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What’s Your QQ? #308

Published February 17, 2013 in the Monterey County Herald

Who said?

“The history of man is a series of conspiracies to win from nature some advantage without paying for it.” 

BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“There are two kinds of fool. One says, ‘This is old, and therefore good.’ And one says, ‘This is new, and therefore better.’ ” – John Brunner

 (Brunner, 1934-1995, was a British science fiction author.”

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What’s Your QQ? #299

Published December 16, 2012 in the Monterey County Herald

Who said?

“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.” 

BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Age is a high price to pay for maturity.”  - Tom Stoppard

 (Stoppard, b.1937, is a Czech-born British playwright.)

 

 

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What’s Your QQ? #248

BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY

“If any man says he hates war more than I do, he better have a knife, that’s all I have to say.” –Jack Handey

 (The humorist’s “Deep Thoughts With Jack Handey” appeared frequently on “Saturday Night Live.”) 



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What’s Your QQ? #247

BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY

Murphy’s Love Laws: “Any ‘Why’ question, has no answer, and if it does, that answer is not logical.” – Edward Murphy

 (Murphy, 1918-1990, was an aerospace engineer who originated Murphy’s Law: “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.”)

 


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