Quotes with not-so-fun

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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Why is our memory good enough to recall to the last detail things that have happened to us, yet not good enough to recall how often we have told them to the same person.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Barbara Castle Why not pool your resources? And so we broke into the concept of the sacredness of private property.
    Barbara Castle
    British Labour Party politician (1910 - 2002)
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  • Jane Austen Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Diogenes of Sinope Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?
    Diogenes of Sinope
    Greek philosopher (412 - 323)
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  • Steven Spielberg Why pay a dollar for a bookmark? Why not use the dollar for a bookmark?
    Steven Spielberg
    American director, producer, and screenwriter (1946 - )
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  • Ovid Why should I go into details, we have nothing that is not perishable except what our hearts and our intellects endows us with.
    Ovid
    Roman poet (43 - 17)
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  • William James Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Abraham Cowley Why to mute fish should'st thou thyself discover
    And not to me, thy no less silent lover?
    Source: Bathing in the River.
    Abraham Cowley
    English poet (1618 - 1667)
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  • Carl Safina Why would even I say we can't stop drilling in the Gulf? Because we have no alternatives. Whether or not we drill in the Gulf, or in Alaska, we will continue to wring the last out of anyplace else.
    Carl Safina
    American ecologist and author (1955 - )
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  • Bill Parcells Why would you live your life worrying about something that's not going to happen?
    Bill Parcells
    American coach in the NFL (1941 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the stage when he has the whole world to act in, is not clear to me.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • John Donne Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet.
    John Donne
    English poet (1572 - 1631)
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  • Benjamin Harrison Will it not be wise to allow the friendship between nations to rest upon deep and permanent things?... Irritations of the cuticle must not be confounded with heart failure.
    Benjamin Harrison
    American politician and lawyer (1833 - 1901)
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  • Emily Dickinson Will you tell me my fault, frankly as to yourself, for I had rather wince, than die. Men do not call the surgeon to commend the bone, but to set it, Sir.
    Emily Dickinson
    American poet (1830 - 1886)
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  • Roland Barthes Wine is a part of society because it provides a basis not only for a morality but also for an environment; it is an ornament in the slightest ceremonials of French daily life, from the snack to the feast, from the conversation at the local café to the speech at a formal dinner.
    Roland Barthes
    French writer, literary critic, linguist and philosopher (1915 - 1980)
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  • Anthony Trollope Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.
    Anthony Trollope
    British writer (1815 - 1882)
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  • Samuel Johnson Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others... This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Samuel Johnson Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Vince Lombardi Winning is not a sometime thing; It's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while; you don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time.
    Vince Lombardi
    American football player (1913 - 1970)
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  • Zig Ziglar Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
    Zig Ziglar
    American author, salesman, and motivational speaker. (1926 - 2012)
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