Precomputer 1000 Quotes & Sayings

I used to have really bad skin, and when I was younger, I had a lazy eye. I had to wear a patch and pink-rimmed glasses. — Georgia Salpa

As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph. — Dan Jones

Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your own. — Bruce Lee

I have believed for many years that Oscar Peterson is not only the greatest pianist in jazz today, but the greatest it has ever known. — Gene Lees

You may think you are your best friend, but at times you you may be your worst enemy — Bangambiki Habyarimana

For character, to prepare for the inevitable I recommend selections from [Ralph Waldo] Emerson. His writings have done for me far more than all other reading. — Rutherford B. Hayes

[Obituary of atheist philosopher Richard Robinson]
An Atheist's Values is one of the best short accounts of liberalism (a term Robinson accepted) and humanism (a term he ignored) produced during the present century, all the more powerful for its lucidity and moderation, its wit and wisdom. It may now seem old-fashioned, but during those confused alarms of struggle and fight between the ignorant armies of left and right, thousands of readers must have taken inspiration from Richard Robinson's rational defence of rationalism.
It is a pity that it is now out of print, when there is still so much nonsense and so little sense in the world. — Nicolas Walter