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In comparing religious belief to science, I try to remember that science is belief also. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



Set out from any point. They are all alike. They all lead to a point of departure. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin



Quote: v., to repeat or copy the words of, usually with acknowledgment of the source; n., shortened and informal version of the word quotation.



A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run. ~George Matthew Adams



The poor in our countries have been shut out of our minds and driven from the mainstream of our societies, because we have allowed them to become invisible. ~Martin Luther King, Jr., Nobel Prize lecture, 11 December 1968



Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving evidence of the fact. ~George Eliot, Impressions of Theophrastus Such, 1879



The difference between try and triumph is a little umph. ~Author Unknown



Our marriage has always been a 50-50 proposition - with the possible exception of closet space. ~Gene Perret



My theory is that men are no more liberated than women. ~Indira Gandhi



Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art. ~Izaak Walton



There is not a thread in it but scorns self-indulgence, weakness and rapacity. ~Charles Evans Hughes



The only place where housework comes before needlework is in the dictionary. ~Mary Kurtz



Every moment of pleasure in life has to be purchased by an equal moment of pain. ~Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Up the Long Ladder," Danilo O'Dell



Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards. ~William Arthur Ward



Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. ~Henry Ward Beecher



As contraries are known by contraries, so is the delight of presence best known by the torments of absence. ~Alcibiades



Avoid all needle drugs - the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon. ~Abbie Hoffman



Nothing can be truer than fairy wisdom. It is as true as sunbeams. ~Douglas Jerrold



I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. ~Diane Ackerman



Soul meets soul on lovers' lips. ~Percy Bysshe Shelley, Prometheus Unbound