Showing posts with label John Steinbeck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Steinbeck. Show all posts

Monday, December 21, 2009

Violence Punctuated by Committee Meetings

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A race track is a place where windows clean people. – Danny Thomas

The deer season just opened. A deer hunter in Ventura County brought in his first man yesterday. – Will Rogers

If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead. – Erma Bombeck

Football features two of the worst parts of American life - violence punctuated by committee meetings. – George F. Will

(on fishing) - It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his intelligence against a fish and loses has it coming. – John Steinbeck

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be. – Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Only the shallow know themselves. – Oscar Wilde

He who knows others is clever; he who knows himself is enlightened. – Lao-tzu

These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. – William James


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