Growing wiser on the wisdom (or stupidity) of others
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Monday, May 09, 2005

A Show of Support

"Behind an able man, there are always other able men." -- Chinese fortune cookie

Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Potential Second Career

"I told him, 'If you screw up being an actor, you could be a crane operator.'" -- Louis Cavana, Brooklyn dockworker, who taught Tom Cruise how to operate a crane for his role in "War of the Worlds," quoted in the New York Daily News.

via Notable Quotes - Yahoo! News

Somehow They Met

"I was a librarian that spent 12 hours a day in the library. Yet somehow I met George." -- First lady Laura Bush at the White House correspondents dinner

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First Lady Is a Desperate Housewife

"I said to him the other day, 'George, if you really want to end tyranny in this world, you're going to have to stay up later.' Nine o'clock and Mr. Excitement here is in bed and I am watching 'Desperate Housewives' -- with Lynne Cheney. Ladies and gentlemen, I am a desperate housewife." -- First lady Laura Bush at the White House correspondents dinner.

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At Least Vincent Price Knew How To Talk

"Ours is much hotter because Vincent Price is not as hot as me and Elisha Cuthbert." -- Paris Hilton, comparing the remake of the horror film "House of Wax" with the 1953 original, in the New York Post.

via Notable Quotes - Yahoo! News

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

An Unlikely Friendship

"I'm enjoying the relationship and to be honest with you I didn't think I would." -- George H.W. Bush, former President, on his unlikely friendship with former President Bill Clinton, quoted in the New York Daily News

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Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Mitch Hedberg on Writing a Letter

"At the end of a letter I like to write, 'P.S. — This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated.'" -- Mitch Hedberg, comedian

found on Mitch Hedberg - Wikiquote

Tuesday, April 05, 2005

Fighting Elephants

"When elephants fight, only the grass gets hurt." -- Swahili proverb

Jimmy Fallon and Romance

"I'm not that much of a ladies' man. Romantic things people do - like putting candles around the house - I see that as more of a fire hazard." -- Jimmy Fallon, actor, in the New York Daily News

via Oddly Enough - Reuters | Notable Quotes

Friday, April 01, 2005

Madness is Wholesome

"A little Madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King." -- Emily Dickinson