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A major cause of problems is solutions
Any fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to make something simple. Pete Seeger
There are no bridges in folk songs because the peasants died building them. Eugene Chadbourne
I've been called worse by better people. Pierre Trudeau
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. George Bernard Shaw
A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation. James Freeman Clarke
It's not what they call you; it's what you answer to. Bill Clinton
Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells. J. Paul Getty
It's not that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem. G. K. Chesterton
When life hands you a lemon, make lemonade
If you want to get someone's attention, whisper
If you can't convince them, confuse them. Truman
No individual raindrop ever considers itself responsible for the flood
Nothing is impossible for those who don't have to do it themselves
There is no gesture more devasting than the back turning away
It's often the good people who do the most bad. A northerner about Lee
Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it
The pope? How many divisions has he got? Stalin
You cannot know where I have to go until you know where I've been Somebody
The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention. Orson Wells
The more he spoke of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons
The more outrageous the lie, the more people will believe it. Goebbels
You are not thinking. You are merely being logical. Niels Bohr to Einstein
The truth is more important than the facts. Wright
Liberty doesn't work as well in practise as it does in speeches. Will Rogers
Money must serve, not rule. Pope Francis
In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends. John Churton Collins
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself Shakespeare
The more (things) you believe in the better off you are. (Henry Chinaski)
Sometimes You're the Windshield, Sometimes You're the Bug! Bug Boy
Anything too stupid to be said is sung. Voltaire
It's superficial till it comes and bites you in the ass. Nobody
Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the f... happened
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. Arthur Conan Doyle
I don't know what a tea cozy is but I want one. Buffy