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I don't think we really gave barbarism a fair try.

George Carlin (2015). “3 x Carlin: An Orgy of George including Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?”, p.82, Hachette UK

Everyone should try to scratch their name on the bomb of life.

George Carlin (2009). “Last Words”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

Those who understand the steam engine and the electric telegraph spend their lives in trying to replace them with something better.

George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.4494, e-artnow

This is my father. Try what you can with him! He won't listen to me, because he remembers what a fool I was when I was a baby.

George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: The Collected Plays (Illustrated): 60 plays including Caesar and Cleopatra, Pygmalion, Saint Joan, The Apple Cart, Cymbeline, Androcles And The Lion, The Man Of Destiny, The Inca Of Perusalem and Macbeth Skit”, p.1437, e-artnow

I try to follow his example, not to imitate him.

George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.477, e-artnow

Moral: Don't try to Account for Anything.

George Ade (1960). “The America of George Ade, 1866-1944: Fables, Short Stories, Essays”, New York, Putnam [1960]

Why you exist, says Nietzsche with Søren Kierkegaard, nobody in the world can tell you in advance; but since you do exist, try to give your existence a meaning by setting up for yourself as lofty and noble a goal as you can.

Georg Brandes (1914). “Friedrich Nietzsche. (Translated by A. G. Chater.) [Translations of "Friedrich Nietzsche. En Afhandling om aristokratisk Radikalisme," extracted from "Fremmede Personligheder,” “Friedrich Nietzsche's sidste aandeligt virksomme Aar," published in "Tilskueren," 1899, and two short articles extracted from "Skikkelser og Tanker." ]”, CreateSpace