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One Quotes by Dave Barry
- The world is full of strange phenomena that cannot be explained by the laws of logic or science. Dennis Rodman is only one example.
- If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that…
- Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions.
- What may seem depressing or even tragic to one person may seem like an absolute scream to another person, especially if he has had between…
- The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnic background, is that we all believe we are above-average drivers.
- Your first job is to prepare the soil. The best tool for this is your neighbor's garden tiller. If your neighbor does not own a…
- All these people helped make this book possible. But let me make one thing clear: If there are any errors or omissions in this book,…
- One popular new plastic surgery technique is called lip grafting, or 'fat recycling,' wherein fat cells are removed from one part of your body that…
- I have seen women walk right past a TV set with a football game on and - this always amazes me - not stop to…
- If you surveyed a hundred typical middle-aged Americans, I bet you'd find that only two of them could tell you their blood types, but every…
- Of course, the truth is that the congresspersons are too busy raising campaign money to read the laws they pass. The laws are written by…
- I played lead guitar in a band called The Federal Duck, which is the kind of name that was popular in the '60s as a…
- Back then, the entire Internet consisted of two slow, boxcar-sized UNIVAC computers about 50 feet apart, connected by a wire. It would take one of…
- But that's kind of an easy stance to be if you're a humor columnist, because you're tending to make fun of the government and the…
- I’ve noticed that one thing about parents is that no matter what stage your child is in, the parents who have older children always tell…
- Basically Ken is a very gentle, home-loving person. I remember when one of his stick insects had a knee infection. He stayed up all night…
- One day soon the Gillette company will announce the development of a razor that, thanks to a computer microchip, can actually travel ahead in time…
- SAT tests are designed by huge panels of experts in education and psychology who work for years to design tests in which not one single…
- Magnetism is one of the Six Fundamental Forces of the Universe, with the other five being Gravity, Duct Tape, Whining, Remote Control, and The Force…
- Most American homes have alternating current, which means that the electricty goes in one direction for a while, then goes in the other direction. This…
More One Quotes
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- Trust is the one most important base on which the beautiful building of strong friendship can be built. — Anurag Prakash Ray
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that's the thread that we follow from one day to the next. People who disintegrate… — Paul Auster
- A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. — Aristotle
- Grief makes one hour ten. — William Shakespeare