No. 0. Quote: Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits. -- William Shakespeare, "As You Like It" No. 1. Quote: You recoil from the crude; you tend naturally toward the exquisite. No. 2. Quote: To be or not to be. -- Shakespeare To do is to be. -- Nietzsche To be is to do. -- Sartre Do be do be do. -- Sinatra No. 3. Quote: Anyone who has had a bull by the tail knows five or six more things than someone who hasn't. -- Mark Twain No. 4. Quote: You will contract a rare disease. No. 5. Quote: A tall, dark stranger will have more fun than you. No. 6. Quote: Q: What do you call a blind, deaf-mute, quadraplegic Virginian? A: Trustworthy. No. 7. Quote: You are dishonest, but never to the point of hurting a friend. No. 8. Quote: Today is the last day of your life so far. No. 9. Quote: "...The name of the song is called 'Haddocks' Eyes'!" "Oh, that's the name of the song, is it?" Alice said, trying to feel interested. "No, you don't understand," the Knight said, looking a little vexed. "That's what the name is called. The name really is, 'The Aged Aged Man.'" "Then I ought to have said "That's what the song is called'?" Alice corrected herself. "No, you oughtn't: that's quite another thing! The song is called 'Ways and Means': but that's only what it is called you know!" "Well, what is the song then?" said Alice, who was by this time completely bewildered. "I was coming to that," the Knight said. "The song really is "A-sitting on a Gate": and the tune's my own invention." -- Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking Glass" No. 10. Quote: The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner. -- Mark Twain No. 11. Quote: Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities. -- Mark Twain No. 12. Quote: You have the capacity to learn from mistakes. You'll learn a lot today. No. 13. Quote: Q: What do you call a WASP who doesn't work for his father, isn't a lawyer, and believes in social causes? A: A failure. No. 14. Quote: So this is it. We're going to die. No. 15. Quote: You are dishonest, but never to the point of hurting a friend. No. 16. Quote: This will be a memorable month -- no matter how hard you try to forget it. No. 17. Quote: You plan things that you do not even attempt because of your extreme caution. No. 18. Quote: Q: Why do the police always travel in threes? A: One to do the reading, one to do the writing, and the other keeps an eye on the two intellectuals. No. 19. Quote: Keep emotionally active. Cater to your favorite neurosis. No. 20. Quote: I reverently believe that the maker who made us all makes everything in New England, but the weather. I don't know who makes that, but I think it must be raw apprentices in the weather-clerks factory who experiment and learn how, in New England, for board and clothes, and then are promoted to make weather for countries that require a good article, and will take their custom elsewhere if they don't get it. -- Mark Twain No. 21. Quote: Avert misunderstanding by calm, poise, and balance. No. 22. Quote: You have a strong appeal for members of your own sex. No. 23. Quote: Q: Why is Christmas just like a day at the office? A: You do all of the work and the fat guy in the suit gets all the credit. No. 24. Quote: It's all in the mind, ya know.