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  • "Violence Is The Language Of The Inarticulate"

    from the movie SKIDOO

  • "In a world gone mad - the Lunatic is truly sane"

    Homer Simpson

  • "Great Spirits Have Always Encountered Violent Opposition From Mediocre Minds"

    Albert Einstein

  • "A Person Is The sum Of Their Memories, Deeds & Beliefs"

    Unknown

  • "Imagination Is More Important Than Knowledge"

    Albert Einstein

  • "It Ain't Over Till The Fat Lady Sings"

    Yogi Berra

  • "Jenny said when she was just 5 years old, there ain't nothing happening at all. Then one fine day she turned on the radio and couldn't believe what she heard at all... she started dancing to that fine, fine music ... oh her life was saved by Rock'n Roll."

    Lou Reed - Rock'n Roll Animal

  • "I I I I I I Have Become......Comfortably Numb"

    Pink Floyd

  • "Holy Toledo"

    Bill King, The A's, Raiders & Others Long Time Sports Announcer Who Passed Away in 2006

  • "Giants Win The Pennant! The Giants Win The Pennant!, The Giants Win The Pennant! "

    Announcer Russ Hodges after Bobby Thompson hit the "Shot Heard 'Round The World" that gave the N.Y. Giants the Pennant over the Brooklyn bums (Dodgers)

  • "We Ain't Gonna Take It, Never Did And Never Will"

    The Who

  • "Spam,Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam - Spamity Spam, Spamity Spam."

    Monty Python's Flying Circus

  • "You Can Get Anything You Want At Alice's Restaurant."

    Arlo Guthrie

  • Who is wise? One who learns from every man. Who is strong? One who overpowers his inclinations. Who is rich? One who is satisfied with his lot. Who is honorable? One who honors his fellows.

    - Ethics of the Fathers 4:1


  • There may be food, there may be drink, but if there is no peace there is nothing

    - Rashi (on Leviticus 26:6)


  • "The reward of a mitzva is the mitzva."

    - Pirkei Avot 4:2.


  • "Assume for yourself a master, acquire for yourself a friend, and judge every man to the side of merit."

    - Joshua the son of Perachia and Nitai the Arbelite


  • "Distance yourself from a bad neighbor, do not cleave to a wicked person, and do not abandon belief in retribution.."

    - Nitai the Arbelite


  • "When sitting in judgement, do not act as a counselor-at-law. When the litigants stand before you, consider them both guilty; and when they leave your courtroom, having accepted the judgement, regard them as equally righteous."

    - Judah the son of Tabbai and Shimon the son of Shotach


  • "If I am not for myself, who is for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?"

    - Hillel




  • "Be careful with the government, for they befriend a person only for their own needs. They appear to be friends when it is beneficial to them, but they do not stand by a person at the time of his distress"

    - Rabban Gamliel the son of Rabbi Judah HaNassi




  • " A boor cannot be sin-fearing, an ignoramus cannot be pious, a bashful one cannot learn, a short-tempered person cannot teach, nor does anyone who does much business grow wise. In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man."

    - Rabbi Hillel




  • " One who advances his name, destroys his name. One who does not increase, diminishes. One who does not learn is deserving of death. And one who make personal use of the crown of Torah shall perish."

    - Rabbi Hillel




  • "If I am not for myself, who is for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?"

    - Rabbi Hillel




  • "All my life I have been raised among the wise, and I have found nothing better for the body than silence. The essential thing is not study, but deed. And one who speaks excessively brings on sin."

    - Rabban Gamliel's son, Shimon




  • " Those who work for the community should do so for the sake of Heaven; for then merit of their ancestors shall aid them, and their righteousness shall endure forever. And you, [says G-d,] I shall credit you with great reward as if you have achieved it."

    - Rabban Gamliel the son of Rabbi Judah HaNassi




  • "Be careful with the government, for they befriend a person only for their own needs. They appear to be friends when it is beneficial to them, but they do not stand by a person at the time of his distress."

    - Rabban Gamliel the son of Rabbi Judah HaNassi




  • "Do not separate yourself from the community. Do not believe in yourself until the day you die. Do not judge your fellow until you have stood in his place. Do not say something that is not readily understood in the belief that it will ultimately be understood [or: Do not say something that ought not to be heard even in the strictest confidence, for ultimately it will be heard]. And do not say "When I free myself of my concerns, I will study,'' for perhaps you will never free yourself."

    - Rabban Hillel




  • "A boor cannot be sin-fearing, an ignoramus cannot be pious, a bashful one cannot learn, a short-tempered person cannot teach, nor does anyone who does much business grow wise. In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man."

    - Rabban Hillel




  • "Pray for the integrity of the government; for were it not for the fear of its authority, a man would swallow his neighbor alive."

    - Rabbi Chanina




  • "One who stays awake at night, or travels alone on the road, and turns his heart to idleness, has forfeited his life.."

    - Rabbi Chanina




  • "One who accepts upon himself the yoke of Torah is exempted from the yoke of government duties and the yoke of worldly cares; but one who casts off the yoke of Torah is saddled with the yoke of government duties and the yoke of worldly cares.."

    - Rabbi Nechunia




  • - Rabbi Chanina




  • "All is foreseen, and freedom of choice is granted. The world is judged with goodness, but in accordance with the amount of man's positive deeds."

    - Rabbi Akiva




  • "There are seven things that characterize a boor, and seven that characterize a wise man. A wise man does not speak before one who is greater than him in wisdom or age. He does not interrupt his fellow's words. He does not hasten to answer. His questions are on the subject and his answers to the point. He responds to first things first and to latter things later. Concerning what he did not hear, he says "I did not hear." He concedes to the truth. With the boor, the reverse of all these is the case.."

    - From Ethics of our Fathers




  • "There are four types of people: One who says, "What is mine is yours, and what is yours is mine" is a boor. One who says "What is mine is mine, and what is yours is yours" -- this is a median characteristic; others say that this is the character of a Sodomite. One who says, "What is mine is yours, and what is yours is yours" is a chassid (pious person). And one who says "What is mine is mine, and what is yours is mine" is wicked."

    - From Ethics of our Fathers




  • "There are four types among those who sit before the sages: the sponge, the funnel, the strainer and the sieve. The sponge absorbs all. The funnel takes in at one end and lets it out the other. The strainer rejects the wine and retains the sediment. The sieve rejects the coarse flour and retains the fine flour."

    - From Ethics of our Fathers




  • " Whoever possesses the following three traits is of the disciples of our father Abraham; and whoever possesses the opposite three traits is of the disciples of the wicked Balaam. The disciples of our father Abraham have a good eye, a meek spirit and a humble soul. The disciples of the wicked Balaam have an evil eye, a haughty spirit and a gross soul. What is the difference between the disciples of our father Abraham and the disciples of the wicked Balaam? The disciples of our father Abraham benefit in this world and inherit the World To Come, and as is stated, "To bequeath to those who love Me there is, and their treasures I shall fill" (Proverbs 8:21). The disciples of the wicked Balaam inherit purgatory and descent into the pit of destruction, as is stated, "And You, G-d, shall cast them into the pit of destruction; bloody and deceitful men, they shall not attain half their days. And I shall trust in you" (ibid., 55:24)."

    - From Ethics of our Fathers




  • "Do not seek greatness for yourself, and do not lust for honor. More than you study, do. Desire not the table of kings, for your table is greater than theirs, and your crown is greater than theirs, and faithful is your Employer to pay you the rewards of your work."

    Rabbi Joshua the son of Levi - From Ethics of our Fathers




  • "Beauty, strength, wealth, honor, wisdom, sageness, old age and children are becoming to the righteous and becoming to the world. As is stated (Proverbs 16:31): "Old age is a crown of beauty, to be found in the ways of righteousness." And it says (ibid. 20:29): "The beauty of youths is their strength, and the glory of sages is their age." And it says (ibid., 17:6): "The crown of sages are their grandchildren, and the beauty of children their fathers." And it says (Isaiah 24:23): "And the moon shall be abashed and the sun shamed, for the L-rd of hosts has reigned in Zion, and before his elders is glory.""

    Rabbi Shimon the son of Judah would say in the name of Rabbi Shimon the son of Yochai - From Ethics of our Fathers




  • "Run to pursue a minor mitzvah, and flee from a transgression. For a mitzvah brings another mitzvah, and a transgression brings another transgression. For the reward of a mitzvah is a mitzvah, and the reward of transgression is transgression.

    Ben Azzai - From Ethics of our Fathers




  • "Be very, very humble, for the hope of mortal man is worms."

    Rabbi Levitas of Yavneh - From Ethics of our Fathers




  • "Whoever honors the Torah, is himself honored by the people; whoever degrades the Torah, is himself degraded by the people."

    Rabbi Yossei - From Ethics of our Fathers




  • "Whoever fulfills the Torah in poverty, will ultimately fulfill it in wealth; and whoever neglects the Torah in wealth, will ultimately neglect it in poverty."

    Rabbi Jonathan - From Ethics of our Fathers




  • "Engage minimally in business, and occupy yourself with Torah. Be humble before every man. If you neglect the Torah, there will be many more causes for neglect before you; if you toil much in Torah, there is much reward to give to you."

    Rabbi Meir - From Ethics of our Fathers




  • " There are three crowns--the crown of Torah, the crown of priesthood and the crown of sovereignty--but the crown of good name surmounts them all."

    Rabbi Shimon - From Ethics of our Fathers




  • "When your enemy falls, do not rejoice; when he stumbles, let your heart not be gladdened. Lest G-d see, and it will displeasing in His eyes, and He will turn His wrath from him [to you]" (Proverbs 24:17-18)."

    Samuel the Small - From Ethics of our Fathers




  • " One who learns Torah in his childhood, what is this comparable to? To ink inscribed on fresh paper. One who learns Torah in his old age, what is this comparable to? To ink inscribed on erased paper."

    Elisha the son of Avuyah - From Ethics of our Fathers

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