* denotes someone else's line
I
would not be alive today if it weren’t for the grace and forgiveness of good-hearted
people.
The
best political party is the one who does the most for the most vulnerable
people.
The
hardest working people in the world are also the poorest.
It’s
a lot easier to work hard if you know that you can come home to a big house and
be guaranteed food on the table.
So
many areas in today's society value how much a person can do over what a person
can do. The consequence of this is that producing a high volume of work which
toes the line is valued more than creative thinking that highlights the
deficiencies in our society.
Smart
boys in primary school fall hopelessly in love with girls who can beat them in
spelling tests.
Humourless
people are rarely able to look at themselves objectively.
Women
who claim that "all the good men are either married or gay" are
usually impossible to please.
Singing
is breathing with style.
The
number of rape incidences would fall dramatically if more were done to raise
men's self-esteem.
Jargon
is a highly effective way of alienating people who are not part of your group.
The
popular theory that constantly facetious people use their humour as a barrier
to emotions and connections is not universal. Many people use their humour as a
creative outlet in an effort to reach out to people.
The
time will come when the world has had enough of being a constant spectator.
Sometimes
the only way to tell if someone is still alive is to insult them.
Being
nice to people is a good thing to do, but not all of the time.
People
who construct rules for every part of their life do this so that they do not
have to think.
The
purpose of good satire is so that there are no illusions.*
Beer
tastes awful and alcohol puts distance between people. How is this good?
I
hope that I never judge a child by an adult standard and that I apologise when
I do.
One
of the best things about being a man is the ability to experiment with facial
hair.
Love
is more important than truth.*
Neckties
are a symbol of conformity* (Biddulph). I am never wearing another one.
Sport
is a creative outlet for the body and mind, therefore, the pursuit of victory
is, at best, a secondary consideration in sport.
People
become vegetarians for one of three reasons: personal health; animal rights;
fear of evolutionary revenge.
Two
of my friends share a birthday. One is a computer technician who is very quiet,
even-tempered and studious; the other is a loudmouth economics graduate with a
colourful sex life and a daily cocktail of anti-depressants. I take this as
conclusive proof that horoscopes are wrong.
The
adjective 'outrageous' is used by TV station voice-overs to describe comedies
that aren't funny.
Everything
in life should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler* (Einstein).
Complex
words should be reserved for complex ideas.
The
battle between reason and emotion is pointless. We all need both.
Just
because there may be more than one right answer doesn’t mean that any answer is
right.
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