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"There can be hope only for a society which acts as
one big family, and not as many separate ones."
Anwar Sadat president of Egypt (1918-1981)
"In order to make an apple pie from
scratch, you must first create the universe."
Carl Sagan
"If you really want to hear
about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born
and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and
all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I
don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth."
Sound familiar? Just like people today? It's from J. D. Salinger's book
"Catcher in the Rye," which written in 1950. The words
are spoken by narrator Holden Caulfield.
"You got to like your work. You have got to like what you are
doing, you have got to be doing something worthwhile so you can like
it - because it is worthwhile, that it makes a difference, don't you
see?"
Colonel Harland Sanders
"Science is nothing but developed perception,
interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and
minutely articulated."
George Santayana (1863-1952)
US philosopher, author, educator, poet
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to
repeat it."
George Santayana
"An artist painting a picture
should have at his side a man with a club to hit him over the
head when the picture is finished."
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) U.S. painter
"I think the one
lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying
attention."
Diane Sawyer
"Every achiever that I have ever met says, 'My life
turned around when I began to believe in me.' "
Dr. Robert H. Schuller Minister
"Don't
worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in
Australia."
Charles
Schultz, the creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip
"I have yet to find the man, however
exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth
greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit
of criticism."
Charles M. Schwab
"The man who does not work for
the love of work but only for money… is not likely to make money nor find
much fun in life."
Charles M. Schwab
"Going
to war without France is like going deer hunting without your
accordion."
General Norman
Schwartzkopf
"The whole object of comedy is to be yourself and the
closer you get to that, the funnier you will be."
Jerry Seinfeld American comedian, entertainer
"Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
When a man does not know what harbor he is making for,
no wind is the right wind."
Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)
"You must not suppose, because I am a man of letters,
that I have
never tried to earn an honest living."
George
Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish playwright, critic
"There is no sincerer love than the love of food."
George Bernard Shaw, Irish critic, and dramatist
"A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly,
science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University
education."
George Bernard Shaw
The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to
bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure is occupation.
George
Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish playwright, critic
"People are always blaming their circumstances for
what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in
this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they
want, and if they can't find them, make them"
George Bernard Shaw
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable
but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. -
George
Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish playwright, critic
"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very
important part of your life."
Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for a
federal anti smoking campaign.
"My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed -- my dearest pleasure when free."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"Trouble is part of your life, and if you don't share it, you don't give
the person who loves you enough chance to love you enough".
Dinah Shore
"Pay no attention to what the
critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a
critic."
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), Finnish
composer
"Quiet you kids. If I hear one more word, Bart doesn't get to watch cartoons, and Lisa doesn't get to go to college."
Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)
"Sometimes the only
way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone
else look bad. And I'm tired of making other people feel good
about themselves."
Homer Simpson
"Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to
say you're prejudiced against all races."
Homer Simpson
"This is boring! Now I know what people went through when...my Bronco was going up the freeway."
O. J. Simpson, on the televised journey of the Ryder truck taking presidential election ballots to Tallahassee.
I live by this
credo: Have a little laugh at life and look around you
for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always
brought me out of unhappy situations. Even in your
darkest moment, you usually can find something to laugh about
if you try hard enough.
Red Skelton (1913-1997)
"Yesterday I was a
dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog.
Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement."
Snoopy
"My advice to you is get
married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a
philosopher."
Socrates
"It has no value.
It's entertainment. It's chewing gum. I think it's crazy, I think it's the
stupidest show on television. It's not worthy of analysis."
Talk show host Jerry Springer, dissing his own show.
Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.
Benjamin Spock, M.D.
Maintaining a complicated life is a great way to avoid changing it.
Elaine St. James
I think I'd like to be remembered
as someone who beat the odds through just plain determination. ... that I
persevered. Because I think that being somewhat of a pest to life,
constantly plaguing and pursuing, will bring results.
Sylvester Stallone (1946-) American Actor
"When I was a little boy, I wanted to be a baseball player,
and join the circus. With the Yankees, I've accomplished both."
Anthony Standen
Truth is the only ground to stand
upon.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) Women's
suffrage leader
"Never practice what you preach. If you're going to
practice it, why preach it?"
Lincoln Steffens American journalist-reformer (1866-1936)
"The profession of book-writing makes horseracing seem like
a solid, stable business."
John Steinbeck
"No one wants advice --
only corroboration."
John Steinbeck (1902-1968)
"Both optimists and pessimists contribute to
our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the
parachute."
Gil Stern
"The trick is to structure your question so that the answer No gets you what you want."
Lorren 'Rus' Stiles, Sr.,Comanche project pilot
"Mothers are instinctive philosophers."
Harriet Beecher Stowe "Uncle
Tom's Cabin"
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