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The commonest mistake in history is underestimating your opponent; it happens at the poker table all the time. ~David Shoup



The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. ~Thomas Jefferson



Life is a series of collisions with the future. ~Jose Ortega y Gasset



Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where they is no river. ~Nikita Khrushchev



Regardless of differences, we strive shoulder to shoulder... Teamwork can be summed up in five short words: "We believe in each other." ~Author Unknown



There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself. ~W. Somerset Maugham, The Summing Up, 1938



Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric. ~Pam Brown



It has been said repeatedly that one can never, try as he will, get around to the front of the universe. Man is destined to see only its far side, to realize nature only in retreat. ~Loren Eiseley, "The Innocent Fox," The Star Thrower, 1978



You can run a lot of plays when your X is twice as big as the other guys' O. It makes your X's and O's pretty good. ~Paul Westphal



People who snore always fall asleep first. ~Author Unknown



We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. ~Cynthia Ozick



Leisure is the mother of Philosophy. ~Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, 1651



The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose. ~William Simon



I played as much golf as I could in North Dakota, but summer up there is pretty short. It usually falls on Tuesday. ~Mike Morley



Kids spell love T-I-M-E. ~John Crudele



Face what you think you believe and you will be surprised. ~William Hale White



Wisdom before experience is only words; wisdom after experience is of no avail. ~Mark van Doren



Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness on the confines of two everlasting hostile empires, - Necessity and Free Will. ~Thomas Carlyle, Essays, "The Opera"



Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent. ~Langston Coleman



Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction. ~E.F. Schumacher