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Smart is believing only half of what you hear, genius is knowing which half
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Robert M. Pirsig said:
Schools teach you to imitate. If you don't imitate what the teacher wants you get a bad grade. Here, in college, it was more sophisticated, of course; you were supposed to imitate the teacher in such a way as to convince the teacher you were not imitating, but taking the essence of the instruction and going ahead with it on your own. That got you A's. Originality on the other hand could get you anything -- from A to F. The whole grading system cautioned against it."

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, ch. 16, 1974
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Albert Einstein said:
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
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Rita Mae Brown said:
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.
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Old matron banging on the head of a kindergarten 4 yr old whilst saying "Even Chinee know - seve foure - - eleve..." I never forgot that 7 + 4 = 11... cept totally useless at adding any other numbers... even as a forgetful 63 yr young bastardito...

masalai
 
Herbert Spencer said:
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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“The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.”
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12345... Once I caught an Ape alive...
 
Doug Larson= the surprising thing about young fools, is how many survive to be old fools
John Stuart Mill= Men are men before they are lawyers,physicians,or merchants.or manufactures. And if you make them capable and sensible men, they will make themselves capable and sensible lawyers,physician or so.
The1much= i think i just had a brain Fart,,hehe ;)
 
the one I always like was some General (have been told, frequently but still manage to forget - age I guess) during the American Civil War (you know when the southern Gentlemen decided they didn't want to be Yankees anymore like it said in the constitution, so they left, like it said; but that's another story, proves something!)

Anyway this here General was out riding one day with his staff checking out the enemy lines - his aide got a little frightened (understandable, it ain't to good to get your boss killed) and suggested that they get back a bit as the opposition had 'sharpshooters' out! To which our General replied "Nonsense they couldn't hit a barn door at this dist..................... Wicked I love it!!
 
Old cynics rules: "Believe nothing that you hear, and only half of what you see."

General Zapata: "It is better to die on your feet than live forever on your knees."

Dolores Ibarruri (Pasionaria)(Spanish Basque Politician, Journalist and Orator):
"It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward."
She also used Zapata's quotation.

Mahatma Ghandi: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” “Be the change you want to see in the world.” “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” “What do I think of Western civilisation? I think it would be a very good idea.” “Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong”
 
"I feel I should announce that reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated (and I just know someone will steal that line in the future....)" Bergalia, copied by Mark Twain.
 
some smart dude::talking to a room full of executives, teaching them to be smarter , and richer..after all was said,,he asked" are there any questions?" 1 guy asked,,,"to what do you attribute your great fortune?"the smart dude replied,," there are 2 rules to making million,,rule #1 Dont tell people everything you know,,then he looked up to the crowd and asked,,,"are there anymore questions?"
 
"Whosoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce...and when you realize that the entire system is very easily controlled, one way or another, by a few powerful men at the top, you will not be told how periods of inflation and depression originate." …

James Abram Garfield (19 November 1831 - 19 September 1881) was the 20th President of the United States (1881), and the second U.S. President to be assassinated. Within weeks of releasing this statement President Garfield was assassinated, after only six months and fifteen days in office.
 
Murdo, nice to see this Delores dame was talking about her husband rather than herself........................................mmmmm puts a new light on it doesn't it?
 
safewalrus said:
Murdo, nice to see this Delores dame was talking about her husband rather than herself........................................mmmmm puts a new light on it doesn't it?
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Yeah, but I think he was dead by then. She has a statue on the Clyde River Walkway, so she was obviously liked at the time.
 
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