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#  ·  **-- Not So Good (39 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997  · 

We trained hard, but it seemed that everytime we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralization.

Unknown, (sometimes incorrectly attributed to Petronius Arbiter), in Work and Recreation

#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 1997 (updated 2004)

A pseudo-intellectual is a person who knows what "pseudo" means.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 1999 by S.Skipper (updated 2000)

Good friends stab you in the front.

Unknown, (from the movie Can't Hardly Wait; sometimes attributed to Oscar Wilde), in Love and Hate

#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 1999 by Johan

Sharks mainly attack when your're wet.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 1999

The early bird catches the worm.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 1999 by John Cannizzaro

If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 1999

A ship doesn't travel far in a calm sea.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 1999

Everyone smiles in the same language.

Unknown, in Happiness and Misery

#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 1999

If you're here, you're alive.

Unknown, in Life and Death and Wisdom and Ignorance

#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 1999 by LEStephey

A small journey begins with one step and ends with another.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester

Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester

Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester

When you're angry, take a deep breath and count to ten. When you're really angry, swear.

Unknown, in Vice and Virtue

#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

Unknown, in Life and Death

#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester

If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 1999

One thing is one thing. Another thing is another thing.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 1999 by Falcon

Men don't need women — they just need certain parts of their anatomy.

Unknown, in Men and Women

#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 1997 (updated 1999)

Official Project Stages: (1) Uncritical Acceptance. (2) Wild Enthusiasm. (3) Dejected Disillusionment. (4) Total Confusion. (5) Search for the Guilty. (6) Punishment of the Innocent. (7) Promotion of the Non-participants.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 1997 (updated 1999)

What a strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

Unknown, (W.O.P.R. computer in War Games), in Success and Failure and War and Peace

War Games (VHS (NTSC))

#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 1997 (updated 1999)

Voters are people who have the God-given right to decide who will waste their money for them.

Unknown, (from Politicians and Other Scoundrels by Ferdinand Lundberg), in Law and Politics

Politicians and Other Scoundrels (paperback)

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