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Familiarity breeds complacency not contempt.

Eating is good because it gives you something to do. If you think too much, just order pizza.

There are certain mistakes we enjoy so much that we are always willing to repeat them.

Never trust an animal?no matter how many legs it has.

People tend to salute anything unnaturally bright, at least until the shade from their hands reveals what it really is.

An animal must feel at least temporarily safe in order to really enjoy a meal.

It’s hard to think clearly in someone’s arms.

Prepare for spontaneity ? now.

Sometimes, two goldfish in a bowl are enough.

In the margin for error lies all our room for maneuver.

There’s never nothing left to learn.

You never know what you can do until you are tried.

Trying to consciously control your thoughts is like trying to install a faucet on Niagara Falls.

You can’t warm yourself at a distant fire.

The long, lonely walk back to the drawing board concentrates the mind wonderfully.

Life: adjusting a necktie in a funhouse mirror.

What we do while doing nothing cannot be done in haste.

Why I like juggling: The illusion of flight, deft mastery of falling?s art; because to have what you hold you have to throw it away as soon as it?s caught.

Never be serious in public.

Following in other people’s footsteps is fine, as long as you are big enough to fill their shoes.

There is always time between beginnings to do the whole thing over again.

A smile looks a lot like a wince.

When in doubt, remain in doubt.

Young people should picnic in active volcanoes.

All thinking is wishful thinking.

It is easy to get lost in the moment, and then to mistake that moment for eternity.

Imagine their embarrassment when all the members of the orchestra arrived at the performance wearing the same outfit.

Use sharpens a dull axe.

At night, after the children have gone to sleep, we can hide their presents all over the house.

“I am nothing,” the Buddha said. “I really do not exist. I am an open window. I am a bus stop.”

There is not much room for error in an eggshell.

It’s getting dark. Let’s celebrate.

Advice is given freely because so much of it is worthless.

Our mistakes make us interesting.

Too many facts spoil the plot.

People lose common sense when they gain dollars and cents.

Rehearse the minor hurts enough and the major ones don?t hurt.

The Earth does not regret its orbit.

Cultivate a certain distance from yourself, as one tends to avoid radiation.

Not many people live in the desert.

You can never look in the same mirror twice.

Burn your ships at night and in the morning build bridges.

You can’t expect a change of scenery if you never veer from the beaten track.

Money is poor compensation for all the time we lose in making it.

Big things are accomplished by accomplishing little things first.

You only really discover the strength of your spine when your back is against the wall.

X + Y = You

If you are in danger then you are really alive, like a nun’s orgasm.

Tears always appear at the extremes, greasing the joints between pleasure and pain.

To see clearly, one must very often squint.

Sometimes, you need a door slammed in your face before you can hear opportunity knock.