Escritas — Poems List

Phil McGraw

Nothing's funnier to me than

Nothing's funnier to me than laughing at myself.

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David Letterman

New York now leads the

New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around whom you shouldn't make a sudden move.

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Jack Handey

I don't pretend to have

I don't pretend to have all the answers. I don't pretend to even know what the questions are. Hey, where am I

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Alfred Adler

The test of one's behavior

The test of one's behavior pattern; relationship to society, relationship to one's work, relationship to sex.

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Howard Schultz

I believe life is a

I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see And pursuing that vision.

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Alfred Adler

Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression

Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority.

35

Steven Wright

A friend of mine once

A friend of mine once sent me a postcard with a picture of the entire planet Earth taken from space. On the back it said, Wish you were here.

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Alfred Adler

The truth is often a

The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, for the truth.

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Alfred Adler

The feeling of inferiority rules

The feeling of inferiority rules the mental life and can be clearly recognized in the sense of incompleteness and unfulfillment, and in the uninterrupted struggle both of individuals and humanity.

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David Letterman

There's no business like show

There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting.

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Alfred Adler

Man knows more than he

Man knows more than he understands.

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Jack Handey

I wish I lived on

I wish I lived on a planet that had two suns---regular sun and 'rogue' sun. That way, when somebody asked me what time it was, I'd say, 'Regular time' And they'd say, 'Yeah.' And I'd say, 'Sorry, all I have is rogue time.' It'd be fun to be a stuck-up rogue-time guy.

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Alfred Adler

Man know much more than

Man know much more than he understands.

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Will Schutz

Everyone is responsible and no

Everyone is responsible and no one is to blame.

37

Steven Wright

You can't have everything. Where

You can't have everything. Where would you put it

22

Alfred Adler

We must interpret a bad

We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority.

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Alfred Adler

To be human means to

To be human means to feel inferior.

43

David Letterman

Traffic signals in New York

Traffic signals in New York are just rough guidelines.

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Jack Handey

The old pool shooter had

The old pool shooter had won many a game in his life. But now it was time to hang up the cue. When he did, all the other cues came crashing to the floor. 'Sorry,' he said with a smile.

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Alfred Adler

Whenever a child lies you

Whenever a child lies you will find a severe parent. A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt to be dangerous.

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Charles M. Schultz

Try not to have a

Try not to have a good time...this is supposed to be educational.

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Ernst Moritz Arndt

Nothing that is really good

Nothing that is really good and God-like dies.

41

Steven Wright

Everywhere is walking distance if

Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.

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Desiderius Erasmus

[Only by] the good influence

[Only by] the good influence of our conduct may we bring salvation in human affairs; or like a fatal comet we may bring destruction in our train.

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