A diplomat... is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.
- Caskie Stinnett

I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.
- Albert Einstein

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. Immanuel Kant

Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
- Bill Cosby

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.
- Raymond Chandler

Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.
- Putt's Law

"It's a romantic notion that you're going to have one brilliant idea and then everything is going to be great... but the execution and delivery are what's key." - Sergey Brin

Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense. - Helen Rowland

Never knock on Death's door: ring the bell and run away! Death really hates that! - Matt Frewer

Momma always says there's an awful lot you could tell about a person by their shoes. Where they're going. Where they've been. I've worn lots of shoes. I bet if I think about it real hard I could remember my first pair of shoes. Momma said they'd take me anywhere. She said they was my magic shoes.
- Forrest Gump played by actor Tom Hanks

After a brief hiatus, I am going to resume :)

Some random movie quotes:

From the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Benjamin Button: Your life is defined by its opportunities... even the ones you miss.

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The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children. - Clarence Darrow

"The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going." - George Carlin

What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes! - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Exercise relieves stress. Nothing relieves exercise. - Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

"Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone." - Anthony Burgess

"French is the language that turns dirt into romance." - Stephen King

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death. - Joan D. Vinge

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's. - Oscar Wilde

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority. - Ralph W. Sockman

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." Jimi Hendrix

"The key to a healthy marriage is to keep your eyes wide open before you wed and half-closed thereafter." Benjamin Franklin

I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception. - Groucho Marx

Don't walk as if you rule the world, walk as if you don't care who rules the world!

"Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck." - George Carlin

Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary. - Evan Esar

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories. - John Wilmot

"The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress." - Charles Kettering

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a rich widow. - Evan Esar

To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent. - Robert Copeland

"I have spread my dreams beneath your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams." -W.B. Yeats

The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time. - Willie Tyler

There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again. - Clint Eastwood

I like an escalator because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There would never be an escalator temporarily out of order sign, only an escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience. - Mitch Hedberg

Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning. - Bill Gates

"Never raise your hand to your children - it leaves your midsection unprotected." - Robert Orben

The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. - Franklin P. Jones

"A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finished." - Zsa Zsa Gabor

Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him. - Marlene Dietrich

"When someone hurts you, cry a river, build a bridge and get over it!". Richard Middleton

"When I told my doctor I couldn't afford an operation, he offered to touch-up my X-rays." - Henny Youngman

"The manner of giving is worth more than the gift." - Pierre Corneille

"Other men said they have seen angels, But I have seen thee And thou art enough." G. Moore

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say "I want to see the manager." - William S. Burroughs

Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch. - Orson Welles

When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room. - Woody Allen

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. - Saint Augustine

Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you're a consultant. - Scott Adams

It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper. - Jerry Seinfeld

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting. - Fran Lebowitz

Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it. - ordon R. Dickson

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. - GK Chesterton

The gods too are fond of a joke. - Aristotle

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death. - Joan D. Vinge

The best doctor in the world is the veterinarian. He can't ask his patients what is the matter-he's got to just know. - Will Rogers

Late to bed and late to wake will keep you long on money and short on mistakes. - Aaron McGruder

Men live in a fantasy world. I know this because I am one, and I actually receive my mail there. - Scott Adams

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas A. Edison

Don't you wish there were a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There's one marked 'Brightness,' but it doesn't work. - Gallagher

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. - Marie Curie

In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra. - Fran Lebowitz

Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you. - Gilda Radner


Communism is like one big phone company. - Lenny Bruce


There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. - Benjamin Disraeli

A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her. haha - Oscar Wilde



A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold. - Ogden Nash



An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered. - GK Chesterton



"If the only place where I could see you was in my dreams, I'd sleep forever."

Ok..an already posted quote, but graphic...enjoy




An expert is a person who avoids small error as he sweeps on to the grand fallacy. - Benjamin Stolberg

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know them because we hate them. - Charles Caleb Colton

Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them. - Franklin P. Adams

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal. - Peter Ustinov

In case you're worried about what's going to become of the younger generation, it's going to grow up and start worrying about the younger generation. - Roger Allen

"To love the boss is not bad, but a boss who loves you is better". Shyam Prasad (me!)

From the movie 'Find Me Guilty' (2006)--

FBI Agent: If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, then chances are it *is* a duck.
Giacomo 'Fat Jack' DiNorscio: If it talks like an asshole, and looks like an asshole, then chances are it *is* an asshole.

03 Jul 2007
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth. - George Bernard Shaw