The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable. ~Attributed to James A. Garfield
Whether hunting is right or wrong, a spiritual experience, or an outlet for the killer instinct, one thing it is not is a sport. Sport is when individuals or teams compete against each other under equal circumstances to determine who is better at a given game or endeavor. Hunting will be a sport when deer, elk, bears, and ducks are... given 12-gauge shotguns. Bet we'd see a lot fewer drunk yahoos (live ones, anyway) in the woods if that happened. ~R. Lerner, letter, Sierra, March-April 1991
Another novelty is the tea-party, an extraordinary meal in that, being offered to persons that have already dined well, it supposes neither appetite nor thirst, and has no object but distraction, no basis but delicate enjoyment. ~Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, The Physiology of Taste
The best thing about having a sister was that I always had a friend. ~Cali Rae Turner
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. ~Albert Einstein
Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor. ~Dr. Alexis Carrel
A society that gives to one class all the opportunities for leisure, and to another all the burdens of work, dooms both classes to spiritual sterility. ~Lewis Mumford
Sleep is the most moronic fraternity in the world, with the heaviest dues and the crudest rituals. ~Vladimir Nabokov
He who doth not smoke hath either known no great griefs, or refuseth himself the softest consolation, next to that which comes from heaven. ~Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, What Will He Do With It?
Poker is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you could find outside an advertising agency. ~Raymond Chandler
The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. ~Thomas Carlyle
Jack Palance: "Do you know what the secret of life is? One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and everything else don't mean shit."
Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. ~Spanish Proverb
No one should have to dance backward all of their lives. ~Jill Ruckelshaus
It doesn't do to be sentimental about cats; the best ones don't respect you for it. ~Susan Howatch
Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind. ~Marston Bates
Golf is the most fun you can have without taking your clothes off. ~Chi Chi Rodriguez
History is the chronicle of divorces between creed and deed. ~Louis Fischer
The myths about Hades and the gods, though they are pure invention, help to make men virtuous. ~Diodorus Siculus, c. 20 BC
Me and ice cream. Best friends forever. ~Jessi Lane Adams
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past. ~Robertson Davies, A Voice from the Attic
Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference. ~Nolan Bushnell
There comes a morning in life when you wake up a new person; that is to say, you wake up the same person but you realize it's your own fault. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
Writing is my time machine, takes me to the precise time and place I belong. ~Jeb Dickerson, www.howtomatter.com
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