except for that text. and this text. drat.
posted by Hunter Williams at 3:00 PM
Reporter:
"What did Iraq have to do with the attacks on the World Trade Center?
President Bush:
"Nothing."
Lives Lost: 133,410+
as of 2 Sept 06
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they
kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
-Voltaire
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
-Oscar Wilde
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares
that it is his duty.
-George Bernard Shaw
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the
streets after them.
-Bill Vaughan
When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus,
it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has
merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained.
-Edward R. Murrow
Let's assume that each person has an equal opportunity, not to become equal,
but to become different. To realize whatever unique potential of body, mind
and spirit he or she possesses.
-John Fischer
You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I
consider you necessarily wise because you are grave.
-Sydney Smith
The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his
client to plant vines - so they should go as far as possible from home to
build their first buildings.
-Frank Lloyd Wright
Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
-Rabbinical Saying
The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
-Ayn Rand
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on
the things you have long taken for granted.
-Bertrand Russell
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and
evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that
takes religion.
-Steven Weinberg
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