The crucial disadvantage of aggression, competitiveness, and skepticism as national characteristics is that these qualities cannot be turned off at five o'clock.
-Margaret Halsey, novelist (13 Feb 1910-1997)
The crucial disadvantage of aggression, competitiveness, and skepticism as national characteristics is that these qualities cannot be turned off at five o'clock.
-Margaret Halsey, novelist (13 Feb 1910-1997)
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
-Abraham Lincoln, 16th US President (12 Feb 1809-1865)
I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.
-Emo Phillips, comedian, actor (b. 7 Feb 1956)
If you can't fly, run; if you can't run, walk; if you can't walk, crawl; but by all means keep moving
-Martin Luther King Jr
Jobs are like going to church: it’s nice once or twice a year to sing along and eat something and all that, but unless you really believe there’s something holy going on, it gets to be a drag going in every single week.
-Thomas Michael Disch, science fiction author and poet (2 Feb 1940-2008)