"It is inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office." H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (1880-1956)
"Don't ask the barber whether you need a hair cut." Warren Buffett
"We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it." Abraham Lincoln
"Each person's map of the world is as unique as their thumbprint. There are no two people alike...no two people who understand the same sentence the same way...So in dealing with people try not to fit them to your concept of what they should be." Milton Erickson
"True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive." Mignon McLaughlin, journalist and author (1913-1983)
"Being offended is the natural consequence of leaving one's home. I do not like aftershave lotion, adults who roller-skate, children who speak French, or anyone who is unduly tan. I do not, however, go around enacting legislation and putting up signs." Fran Lebowitz
"Nobody believes the official spokesman... but everybody trusts an unidentified source." Ron Nesen
"Why plan to fix it later, when you can get it right at the start?" Harley Brown
“There is a chalk outline slowly being drawn around common sense and most people can't identify the victim.” Dennis Miller
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