Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody…

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

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The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals. - View Quote Details on The dog has got more fun out of Man than…
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility. - View Quote Details on Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
But those rare souls whose spirit gets magically into the hearts of men, leave behind them something more real and warmly personal than bodily presence, an ineffable and eternal thing. It is everlasting life touching us as something more than a vague, recondite concept. The sound of a great name dies like an echo; the splendor of fame fades into nothing; but the grace of a fine spirit pervades the places through which it has passed, like the haunting loveliness of mignonette. - View Quote Details on But those rare souls whose spirit gets magically into the…
“To hell with the handkerchief,” said Walter Mitty scornfully. He took one last drag on his cigarette and snapped it away. Then, with that faint, fleeting smile playing about his lips, he faced the firing squad; erect and motionless, proud and disdainful, Walter Mitty the Undefeated, inscrutable to the last. - View Quote Details on “To hell with the handkerchief,” said Walter Mitty scornfully. He…
No male can beat a female in the long run because they have it over us in sheer, damn longevity. - View Quote Details on No male can beat a female in the long run…
The pounding of the cylinders increased: ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa. - View Quote Details on The pounding of the cylinders increased: ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa.
It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all. - View Quote Details on It is better to have loafed and lost, than never…
We all have faults, and mine is being wicked. - View Quote Details on We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.
Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and dead. - View Quote Details on Early to rise and early to bed makes a male…
My opposition lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language. - View Quote Details on My opposition lies in the fact that offhand answers have…