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To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent.
---- Robert Copeland

A magician pulls rabbits out of hats. An experimental psychologist pulls habits out of rats.
---- anonymous

Drink coffee! Do stupid things faster!
---- unknown

Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.
---- Fred Allen

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.
---- Edward Abbey

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
---- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.
---- Terry Pratchett

it's probably not a good idea to underestimate my ability to make an ass out of myself—just when I seem to have it under control, I'll turn around and surprise you.
---- Tenser said the Tensor

There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.
---- Pablo Picasso

Technology will not replace teachers...teachers who use technology will
probably replace teachers who do not.
---- Ray Clifford

Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
---- Lily Tomlin

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
---- H. G. Wells

Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.
---- Edward R. Murrow

"It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'"
---- Sam Levenson

Sleep is a symptom of caffeine deprivation.
---- Author Unknown

Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
---- Leonardo DaVinci (1452-1519)

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
---- John Ciardi

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.
---- Thomas A. Edison

As soon as I buy the moose head, I have to go pick up some KY jelly.
---- Mary Roninette Kowal

Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.
---- Arnold Lobel

The important thing is not to stop questioning.
---- Albert Einstein

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
---- Malcom Forbes

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
---- J. Robert Oppenheimer

I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with them later.
---- Mitch Hedberg

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
---- Gail Godwin

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 Saturday December 23 2006

Merry Christmas in over 350 languages

Merry Christmas everyone. While surfing around earlier I came across this site Merry Christmas in over 350 Languages. It’s too bad that everything is romanized, but still it is interesting to look through.

Here is the Korean in Korean 즐거운 성탄절이 되길 빌어주다 though this expression is a little different than the one on that page. My Korean classes are going well and if you can read Korean you might want to check out my Korean Learning Blog.



Sean. inscribed these words of wisdom on Saturday Dec 23, 2006 at 01:02 PM
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