Quotes Rehaul
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tinhuvielartanisOur telephone and address book has quotes throughout its pages. I kind of enhanced a lot of them over the years. Since our book is now falling apart, I figured I'd try to preserve some of the better ones in the journal.
"A letter need not be long to be welcome." ~Emily Post
but a phone call is ten times easier
"Make not my ear a stranger to your thoughts." ~Joseph Addison
Make not my love buttons a stranger to your touch.
"Never shall they spoken word / be again unsaid, unheard." ~Rose Terry Cooke
unless thou art an enemy of the State or of the Church
"He knows not when to be silent who knows not when to speak." ~Publilius Syrus
He knows not when to shut his piehole in trying times
"Good words are worth much, and cost little" ~George Herbert
Bad words get more laughs and more money
"There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together." ~Josh Billings
One grunt can speak volumes
"It is when you give of yourself that you truly give." ~Kahlil Gibran
This guy never saw Coma
"He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words." ~Elbert Hubbard
He who does not understand your words probably does not speak your language
"Words are the wings of actions." ~Johann Kaspar Lavater
Violence is the propellers of action movies
"The best love-letters are the direct promptings of the heart." ~Carleton B. Case
The best hate letters require several magazines, scissors, and glue.
"Letters mingles souls" ~John Donne
Orgies mingle bodies
"He removes the greatest ornament of friendship, who takes away from it respect." ~Cicero
He who has the biggest ornament gets the most respect and more women.
"Oft the pangs of absence are removed by a letter." ~Old Valentine
Oft the joys of one's absence are also removed by a letter.
"A line is enough for memory" ~Old autograph album
Two lines give a better high.
"Much that well may be thought cannot wisely be said." ~Epes Sargent's Standard Fourth Reader
unless you're rich, dying, or crazy
"A letter should never remain unanswered a moment longer than is absolutely unavoidable." ~Hints on Etiquette, 1834
unless its a suicide note which usually deosn't require a reply
"I count only the sunny hours." ~Sundial motto
'cos I can't see to count in the dark
"When hands are linked that dread to part,
and heart is met by throbbing heart --
Oh! bitter, bitter is the smart
of them that bid farewell!" ~Reginald Heber
When eye is met with baleful eye
and poison's thrust forth like a sty
just kiss your sorry ass goodbye
and take and like your lumps
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing funny was ever achieved without Mel Brooks
"Oh whistle, and I'll come to ye, my lad." ~Robert Burns
Fart, and far shall I run!
"Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today." ~Benjamin Franklin
Never do that which you so hateth today or any day"
"Unless we remember we cannot understand." ~Edward M. Forster
Unless we forget, we can never truly forgive.
"Nothing endures but personal qualities." ~Walt Whitman
Nothing endures but roaches and ebola
"Love in a letter endures forever in our memories." ~Emily Post
and can be used against you in court. Just ask Judge Judy!
"All's well that ends well." ~William Shakespeare
All's hideous that ends horribly
"Language is the dress of thought." ~Samuel Johnson
Does that mean mutes are nekkid?
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." ~Mahatma Gandhi
but the rich can just kill you and get it over with
"Little strokes fell great oaks." ~Benjamin Franklin
Big strokes melt half your body
"I'll note you in my book of memory." ~William Shakespeare
I'll put you on my shit list
"Never promise more than you can perform." ~Publilius Syrus
Promise nothing but the possibility of a hope of a promise.
"One good word can warm three months." ~Japanese proverb
Two good words create a heatwave
"Simplicity is the glory of expression." ~Walt Whitman
Stupidity is the herald of regression
"The only gift is a portion of thyself." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
That's what Mike Tyson said to Evander Holyfield
"Nothing is more useful to a man than to speak clearly." ~Phaedrus
"Rehruhh!" ~Gabby Johnson
"A letter need not be long to be welcome." ~Emily Post
but a phone call is ten times easier
"Make not my ear a stranger to your thoughts." ~Joseph Addison
Make not my love buttons a stranger to your touch.
"Never shall they spoken word / be again unsaid, unheard." ~Rose Terry Cooke
unless thou art an enemy of the State or of the Church
"He knows not when to be silent who knows not when to speak." ~Publilius Syrus
He knows not when to shut his piehole in trying times
"Good words are worth much, and cost little" ~George Herbert
Bad words get more laughs and more money
"There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together." ~Josh Billings
One grunt can speak volumes
"It is when you give of yourself that you truly give." ~Kahlil Gibran
This guy never saw Coma
"He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words." ~Elbert Hubbard
He who does not understand your words probably does not speak your language
"Words are the wings of actions." ~Johann Kaspar Lavater
Violence is the propellers of action movies
"The best love-letters are the direct promptings of the heart." ~Carleton B. Case
The best hate letters require several magazines, scissors, and glue.
"Letters mingles souls" ~John Donne
Orgies mingle bodies
"He removes the greatest ornament of friendship, who takes away from it respect." ~Cicero
He who has the biggest ornament gets the most respect and more women.
"Oft the pangs of absence are removed by a letter." ~Old Valentine
Oft the joys of one's absence are also removed by a letter.
"A line is enough for memory" ~Old autograph album
Two lines give a better high.
"Much that well may be thought cannot wisely be said." ~Epes Sargent's Standard Fourth Reader
unless you're rich, dying, or crazy
"A letter should never remain unanswered a moment longer than is absolutely unavoidable." ~Hints on Etiquette, 1834
unless its a suicide note which usually deosn't require a reply
"I count only the sunny hours." ~Sundial motto
'cos I can't see to count in the dark
"When hands are linked that dread to part,
and heart is met by throbbing heart --
Oh! bitter, bitter is the smart
of them that bid farewell!" ~Reginald Heber
When eye is met with baleful eye
and poison's thrust forth like a sty
just kiss your sorry ass goodbye
and take and like your lumps
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing funny was ever achieved without Mel Brooks
"Oh whistle, and I'll come to ye, my lad." ~Robert Burns
Fart, and far shall I run!
"Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today." ~Benjamin Franklin
Never do that which you so hateth today or any day"
"Unless we remember we cannot understand." ~Edward M. Forster
Unless we forget, we can never truly forgive.
"Nothing endures but personal qualities." ~Walt Whitman
Nothing endures but roaches and ebola
"Love in a letter endures forever in our memories." ~Emily Post
and can be used against you in court. Just ask Judge Judy!
"All's well that ends well." ~William Shakespeare
All's hideous that ends horribly
"Language is the dress of thought." ~Samuel Johnson
Does that mean mutes are nekkid?
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." ~Mahatma Gandhi
but the rich can just kill you and get it over with
"Little strokes fell great oaks." ~Benjamin Franklin
Big strokes melt half your body
"I'll note you in my book of memory." ~William Shakespeare
I'll put you on my shit list
"Never promise more than you can perform." ~Publilius Syrus
Promise nothing but the possibility of a hope of a promise.
"One good word can warm three months." ~Japanese proverb
Two good words create a heatwave
"Simplicity is the glory of expression." ~Walt Whitman
Stupidity is the herald of regression
"The only gift is a portion of thyself." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
That's what Mike Tyson said to Evander Holyfield
"Nothing is more useful to a man than to speak clearly." ~Phaedrus
"Rehruhh!" ~Gabby Johnson
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