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Comment on Coupling, “Inferno” [Steve] (2 Jun 2000) by Suzanne Venker is a Dolt (Battle of the Sexes Edition) | ***Dave Does the Blog

Wed, 01 May 2013 13:45:23 +0000

[...] Wait, I thought men had been made all unmanly and demasculinized by all the rough, crude, competitive women who objected to being slapped around and kept silent? Wasn’t that the previous conservative meme? Now you tell me that men haven’t changed? [...]

Comment on Spanish proverb by ~Other - Hokekyō Sho, a Buddhist Sanskrit text (c. 12th Century) | WIST Quotations

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:28:37 +0000

[...] At the third cup, wine drinks the man. [Literally, "Man drinks wine. Wine drinks wine. Wine drinks man."] Other Authors and SourcesHokekyō Sho, a Buddhist Sanskrit text (c. 12th Century) Kojikotowaza Jiten [Dictionary of Traditions and Proverbs]. See also this Spanish proverb. [...]

Comment on Anonymous Belfast resident, quoted in The London Guardian (1991) by ~Other - Murphy’s Third Law of War | WIST Quotations

~Other - Murphy’s Third Law of War | WIST Quotations — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:23:51 +0000

[...] Don’t concern yourself with the bullet with your name on it. Watch out for shrapnel marked “Occupant”. Other Authors and SourcesMurphy’s Third Law of War See also this. [...]

Comment on “An Agnostic’s Apology,” Fortnightly Review (1876) by (Un)Certainty | ***Dave Does the Blog

(Un)Certainty | ***Dave Does the Blog — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:25:09 +0000

[...] “An Agnostic’s Apology,” Fortnightly Review (1876) Why, when no honest man will deny in private that every ultimate problem is wrapped in the profoundest mystery, do honest men proclaim in pulpits that unhesitating certainty is the duty of the most…… [...]

Comment on Comment (7 Apr 1775) by Roosevelt, Theodore - “Latitude and Longitude among Reformers” (Jun 1900) | WIST Quotations

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:06:26 +0000

[...] A caustic observer once remarked that when Dr. Johnson spoke of patriotism as the last refuge of a scoundrel, “he was ignorant of the infinite possibility contained in the word ‘reform.’” Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) US President (1901-1909)“Latitude and Longitude among Reformers” (Jun 1900) See Johnson. [...]

Comment on Comment (7 Apr 1775) by Ericsson, Graham - “Right and Rigor” (2001) | WIST Quotations

Ericsson, Graham - “Right and Rigor” (2001) | WIST Quotations — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:04:58 +0000

[...] Expediency is the first refuge of scoundrels. Graham Ericsson (b. 1947) American writer“Right and Rigor” (2001) See Johnson. [...]

Comment on Jane Eyre, ch. 14 (1847) by Dave

Dave — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:19:32 +0000

Oops! You are absolutely correct, Roy. Thanks!

Comment on Jane Eyre, ch. 14 (1847) by Roy Benedict

Roy Benedict — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:25:08 +0000

This is a good quote except that Charlotte Brontë wrote Jane Eyre.

Comment on The Data of Ethics, ch. 13 (1879) by Shavonne

Shavonne — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 15:29:04 +0000

In a more detailed post, I would love to discus some
of the reasoning behind our choices. Great info here.
I always enjoy viewing your posts. I really have learned a lot from them.

Comment on Doing the Numbers: 3/2013 by Quotations and Numbers | ***Dave Does the Blog

Quotations and Numbers | ***Dave Does the Blog — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:25:32 +0000

[...] database (WIST — "Wish I'd Said That") is doing. A true labor of love. Doing the Numbers: 3/2013 Another year, another “State of the WIST” post. I last ran this report last February. [...]

Comment on “Hallowed Ground” (1825) by ~~Admin - Doing the Numbers: 3/2013 | WIST Quotations

~~Admin - Doing the Numbers: 3/2013 | WIST Quotations — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:28:19 +0000

[...] Campbell, “Hallowed Ground” (1825) (1,764 from [...]

Comment on Nobel prize acceptance speech (10 Dec 1962) by ~~Admin - Doing the Numbers: 3/2013 | WIST Quotations

~~Admin - Doing the Numbers: 3/2013 | WIST Quotations — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:22:34 +0000

[...] John Steinbeck, Nobel prize acceptance speech (10 Dec 1962) (1,769 from [...]

Comment on “In Search of a Majority,” Speech, Kalamazoo College (Feb 1960) by ~~Admin - Doing the Numbers: 3/2013 | WIST Quotations

~~Admin - Doing the Numbers: 3/2013 | WIST Quotations — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:24:54 +0000

[...] ♥ James Baldwin, “In Search of a Majority,” Speech, Kalamazoo College (Feb 1960) (2,138) [...]

Comment on “The Lesson for Today,” A Witness Tree (1942) by ~~Admin - Doing the Numbers: 3/2013 | WIST Quotations

~~Admin - Doing the Numbers: 3/2013 | WIST Quotations — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:23:56 +0000

[...] Frost, “The Lesson for Today,” A Witness Tree(1942) (2,944 from [...]

Comment on “That to Philosophize Is to Learn to Die,” Essays (1588) [tr. D. Frame (1958)] by ~~Admin - Doing the Numbers: 3/2013 | WIST Quotations

~~Admin - Doing the Numbers: 3/2013 | WIST Quotations — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:21:59 +0000

[...] de Montaigne, “That to Philosophize Is to Learn to Die,” Essays (1588) [tr. D. Frame (1958)] (1,317 frm [...]