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Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) by Linux fortune

QOTD:
         "It's not the despair... I can stand the despair.  It's the hope."
QOTD:
        "A child of 5 could understand this!  Fetch me a child of 5."
QOTD:
        "A university faculty is 500 egotists with a common parking problem."
QOTD:
        "Do you smell something burning or is it me?"
                -- Joan of Arc
QOTD:
        "Don't let your mind wander -- it's too little to be let out alone."
QOTD:
        "East is east... and let's keep it that way."
QOTD:
        "Even the Statue of Liberty shaves her pits."
QOTD:
        "Every morning I read the obituaries; if my name's not there,
        I go to work."
QOTD:
        "Everything I am today I owe to people, whom it is now
        to late to punish."
QOTD:
        "He eats like a bird... five times his own weight each day."
QOTD:
        "He's on the same bus, but he's sure as hell got a different
        ticket."
QOTD:
        "I ain't broke, but I'm badly bent."
QOTD:
        "I am not sure what this is, but an 'F' would only dignify it."
QOTD:
        "I don't think they could put him in a mental hospital.  On the
        other hand, if he were already in, I don't think they'd let him out."
QOTD:
        "I drive my car quietly, for it goes without saying."
QOTD:
        "I haven't come far enough, and don't call me baby."
QOTD:
        "I may not be able to walk, but I drive from the sitting position."
QOTD:
        "I never met a man I couldn't drink handsome."
QOTD:
        "I only touch base with reality on an as-needed basis!"
QOTD:
        "I sprinkled some baking powder over a couple of potatoes, but it
        didn't work."
QOTD:
        "I thought I saw a unicorn on the way over, but it was just a
        horse with one of the horns broken off."
QOTD:
        "I tried buying a goat instead of a lawn tractor; had to return
        it though.  Couldn't figure out a way to connect the snow blower."
QOTD:
        "I used to be an idealist, but I got mugged by reality."
QOTD:
        "I used to be lost in the shuffle, now I just shuffle along with
        the lost."
QOTD:
        "I used to get high on life but lately I've built up a resistance."
QOTD:
        "I used to go to UCLA, but then my Dad got a job."
QOTD:
        "I used to jog, but the ice kept bouncing out of my glass."
QOTD:
        "I won't say he's untruthful, but his wife has to call the
        dog for dinner."
QOTD:
        "I'd never marry a woman who didn't like pizza... I might play
        golf with her, but I wouldn't marry her!"
QOTD:
        "I'll listen to reason when it comes out on CD."
QOTD:
        "I'm just a boy named 'su'..."
QOTD:
        "I'm not really for apathy, but I'm not against it either..."
QOTD:
        "I'm on a seafood diet -- I see food and I eat it."
QOTD:
        "I've always wanted to work in the Federal Mint.  And then go on
        strike.  To make less money."
QOTD:
        "I've got one last thing to say before I go; give me back
        all of my stuff."
QOTD:
        "I've just learned about his illness.  Let's hope it's nothing
        trivial."
QOTD:
        "If he learns from his mistakes, pretty soon he'll know everything."
QOTD:
        "If I could walk that way, I wouldn't need the cologne, now would I?"
QOTD:
        "If I'm what I eat, I'm a chocolate chip cookie."
QOTD:
        "If you keep an open mind people will throw a lot of garbage in it."
QOTD:
        "In the shopping mall of the mind, he's in the toy department."
QOTD:
        "It seems to me that your antenna doesn't bring in too many
        stations anymore."
QOTD:
        "It was so cold last winter that I saw a lawyer with his
        hands in his own pockets."
QOTD:
        "It wouldn't have been anything, even if it were gonna be a thing."
QOTD:
        "It's a cold bowl of chili, when love don't work out."
QOTD:
        "It's been Monday all week today."
QOTD:
        "It's been real and it's been fun, but it hasn't been real fun."
QOTD:
        "It's hard to tell whether he has an ace up his sleeve or if
        the ace is missing from his deck altogether."
QOTD:
        "It's sort of a threat, you see.  I've never been very good at
        them myself, but I'm told they can be very effective."
QOTD:
        "Just how much can I get away with and still go to heaven?"
QOTD:
        "Lack of planning on your part doesn't consitute an emergency
        on my part."
QOTD:
        "Like this rose, our love will wilt and die."
QOTD:
        "My life is a soap opera, but who gets the movie rights?"
QOTD:
        "My shampoo lasts longer than my relationships."
QOTD:
        "Of course it's the murder weapon.  Who would frame someone with
        a fake?"
QOTD:
        "Of course there's no reason for it, it's just our policy."
QOTD:
        "Oh, no, no...  I'm not beautiful.  Just very, very pretty."
QOTD:
        "Our parents were never our age."
QOTD:
        "Overweight is when you step on your dog's tail and it dies."
QOTD:
        "Say, you look pretty athletic.  What say we put a pair of tennis
        shoes on you and run you into the wall?"
QOTD:
        "She's about as smart as bait."
QOTD:
        "Sure, I turned down a drink once.  Didn't understand the question."
QOTD:
        "The baby was so ugly they had to hang a pork chop around its
        neck to get the dog to play with it."
QOTD:
        "The elder gods went to Suggoth and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."
QOTD:
        "There may be no excuse for laziness, but I'm sure looking."
QOTD:
        "This is a one line proof... if we start sufficiently far to the
        left."
QOTD:
        "Unlucky?  If I bought a pumpkin farm, they'd cancel Halloween."
QOTD:
        "What do you mean, you had the dog fixed?   Just what made you
        think he was broken!"
QOTD:
        "What I like most about myself is that I'm so understanding
        when I mess things up."
QOTD:
        "What women and psychologists call `dropping your armor', we call
        "baring your neck."
QOTD:
        "When she hauled ass, it took three trips."
QOTD:
        "Who?  Me?  No, no, NO!!  But I do sell rugs."
QOTD:
        "Wouldn't it be wonderful if real life supported control-Z?"
QOTD:
        "You want me to put *holes* in my ears and hang things from them?
        How...  tribal."
QOTD:
        "You're so dumb you don't even have wisdom teeth."
QOTD:
        All I want is a little more than I'll ever get.
QOTD:
        All I want is more than my fair share.
QOTD:
        Flash!  Flash!  I love you! ...but we only have fourteen hours to
        save the earth!
QOTD:
        How can I miss you if you won't go away?
QOTD:
        I looked out my window, and saw Kyle Pettys' car upside down,
        then I thought 'One of us is in real trouble'.
                -- Davey Allison, on a 150 m.p.h. crash
QOTD:
        I love your outfit, does it come in your size?
QOTD:
        I opened Pandora's box, let the cat out of the bag and put the
        ball in their court.
                -- Hon. J. Hacker (The Ministry of Administrative Affairs)
QOTD:
        I'm not a nerd -- I'm "socially challenged".
QOTD:
        I'm not bald -- I'm "hair challenged".

        [I thought that was "differently haired". Ed.]
QOTD:
        I've heard about civil Engineers, but I've never met one.
QOTD:
        If it's too loud, you're too old.
QOTD:
        If you're looking for trouble, I can offer you a wide selection.
QOTD:
        Ludwig Boltzmann, who spend much of his life studying statistical
        mechanics died in 1906 by his own hand.  Paul Ehrenfest, carrying
        on the work, died similarly in 1933.  Now it is our turn.
                -- Goodstein, States of Matter
QOTD:
        Money isn't everything, but at least it keeps the kids in touch.
QOTD:
        My mother was the travel agent for guilt trips.
QOTD:
        On a scale of 1 to 10 I'd say...  oh, somewhere in there.
QOTD:
        Sacred cows make great hamburgers.
QOTD:
        Silence is the only virtue he has left.
QOTD:
        Some people have one of those days.  I've had one of those lives.
QOTD:
        Talent does what it can, genius what it must.
        I do what I get paid to do.
QOTD:
        Talk about willing people... over half of them are willing to work
        and the others are more than willing to watch them.
QOTD:
        The forest may be quiet, but that doesn't mean
        the snakes have gone away.
QOTD:
        The only easy way to tell a hamster from a gerbil is that the
        gerbil has more dark meat.
QOTD:
        Y'know how s'm people treat th'r body like a TEMPLE?
        Well, I treat mine like 'n AMUSEMENT PARK...  S'great...
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