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1. "Perfection is a road, not a destination."

Anon.

categories: Various


2. "Pessimist's definition of an Optimist: Someone who knows today is so bad, tomorrow has just got to be better."

Anon.

categories: Optimism and Hope


3. "Pessimist: One who complains about the noise when opporuntiy knocks."

Anon.

categories: Optimism and Hope


4. "Pessimists are Optimists with experience."

Anon.

categories: Optimism and Hope


5. "Physical prowess is for cowards; a little pain builds character."

Anon.

categories: Pain and Tears


6. "Politicians and Diapers should be changed often, and for the same reason."

Anon.

categories: Politics and Diplomacy


7. "Poor people have problems; rich people have challenges."

Anon.

categories: Question and Problem -:- Richness and Money


8. "Proverbs contain within one or two lines the lessons of lifetime."

Anon.

categories: Wisdom and Stupidity


9. "Psychology - the art of turning stupidity into illness."

Anon.

categories: Health and Alcohol -:- Science and Technology -:- Wisdom and Stupidity



10. "Quotations are sometimes valuable pearls, but original thoughts can be priceless treasure."

Anon.

categories: Various


11. "Radical: Anyone whose opinion differs from ours."

Anon.

categories: Various


12. "Reality is a poor substitute for my dreams."

Anon.

categories: Dreams and Desires -:- Reality and Imagination


13. "Reality is for people who lack imagination."

Anon.

categories: Reality and Imagination


14. "Reality is that part of the imagination we all agree on."

Anon.

categories: Reality and Imagination


15. "Satisfaction is the death of desire."

Anon.

categories: Dreams and Desires


16. "Smile! It is easier than explaining why you are sad."

Anon.

categories: Joy and Sadness


17. "Some have the wisdom of old age and the energy of youth. Most have the wisdom of youth, and the energy of old age."

Anon.

categories: Youth and Age


18. "Some people are like clouds, when they disappear, it is a brighter day."

Anon.

categories: Human


19. "Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it."

Anon.

categories: Dreams and Desires -:- Success and Fame


20. "Some people hate waking up and getting out of bed. I enjoy it. I do it three or four times a day."

Anon.

categories: Work and Laziness


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21. "Some people have no respect for age unless it's bottled."

Anon.

categories: Health and Alcohol -:- Youth and Age


22. "Some people look intelligent when they wear glasses, but it's only an optical illusion."

Anon.

categories: Intellect, Judgement -:- Reality and Imagination


23. "Some people take too much of vitamin "I"."

Anon.

categories: Egoism


24. "Some things that cost $5 to buy several years ago now costs $10 just to repair."

Anon.

categories: Various


25. "Sometimes I know that there is intelligent life on other planets because they haven't tried to contact us."

Anon.

categories: Human


26. "Sometimes the Lord calms the storm. Sometimes He lets the storm rage and calms His child."

Anon.

categories: God and Religion -:- Destiny and Fate


27. "Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, faith looks up."

Anon.

categories: Joy and Sadness -:- Sorrow and Nostalgia


28. "Stupidity is permanent; ignorance can be fixed."

Anon.

categories: Wisdom and Stupidity -:- Knowledge, Ignorance


29. "Success is getting up just one more time than you fall down."

Anon.

categories: Defeates and Mistakes -:- Success and Fame


30. "Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise."

Anon.

categories: Bravery and Fear


31. "Takers may sometimes eat better, but givers always sleep better."

Anon.

categories: Human



32. "Taxpayer: A government worker with no vacation, no sick leave and no holidays."

Anon.

categories: Authority, Government -:- Richness and Money -:- Various


33. "The average Ph.D. thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another."

Anon.

categories: Science and Technology


34. "The best bridge between hope and despair is often a good night's sleep."

Anon.

categories: Optimism and Hope


35. "The best prophet of the future is the past."

Anon.

categories: Time and Passing


36. "The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of an expanding bureaucracy."

Anon.

categories: Authority, Government -:- Various


37. "The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want in the moment."

Anon.

categories: Defeates and Mistakes -:- Happiness


38. "The difference between a rebel and a patriot is wether who is in power."

Anon.

categories: Patriotism


39. "The difference between medicine and poison is the dosage."

Anon.

categories: Health and Alcohol


40. "The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys."

Anon.

categories: Various -:- Youth and Age


41. "The difference between outlaws and inlaws is outlaws are wanted."

Anon.

categories: Justice -:- Law and Crime


42. "The distinction between a manager and a leader is as broad as the distance between control and inspiration."

Anon.

categories: Authority, Government -:- Success and Fame



43. "The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement."

Anon.

categories: Various


44. "The easiest way to grow up is to surround yourself with people who are smarter than you."

Anon.

categories: Success and Fame


45. "The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on forecasters."

Anon.

categories: Richness and Money -:- Science and Technology


46. "The family that prays together stays together."

Anon.

categories: God and Religion


47. "The first victim of anger is the angry man."

Anon.

categories: Anger


48. "The glass is not half-empty, it's just twice as big as it needs to be."

Anon.

categories: Optimism and Hope -:- Various


49. "The goal of science is to build better mousetraps. The goal of nature is to build better mice."

Anon.

categories: Nature and Animals -:- Science and Technology


50. "The greatest tragedy is when man gives up what he wants most for what he wants now!"

Anon.

categories: Dreams and Desires

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