"Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt, And every grin so merry draws one out."

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Source : "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations" by John Bartlett, 10th ed., 1919.

John Wolcot

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“You manage things; you lead people.”
“Beer does not make itself properly by itself. It takes an element of mystery and of things that no one can understand.”
“It is urgent to prevent new U.S. aggression. The time is now for the world to say 'no' to U.S. threats of air attack against Iran, and to the very notion of a nuclear first-use 'option' by America or any other nation.”
“I was in 'Jacques Brel' Off-Broadway for many years, so I've always been a singing actress, but the songwriting was a complete surprise. I had never written a song in my life. We were on the road with 'Jacques Brel' doing the national tour, and I picked up a guitar one day and I wrote a song.”
“Malthus has been buried many times, and Malthusian scarcity with him. But as Garrett Hardin remarked, anyone who has to be reburied so often cannot be entirely dead.”

Source : Herman E. Daly (1991). “Steady-State Economics: Second Edition With New Essays”, p.43, Island Press
“On the clarity of your ideas depends the scope of your success in any endeavor.”
“Continue practice into everyday life with a single meditation, always keeping in mind the intention to help others in all activities, eating, dressing, sleeping, walking, or sitting.”

Source : Jamgon Kongtrul, Koṅ-sprul Blo-gros-mthaʾ-yas, Ken McLeod (2005). “The great path of awakening: the classic guide to lojong, a Tibetan Buddhist practice for cultivating the heart of compassion”, Shambhala Pubns
“The city needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle.”

Source : "Giving transport back to the people". CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. July 4, 2005.

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