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Bill Lyon
If at first you don't
If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.
37
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
To say the truth, when
To say the truth, when he asked should I like to have it if he gave it to me, I at once said yes. You remember, I always wanted to have one, and only afterwards when we came home I thought that suddenly you might not like me having one. But I really was so pleased at the idea that I forgot about everything.
255
Jack Handey
Can't the Marx Brothers be
Can't the Marx Brothers be arrested and maybe even tortured for all the confusion and problems they've caused
64
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
I would like so much
I would like so much to go the review of the second division as I am also the second daughter and Olga was at the first so now it is my turn.
175
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
One has to struggle much
One has to struggle much because the return for good is evil, and evil reigns.
211
Dr. Robert Schuller
Life is but a moment,
Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
97
Simeon ben Zoma
Who is wise? He who
Who is wise? He who learns from all men.
58
Frank W. Woolworth
Dreams never hurt anybody if
Dreams never hurt anybody if you keep working right behind the dreams to make as much of them become real as you can.
25
Annie Lennox
Ask yourself Have you been
Ask yourself Have you been kind today Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.
16
Stephan Roll
Priveşte: lumina e albă ca
Priveşte: lumina e albă ca pieptul păsărilor de mare
556
Simon Wiesenthal
Anne Frank became a symbol
Anne Frank became a symbol of the million murdered children, and I tell it to the father of Anne Frank, the diary of his daughter had a bigger impact than the Nuremberg trial.
27
Jack Handey
I wish I had a
I wish I had a kryptonite cross, because then you could keep both Dracula AND Superman away.
27
Dr. Robert Schuller
Most people who succeed n
Most people who succeed n the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
51
Jean Genet
When the judge calls the
When the judge calls the criminal's name out he stands up, and they are immediately linked by a strange biology that makes them both opposite and complementary. The one cannot exist without the other. Which is the sun and which is the shadow? It's well known some criminals have been great men.
169
Joanne Woodward
Sexiness wears thin after a
Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that's a real treat.
93
Jean Genet
Anyone who knows a strange
Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity.
159
Jean Genet
The fame of heroes owes
The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them.
168
Alex Levin
The reason there is so
The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.
43
Jack Handey
For mad scientists who keep
For mad scientists who keep brains in jars, here's a tip Why not add a slice of lemon to each jar, for freshness.
38
Jean Genet
What I did not yet
What I did not yet know so intensely was the hatred of the white American for the black, a hatred so deep that I wonder if every white man in this country, when he plants a tree, doesn't see Negroes hanging from its branches.
157
Jean Genet
Power may be at the
Power may be at the end of a gun, but sometimes it's also at the end of the shadow or the image of a gun.
154
Dr. Robert Schuller
Anyone can count the seeds
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
90
Alexander Woollcott
I have no need of
I have no need of your God-damned sympathy. I only wish to be entertained by some of your grosser reminiscences.
41
Jean Genet
The main object of a
The main object of a revolution is the liberation of man... not the interpretation and application of some transcendental ideology.
153