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Witticisms
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this site and welcome to my page o witticisms.
I believe anyone can write
quotes - like songs - they speak volumes about the writer. I hope you will be
inspired to write some of your own.
I pledge to you that
all of the sayings on this page are "originals", and have not been
taken from other sources.
I will add new pearls
as long as life continues to engage me.
Below are the quotes. I
hope you will like them.
Witticisms
"It's a sad irony that the majority of the hugs and
kisses a human being will ever receive in his or her life will occur in the
first few years, and that all of those wonderful moments will not even be
remembered"
"When two people can disagree with each other - and it's
comfortable, then you have a friendship"
"With leaders named Bush, Dick and Colin running the
show, its little wonder Saddam didn't take us seriously"
"The test of talent is how you play the game the first
time, not after you've practiced"
"The world is full of talented people who don't think
so"
"The 100/50 rule: We are 100% responsible and at least
50% to blame"
"The key to happiness is self-control"
"The more you talk, the more you give yourself
away"
"It's easy to get married; it's hard to be
selective"
"A good song is better than a job well done because it
can make more people happy"
"Intelligence will always outperform raw talent"
"Your ability to perform an activity you have never done
before is exactly proportional to your level of overall confidence in your new
abilities"
"When you talk to someone, you're either trying to help
them or you're not"
"Buses don't always appear in the right lane"
"Prejudice is when you see color before content"
"It's hearing a good song every once in a while that
makes all the difference"
"If you don't get what you really want, it's your own
fault"
"Armies are just groups of innocent people"
Learning
is Giving
"The more you learn about life, the
smarter you become;
the more you know, the more you gain the
admiration of others;
the more approval you get, the more doors will
open for you;
the more opportunities you have, the more
fulfilling your life becomes;
the happier you are, the more you can give to
others"
"Though beauty may be in the eyes of the beholder, life
itself certainly must be in the thoughts of the enlightened"
"It's not sex that sells, but symmetry"
"The primary purpose of government is to protect us from
ourselves"
"If you pin your hopes on someone, you often wind up
full of holes"
"The reason that college graduates are more highly
sought by employers and generally earn more, is not because they may have
learned more than those who never attended college; it is not due to their
grade-point average or the value of their SAT scores; it is the mere fact that they were there, that they made the commitment from the beginning to take on the
challenge that college promises, that they tackled head-on the responsibilities
they knew would await them without any knowledge of what these would be, and
that they ultimately completed what they started. It is what employers look for
- those individuals who have passed through the educational fire and have come
out unharmed and perhaps a little wiser"
"One of the best ways to improve the quality of your
life is to live alone awhile"
"Kids are nice to visit, but you may not want to have
them"
"The scapegoats of ignorance are God and genetics"
"An optimist is a person who thinks there will be a
president worth voting for in his or her own lifetime"
"If you do not appreciate beauty, then you are not alive
- beauty is symmetry, evenness, control"
"Even the tyrant abhors war, for war always brings
instability"
"Thank God for the innocents, those that have never been
burned; they're an inspiration to all of us"
"There is no comfort that can be found, that does not
come from within"
"The best time to correct a mistake is right after
you've made it"
"Gossiping is not an enriching experience; it emphasizes
comparing yourself to others and is not recommended"
"Surviving the 90's: Keep your body lean and your holes
clean!"
"Idealism is nourishment for the soul"
"The difference between confidence and arrogance is
this: Confidence doesn't seek approval"
"It's always humbling to remember that anytime you think
you've gotten away with something, you really haven't"
"When you're with a beautiful woman, always remember
that love is more important than beauty"
"When you die, no one will care about what you did for a
living, how much money you made while you were here, who you slept with, where
you lived, how much time you spent with your family, or even how many friends
you had...only whether you improved the quality of their
life in some way"
"There's nothing quite as enduring or as painful as
being ordinary"
"Sometimes whatever doesn't kill you...can really piss
you off for a long time!"
"If the ailment is selfishness, then the antidote is
volunteerism"
"Being a popular president does not necessarily
make you a good president"
"There are no known disadvantages to learning something
new"
"There are a lot of fish in the sea, but most of them
will go after the same bait"
"The only thing you can do that has never been done
before is to be yourself"
"In the modern age, the three favorite words for people
who don't want to cook are cut to vent”
"Most successful risk taking is more about planning than
risk"
"As we throttle into a new century, it appears that the
American manipulation rate is exceeded only by the survival instinct"
"In free societies, the heavy use of self-promotional
advertising also qualifies as the best eroder of any other forms of information
flow"
“Genetic manipulation, like murder, is never a justifiable
act”
“The more we try to control nature, the more offense is
taken”
“It’s not what you look like, it’s what you do”
“Never has there been born an individual who has been
universally liked or admired 100% of the time”
“Severe self-sufficiency also comes with a price”
“The intensity of the desire is the accelerant that
produces the result”
“It occurs to me that some of you out there may feel the need
to lower your expectations a little bit:
if you are merely alive, then you are successful!”
“A rainforest is one of the most self-expressive places on
Earth”
“Intimacy is one of the hardest things to be good at”
“Real love isn’t really hard to find – it’s just hard
to keep”
“Love without commitment is like war without pain”
“Love is the ultimate compliment”
“Cooperation, not competition, is the foundation for life as
we know it”
“Hockey is better than basketball because there’s no penalty
for traveling”
“There will never be a point in time when the world will tell
an individual that their help is no longer needed. There is much to be done”
“Indeed, there is someone for everyone; there are no
individuals so glaringly unique that a peer cannot be found somewhere in time”
“No true love waits”
“War is always the inevitable failure of diplomacy”
“There can be no relationship without some element of
commonality”
“If a person’s true character must be judged, then let it be
determined by the sum of the existence, not by a period when the individual is
behaving “well”
“If a government can’t be trusted, democracy cannot flourish,
or even exist”
“Engage and marry yourself, first”
“In the
“Solo travel is the ultimate reclamation
project”
“Love isn’t something you fall into;
it’s something you acknowledge”
“Always seek the best from others; if
they treat you badly, realize that this is probably the best they can offer at
that time”
“You attract what you are”
“Contemporary music is a society’s
perfect cultural mirror”
“For the truly misguided majority, there
is hope: There are no inherently evil creatures, including humans, nor can they
become so; there is only good, in all of its delightfully inspiring, and
creatively misinterpreted expressions”
“If forced to choose, better to love
than be loved”
“Of all creatures in existence, only
humans distinguish between life and death”
“No one has ever died from lack of
exercise”
“A love that’s begged for can never be
true”
“Being in love is really about
recognizing yourself in someone else”
“Wars over core religious beliefs are
the most difficult to resolve because the attack is internalized”
Created on
July 31, 1997
Reinspired on August 18, 2008
©1997-2008 Symbio's Page o Witticisms