Escritas — Poems List

Bill Watterson

Talking with you is sort

Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience.

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Mehmet Murat Ildan

In the bed of suspicion,

In the bed of suspicion, no cushion can make a man to sleep

42

George Orwell

Advertising is the rattling of

Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

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Shirley MacLaine

Fear makes strangers of people

Fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.

21

Bill Watterson

I'm not dumb, I just

I'm not dumb, I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.

104

Mehmet Murat Ildan

In a puddle, ask for

In a puddle, ask for a pool; in a pool, ask for a lake; in a lake, ask for an ocean. This is the way for a frog to reach the stars!

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Dolly Parton

If you want the rainbow,

If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

30

Anonymous

If you laid all of

If you laid all of the lawyers in the world, end to end, on the equator ---- It would be a good idea to just leave them there.

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Bill Watterson

I try to make everyone's

I try to make everyone's day just a little more surreal.

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Mehmet Murat Ildan

We are not heavenly destined

We are not heavenly destined for a particular road; every road is our destiny; every path and every passage is our fate.

67

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Whatever their other contributions to

Whatever their other contributions to our society, lawyers could be an important source of protein.

35

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Above all, try something.

181

Mehmet Murat Ildan

No eyes can read the

No eyes can read the future, because it is a book not yet written!

70

Bill Watterson

Who was the guy who

Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said, 'I think I'll drink whatever comes out of these things when I squeeze 'em'

77

Benjamin Franklin

A countryman between two lawyers

A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.

150

Michael Jackson

Ain't no mountain that I

Ain't no mountain that I can't climb, baby

40

Thomas John Watson

If your professor wrote it,

If your professor wrote it, it's as near to the truth as you ever need to get.

38

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Ducks are sweet, crows are

Ducks are sweet, crows are intelligent; but I prefer dolphins because they are both sweet and intelligent.

79

Jeremy Bentham

Lawyers are the only persons

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.

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Michael Jackson

Prejudice is ignorance.

38

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Flexibility is one of the

Flexibility is one of the main roads leading to happiness.

48

Lillian Eichler Watson

Don't reserve your best behavior

Don't reserve your best behavior for special occasions. You can't have two sets of manners, two social codes - one for those you admire and want to impress, another for those whom you consider unimportant. You must be the same to all people.

40

Michael Jackson

Look who's standing if you

Look who's standing if you please, 'though you tried to bring me to my knees.

37

Miyamoto Musashi

Generally speaking, the Way of

Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.

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