The Best Parachute Folders Jump Themselves

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It has been well said that a hungry man is more interested in four sandwiches than four freedoms. – Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

Principles have no real force except when one is well fed. – Mark Twain

Every scarecrow has a secret ambition to terrorize. – Stanislaus J. Lec

The best parachute folders are those who jump themselves. – anonymous

To a man with an empty stomach, food is God. – Mohandas K. Gandhi

Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac. – Henry A. Kissinger

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community. – Ed Howe

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Shoes Too Small and Foolishness

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There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow. – John F. Kennedy

The most distinguished hallmark of the American society is and always has been change. Eric Sevareid

Just the other day I listened to a young fellow sing a very passionate song about how technology is killing us and all. But before he started, he bent down and plugged his electric guitar into the wall socket. – Paul Goodman

There is more to life than increasing its speed. – Mohandas K. Gandhi

This is the great folly of grown ups – wanting what lasts, wanting to last. Only two things last: shoes too small and foolishness. – Minou Drouet

All movements go too far. – Bertrand Russel

I know no way of judging the future but by the past. – Patrick Henry

Like a Fish without a Bicycle

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Mohandas K. Gandhi on Western Civilization:
It would be a good idea.

I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest. – Alexandre Dumas

A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to comprehend his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it. – Israel Zangwill

Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife. She has thought much worse things about you. – Jean Rostand

Woman would be more charming if one could fall into her arms without falling into her hands. – Ambrose Bierce

The way to fight a woman is with your hat. Grab it and run. – John Barrymore

On one issue, at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women. – H.L. Mencken

Women who insist upon having the same options as men would do well to consider the option of being the strong silent type. – fran Lebowitz

That woman speaks eighteen languages, and she can’t say, “No,” in any of them. – Dorothy Parker

What passes for woman’s intuition is often nothing more than a man’s transparency. George Jean Nathan

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle. – Gloria Steinem