Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.

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You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself he...

You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself he...

A man convinced against his will is not convinced.

A man convinced against his will is not convinced.

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he...

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he...

Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.

Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance...

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance...

As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.

As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.

Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds,...

The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds,...

Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for...

Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for...

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor...

The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor...

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he...

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he...

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed...

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed...

Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away

Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

Going to church doesn't make you any more a Christian than going to the garage...

Going to church doesn't make you any more a Christian than going to the garage...

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let...

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let...

America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.

America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.

Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.

Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.