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What Could It Be? In its arranged state it suggests calm, peace, a sense of order, security... in sharp contrast to all that the working object means once it is brought to life, to motion. There is something terrifying in its calm state, like a wild beast at rest, a tiger in repose, its power lurking. Erno Rubik - Inventor of the Rubik’s Cube BACK Blue Suit If the man wants a blue suit, turn on the blue light. Anonymous BACK God & Cosmos God does not play dice with the cosmos. Albert Einstein BACK Fighting for Principles It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them. Alfred Adler BACK A Liberal Is...someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money. G. Gordon Liddy BACK No Plan? If you have no plan, it makes no difference what path you take. BACK Definition of Character It's not society's laws that define character, rather the character of the people. Alan Keyes Facts First Get the facts first and distort them later. Mark Twain .Think Long In order to speak short, think long Busyness It's not enough to be busy. The question is: What are we busy about? - Henry David Thoreau BACK Gravity It's not just a good idea, it's the LAW! BACK Closed Mouth A closed mouth gathers no feet. BACK Tenderize Keep your words tender. You may need to eat them someday. BACK Facts Are Facts Ignoring the facts doesn’t change the facts. BACK Intervention If you want government to intervene domestically, you're a liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you're a conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere, you're a moderate. If you don't want government to intervene anywhere, you're an extremist. Joseph Sobran - National Review BACK Government Economy Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. Ronald Reagan BACK Home Projects Most home projects are impossible, which is why you should do them yourself. There is no point in paying other people to screw things up when you can easily screw them up yourself for far less money. Dave Barry BACK With Eyes Closed Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see. Lennon & McCartney BACK Own Improvement A smile is a cheap way to improve your looks. BACK Screaming Loudest He who screams loudest drowns out the harmony of reason. BACK Harboring Bitterness When you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere. BACK Gossip Bites Back Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. Spanish Proverb BACK Two to Tangle It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it. BACK Wise Beginnings What a fool does in the end, the wise do in the beginning. BACK Seeds of Today The seeds of today are the flowers of tomorrow. BACK
Reason & Experience
Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can
prevail in exclusion of religious principle. George Washington
BACK Trim Your Sails We can’t redirect the wind but we can trim our sails. BACK
Sublimate Today's subliminal message is......
BACK Ten Commandments I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U. S. Congress. Ronald Reagan BACK Equal & Opposite For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. BACK You Are Richer You are richer today if you have laughed, given or forgiven. BACK Stranded Starfish A stranded starfish has no place to hide. Peter Gabriel BACK Friendly Refusal It’s better to get a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent. BACK Road to Success The road to success is always under construction. BACK Time is...too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. Henry Van Dyke BACK
Be
Concerned
I
want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do
you know your next door neighbor?" Mother Teresa
BACK Talking to Dogs You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, "My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!" Dave Barry BACK Mugged Liberal A conservative is a liberal who's been mugged. BACK Big Dictionary If you have a big enough dictionary, just about everything is a word. Dave Barry BACK Measure Success Measure your successes not only by the good that you do, but by the evil that you prevent. Alan Keyes BACKPlaying the Fool Everybody is a fool in somebody's opinion. BACK Impersonal Hand of
Government
The impersonal hand of
government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor. Hubert
H. Humphrey BACK Card Tricks Never do card tricks for your poker pals. BACK
Joy & Pain Sometimes your only joy comes from your only
pain. BACK
Discourage
Litigation Discourage litigation. Persuade
your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker, Annoy the Neighbors If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. Pietro Aretino BACK Love Humanity It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor. Eric Hoffer BACK Neglect A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's. Richard Whatelyy BACK Saving Time How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks. Marcus Aurelius BACK Envy My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied Irving Layton BACK Evil Suspect A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself. Augustus Hare BACK Noisy Party Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor's noisy party than being there. Franklin P. Jones BACK Books & Neighbors A book may be compared to your neighbor: If it be good, it cannot last too long; if bad, you cannot get rid of it too early Rupert Brooke BACK Voluntary Spies Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies. Jane Austen BACK Selfish Neglect A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's. Richard Whately BACK Ignorance in Action Nothing is as frightening as ignorance in action. Goethe BACK
Loud Music
My neighbors loved my music so much that when I turned it up,
they'd invite the police to listen. BACK Joy and Sorrow Joy and sorrow are neighbors German Proverb BACK
Uncertain and Puzzled Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime
for his arrogance
and conceit lets fall a single commonplace
remark that shows us another side,
another man, a man uncertain and
puzzled and in the dark like ourselves
Willa Cather BACK
Horses
& Neighbors I think it was much better when you
got on your horse and
rode two miles to talk to your neighbor.
Laura Schlessinger BACK Hedges Hedges between keep friendships green. Proverb BACK Your Own Safety Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's house is in flames. Horace BACK
Christmas is a State of Mind Christmas is not a
time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and
goodwill,
Bad Neighbor
A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much
as a good one is a great blessing Hesiod
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