Oct 03, 2006 15:44
Roy:
"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober."
- G. K. Chesterton
You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.
- Albert Camus
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
- Abraham Lincoln
It is always the best policy to speak the truth--unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers.
- Leigh Hunt
Gon:
I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
- Rita Rudner
The world is my lobster.
- Henry J. Tillman
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
- Henry David Thoreau
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.
- Albert Einstein
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
- Unknown, (often attributed to Albert Camus)
Snake:
If you shoot at mimes, should you use a silencer?
- Steven Wright
By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.
- Charles Wadsworth
'Who are you and how did you get in here?' 'I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.'
- Leslie Nielsen
As for me, except for an occasional heart attack, I feel as young as I ever did.
- Robert Benchley
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
- Tom Robbins
Yuusuke:
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
- Bertrand Russell
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
- Lester B. Pearson
Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.
- Doug Larson
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
- John Lehman
The most difficult character in comedy is that of a fool, and he must be no simpleton who plays the part.
- Miguel de Cervantes