Quotes by Unknown, Source

"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading."

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"Maintain peace with men, war with their vices."

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"We are the people our parents warned us about."

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"There are two kinds of people; those who can count and those who can't."

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"People will teach you how to sell them if you'll pay attention to the messages they send you."

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"The nearest to perfection that most people come is when filling out an employment application."

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"No one becomes perfect, but some become great."

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"It is no crime not to be perfect"

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"The person who wins may have been counted out several times, but didn't hear the referee."

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"When the going gets tough, the tough hang in there."

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"Perseverance, self-reliance, energetic effort, are doubly strengthened when your rise to battle again."

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"If you get up one time more than you fall, you will make it through."

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"It's when things get rough and you don't quit that success comes."

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"Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself."

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"I doubt anyone will ever see -- anywhere -- a memorial to a pessimist."

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"Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher."

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"Tell me doctor, with all of your defenses, are there any provisions for an attack by killer bees?"

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"Most of us know when and where the Pilgrims landed, but few of us know why."

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"The pioneer who fought for his liberties now has descendants who take them."

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"Most people are content to let perfect days happen at random rather than PLAN for them."

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"Planning without action is futile, action without planning is fatal"

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"The person who doesn't know where his next dollar is coming from usually doesn't know where his last dollar went."

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"PLANNING VS REACTING: How organized are you? Could your life be called a ballet or is it a hockey game (or a pin-ball machine)? However, even in a hockey game, good hockey player learn to skate to where the puck WILL BE."

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"Plan well before you take the journey. Remember the carpenter's rule: Measure twice, cut once."

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"Plan more than you can do, then do it. Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it. Hitch your wagon to a star, keep your seat, and there you are"

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"Before you build a better mousetrap, it helps to know if there are any mice out there."

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"It's never too late to start planning for the future."

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"For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned."

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"Poetry is either something that lives like fire inside you --like music to the musician or Marxism to the Communist --or else it is nothing, an empty formalized bore around which pedants can endlessly drone their notes and explanations."

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"Poetry doesn't belong to those who write it, but to those who need it."

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"To find out what others are feeling, don't prod or poke. If you want play with a turtle, you can't get it to come out of its shell by prodding and poking it with a stick, you might kill it. Be gentle not harsh, hard or forceful."

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"Labor is the beginning, the middle, and the end of art."

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"Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art."

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"Many bad artists will tell you that art is life. There's a subtle difference however. You can turn your back on art"

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"It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's a painting, and if you can walk around it it's a sculpture."

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"Art the end result of perception, wisdom, intelligence, discipline, hard work, passion, luck, accident, and coincidence."

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"The key to getting everything you want is to never put all your begs in one ask-it!"

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"Be careful what you ask for because you just might get it."

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"If you don't want to deal with the devil, don't go in his shop. Keep on the Lord's side of the fence."

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"How to trap an atheist: Serve him a fine meal, then ask him if he believes there is a cook."

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