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BRUCE STERLING Homo sapiens declared extinct, Nature, November 11, 1999:Since I've been asked to offer an epitaph," the highly distributed poetware continued, "I believe that we should rearrange the Great Wall of China to spell out (in Chinese of course, since most of them were always Chinese) -- 'THEY WERE VERY, VERY CURIOUS, BUT NOT AT ALL FAR-SIGHTED. Bruce Sterling
Brigham Young quote: "Crying babies are like good intentions: Both should be carried..."
Crying babies are like good intentions: Both should be carried out immediately! Brigham Young
He's back! He's back!"Who's back?" shouted someone else. "Who is it?"What does it mean? What should we do?"Are we on fire?"Get up and run, damn it! Everybody get up and run! Joseph Heller
The belief of God is not a matter of common sense, or logic, or argument, but of feeling. It is as impossible to prove the existence of God as to disprove it. I do not believe in God. I see no need of such an idea. It is incredible to me that there should be an after-life. I find the notion of future punishment outrageous and of future reward extravagant. I am convinced that when I die, I shall cease entirely to live; I shall return to the earth I came from. Yet I can imagine that at some... W. Somerset Maugham
His error lay in supposing that this age, more than any past or future one, is destined to see the tattered garments of Antiquity exchanged for a new suit, instead of gradually renewing themselves by patchwork; in applying his own little life span as the measure of an interminable acheivement; and, more than all, in fancying that it mattered anything to the great end in view whether he himself should contend for it or against it. Nathaniel Hawthorne
Greta Garbo quote: "Why should you care for a woman like me? I'm always nervous or..."
Why should you care for a woman like me? I'm always nervous or sick, or sad or too gay. Greta Garbo
The main aim of education should be to send children out into the world with a reasonably sized anthology in their heads so that, while seated on the lavatory, waiting in doctor's surgeries, on stationary trains or watching interviews with politicians, they have something interesting to think about. John Mortimer
How grateful am I personally that our Savior taught we should conclude our most urgent, deeply felt prayers, when we ask for that which is of utmost importance to us, with "Thy will be done. Richard G. Scott
Hospitals should be arranged in such a way as to make being sick an interesting experience. One learns a great deal sometimes from being sick. Alan Watts
About my boss, Tyler tells me, if I'm really angry, I should go to the post office and fill out a change-of-address card and have all his mail forwarded to Rugby, North Dakota. Chuck Palahniuk
One should, when overwhelmed by the shadow of a giant, move aside and see if the colossal shadow isn't merely that of a pygmy blocking out the sun. Novalis
Behind their eyes the hope was sickening and in many, dead. They lived from event to event with a subtle terror of the gap between, filling up their lives with distractions to avoid the emptiness where curiosity should have been. Clive Barker
Janet Evanovich quote: "You should see me work my magic in leather"Ranger"
You should see me work my magic in leather"Ranger Janet Evanovich
Michael Crichton quote: "You know, at times like this one feels, well, perhaps..."
You know, at times like this one feels, well, perhaps extinct animals should be left extinct. Michael Crichton
A man should live his life a certain way not because of some divine authority, but because of a personal moral obligation to himself and others. Jodi Picoult

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