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Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) by Linux fortune

Linus:        I guess it's wrong always to be worrying about tomorrow.  Maybe
        we should think only about today.
Charlie Brown:
        No, that's giving up.  I'm still hoping that yesterday will get
        better.
Afternoon, n.:
        That part of the day we spend worrying about how we wasted the morning.
pessimist:
        A man who spends all his time worrying about how he can keep the
        wolf from the door.

optimist:
        A man who refuses to see the wolf until he seizes the seat of
        his pants.

opportunist:
        A man who invites the wolf in and appears the next day in a fur coat.
Don't worry over what other people are thinking about you.  They're too
busy worrying over what you are thinking about them.
Worrying is like rocking in a rocking chair -- It gives you something to do,
but it doesn't get you anywhere.
You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
                -- Janis Joplin
You can't start worrying about what's going to happen.  You get spastic
enough worrying about what's happening now.
                -- Lauren Bacall
Some days you wake and immediately start worrying.  Nothing in
particular is wrong, it's just the suspicion that forces are aligning
quietly and there will be trouble.
                -- "Survival Series", Jenny Holzer
A budget is just a method of worrying before you spend money, as well
as afterward.
"I'd love to go out with you, but there are important world issues that
need worrying about."
Why I Can't Go Out With You:

I'd LOVE to, but...
        -- I have to answer all of my "occupant" letters.
        -- None of my socks match.
        -- I'm having all my plants neutered.
        -- I changed the lock on my door and now I can't get out.
        -- My yucca plant is feeling yucky.
        -- I'm touring China with a wok band.
        -- My chocolate-appreciation class meets that night.
        -- I'm running off to Yugoslavia with a foreign-exchange student
                named Basil Metabolism.
        -- There are important world issues that need worrying about.
        -- I'm going to count the bristles in my toothbrush.
        -- I prefer to remain an enigma.
        -- I think you want the OTHER Peggy/Cathy/Mike/whomever.
        -- I feel a song coming on.
Quit worrying about your health.  It'll go away.
                -- Robert Orben
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