alfred Korzybski

Ferengi Rules Of Acquisition: 214. Never begin a business transaction on an empty stomach

20 dozen bottles of excellent Old Tawny Port, sold to pay for charges, the owner having lost sight of, and bottled by us last year.

By being customer-focused instead of retail-focused, or factory-focused, a manufacturer or merchant can widely increase its offerings, thus increasing share of wallet. -- Seth Godin , Permission Marketing : Turning Strangers Into Friends And Friends Into Customers

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Righteousness is easy in retrospect. -- Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

C-3PO: I do believe they think I am some kind of god. Han Solo: Well, why don't you use your divine influence and get us out of this? C-3PO: I beg your pardon General Solo, but that just wouldn't be proper. Han Solo: Proper??? C-3PO: It's against my programming to impersonate a deity.

Teachers' unions are not ruining this country.

I got tired of listening to the recording on the phone at the movie theater. So I bought the album. I got kicked out of a theater the other day for bringing my own food in. I argued that the concession stand prices were outrageous. Besides, I hadn't had a barbecue in a long time. I went to the theater and the sign said adults $5 children $2.50. I told them I wanted 2 boys and a girl. I once took a cab to a drive-in movie. The movie cost me $95. -- Steven Wright

Life is like an egg stain on your chin -- you can lick it, but it still won't go away.

flexible lumbar a metadrama nude, profile to audince. demonstrates flexible lumbars. two minutes. words: optional. ~ Dick Higgins [NYC, Sept-Oct, 1985]

"Anything else you wish to draw to my attention, Mr. Holmes ?" "The curious incident of the stable dog in the nighttime." "But the dog did nothing in the nighttime." "That was the curious incident." -- A. Conan Doyle, "Silver Blaze"

We have entered the cell, the Mansion of our birth, and started the inventory of our acquired wealth. ~ Albert Claude

What I remember most about the 'Road' movies is my enjoyment at watching the two characters sparring with each other. But more important than that was my feeling that Hope and Crosby were enjoying the sparring, too. -- Frank Oz

Most people secretly think they deserve it.

There's always free cheese in a mousetrap.

nous cdons des tentations lgres dont nous mprisons le danger. Insensiblement nous tombons dans des situations prilleuses, dont nous pouvions aisment nous garantir, mais dont nous ne pouvons plus nous tirer sans des efforts hroques qui nous effrayent, et nous tombons enfin dans l'abme en disant Dieu: Pourquoi m'as-tu fait si faible? Mais malgr nous il rpond nos consciences: Je t'ai fait trop faible pour sortir du gouffre, parce que je t'ai fait assez fort pour n'y pas tomber. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, uvres compltes - 93 titres

Blue potatoes are ungainly things As are red and purple lamb chops Yet when we eat and creep and fall We never ask a silent question ~ Racter (The Policeman’s Beard is Half Constructed)

"If you can, help others. If you can't, at least don't hurt others." -- the Dalai Lama