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#1

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom

43886 likes

#2

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
― Dr. Seuss

tags: fantasy

36834 likes

#3

“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.”
― Linda Grayson

tags: chocolate, friendship

16485 likes

#4

“Reality continues to ruin my life.”
― Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

tags: calvin-and-hobbes, humor, life

21172 likes

#5

“′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”
― Mark Twain

tags: books, classic, reading

18878 likes

#6

“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
― Mark Twain

tags: humor, politics

9105 likes

#7

“Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
― Mark Twain

tags: humor, writing

9633 likes

#8

“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: god, world

12726 likes

#9

“Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.”
― Lemony Snicket

tags: humor-reading

8492 likes

#10

“God created war so that Americans would learn geography.”
― Mark Twain

tags: americans, geography, war

7533 likes

#11

“I suppose I'll have to add the force of gravity to my list of enemies.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Penultimate Peril

tags: humor

5065 likes

#12

“The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.”
― Bill Watterson

1636 likes

#13

“Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said 'I think I’ll drink whatever comes out of these when I squeeze ’em?”
― Bill Watterson

tags: humor

939 likes

#14

“You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help.”
― Bill Watterson

tags: bad-day, calvin-and-hobbes, luck

2893 likes

#15

“I'm learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework...procrastinating and negotiation.”
― Bill Waterson

645 likes

#16

“In my opinion, we don't devote nearly enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.”
― Bill Watterson

tags: humor, jerks, science

1289 likes

#17

“God put me on earth to accomplish certain things. Right now, I’m so far behind, I’ll never die.”
― Bill Watterson

632 likes

#18

“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones

tags: love

36854 likes

#19

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
― Mark Twain

tags: attributed-no-source, education

18233 likes

#20

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

tags: books, reading

27729 likes

#21

“If you find yourself asking yourself (and your friends), "Am I really a writer? Am I really an artist?" chances are you are. The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.”
― Steven Pressfield, The War of Art

511 likes

#22

“Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they're having a piss.”
― Banksy, Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall

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