WIST

If others could only see us as we think we are.

Kin Hubbard (1868-1930) American caricaturist and humorist [Frank McKinney Hubbard]
Abe Martin’s Back Country Sayings (1917)

The salvation of America and of the human race depends on the next Election, if we believe the newspapers.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist and poet
Journal (Oct 1848)

Pray for thy enemy, for if thou beest a good Man thyself, thou canst not but rejoice to see thy worst Enemy become a good Man, too

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, #878 (1731)

Here’s the way I look at it. President Bush has uranium-tipped bunker busters and I have puns. I think he’ll be okay.

Jon Stewart (b. 1962) American satirist, comedian, and television host. [b. Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz]
Interview, Rolling Stone (31 Oct 2006)
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Knowledge is indivisible. When people grow wise in one direction, they are sure to make it easier for themselves to grow wise in other directions as well. On the other hand, when they split up knowledge, concentrate on their own field, and scorn and ignore other fields, they grow less wise — even in their own field.

Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) Russian-American writer
The Roving Mind (1983)