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| | #8001 | | I made it a rule to forbear all direct contradictions to the sentiments
of others, and all positive assertion of my own. I even forbade myself the use
of every word or expression in the language that imported a fixed opinion, such
as "certainly", "undoubtedly", etc. I adopted instead of them "I conceive",
"I apprehend", or "I imagine" a thing to be so or so; or "so it appears to me
at present".
When another asserted something that I thought an error, I denied
myself the pleasure of contradicting him abruptly, and of showing him
immediately some absurdity in his proposition. In answering I began by
observing that in certain cases or circumstances his opinion would be right,
but in the present case there appeared or semed to me some difference, etc.
I soon found the advantage of this change in my manner; the
conversations I engaged in went on more pleasantly. The modest way in which I
proposed my opinions procured them a readier reception and less contradiction.
I had less mortification when I was found to be in the wrong, and I more easily
prevailed with others to give up their mistakes and join with me when I
happened to be in the right.
-- Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
| | | #8002 | | "I may appear to be just sitting here like a bucket of tapioca, but don't
let appearances fool you. I'm approaching old age ... at the speed of light."
-- Prof. Cosmo Fishhawk
| | | #8003 | | I may be getting older, but I refuse to grow up!
| | | #8004 | | I may not be totally perfect, but parts of me are excellent.
-- Ashleigh Brilliant
| | | #8005 | | I never killed a man that didn't deserve it.
-- Mickey Cohen
| | | #8006 | | I prefer rogues to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest.
-- Alexandre Dumas, fils
| | | #8007 | | I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob.
-- William F. Buckley
| | | #8008 | | I put the shotgun in an Adidas bag and padded it out with four pairs of
tennis socks, not my style at all, but that was what I was aiming for: If
they think you're crude, go technical; if they think you're technical, go
crude. I'm a very technical boy. So I decided to get as crude as possible.
These days, though, you have to be pretty technical before you can even
aspire to crudeness.
-- William Gibson, "Johnny Mnemonic"
| | | #8009 | | "... I should explain that I was wearing a black velvet cape that was
supposed to make me look like the dashing, romantic Zorro but which actually
made me look like a gigantic bat wearing glasses ..."
-- Dave Barry, "The Wet Zorro Suit and Other Turning
Points in l'Amour"
| | | #8010 | | I sometimes think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
-- Oscar Wilde
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