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  1. "Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us." Boris Pasternak (died May 30, 1960). Never lose the capacity to be surprised. 12 minutes ago via DrMardy
  2. "Women have a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed." Cornelia Otis Skinner (b. May 30, 1901). And men as well. about 8 hours ago via DrMardy
  3. "No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking." Voltaire (died May 30, 1778). It's goin' down for the count. about 16 hours ago via DrMardy
  4. "A yawn is a silent shout." G. K. Chesterton (born May 29, 1874). One of my all-time favorite oxymoronic quotations. 6:11 PM May 29th via DrMardy
  5. "If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble." Bob Hope (born May 29, 1903). What's in your heart? 10:00 AM May 29th via DrMardy
  6. "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." John F. Kennedy (born May 29, 1917). Classic chiasmus. 2:08 AM May 29th via DrMardy
  7. "I give 'em the hip, then I take it away." Jim Thorpe (born May 28, 1888). His secret for avoiding tacklers. 6:13 PM May 28th via DrMardy
  8. "Never say 'no' to adventures." Ian Fleming (born May 28, 1908). From his 1964 children's novel, "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." 10:04 AM May 28th via DrMardy
  9. "The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions." Alfred Adler (died May 28, 1937). Don't play it safe; go for it. 2:15 AM May 28th via DrMardy
  10. "The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life." John Cheever (b. May 27, 1912). The motivation for all creative people. 6:12 PM May 27th via DrMardy
  11. "In crises, the most daring course is often safest." Henry Kissinger (born May 27, 1923). Fortune favors the bold. 10:05 AM May 27th via DrMardy
  12. "To err is human. To blame someone else is politics." Hubert H. Humphrey (born On May 27, 1911). The joy of altered aphorisms. 2:05 AM May 27th via DrMardy
  13. "Courage is being scared to death...and saddling up anyway." John Wayne (born May 26, 1907). Get up on that horse and ride! 6:12 PM May 26th via DrMardy
  14. The four stages of man: infancy, childhood, adolescence, and obsolescence." Art Linkletter (d. May 26, 2010). Art prolonged his till age 97. 10:02 AM May 26th via DrMardy
  15. "The idea in Tootsie is that a man becomes a better man for having been a woman." Sydney Pollack (died May 26, 2008). An oxymoronic plot. 2:05 AM May 26th via DrMardy
  16. "In a dark time, the eye begins to see." Theodore Roethke (born May 25, 1908). It's amazing what can be seen in the dark. 6:14 PM May 25th via DrMardy
  17. "When a person's down...an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching." Edward Bulwer-Lytton (born May 25, 1803). Shut up and help. 10:05 AM May 25th via DrMardy
  18. "We aim above the mark to hit the mark." Ralph Waldo Emerson (born May 25, 1803). An early thought on setting "stretch" goals. 2:06 AM May 25th via DrMardy
  19. "Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to." Harry Emerson Fosdick (born On May 24, 1878). Never completely retire. 6:05 PM May 24th via DrMardy
  20. "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now." Bob Dylan (born May 24, 1941). Oxymoronic wisdom from "My Back Pages" (1964). 10:00 AM May 24th via DrMardy
  • Name Dr Mardy Grothe
  • Location Raleigh, NC
  • Web http://www.drmard...
  • Bio Quotations from the author of Ifferisms, I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like, Viva la Repartee, Oxymoronica, Never Let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You.
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