Comments on: Phyllis Diller http://doubtingthomas426.wordpress.com/2007/12/16/phyllis-diller/ A Born Again Skeptic Seeking Answers Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:56:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: mary a. kaufman http://doubtingthomas426.wordpress.com/2007/12/16/phyllis-diller/#comment-1365 mary a. kaufman Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:38:07 +0000 http://doubtingthomas426.wordpress.com/2007/12/16/phyllis-diller/#comment-1365 I'd like to leave my favorite quote from H. L. Mencken:Once the mind has been expanded, it can never return to its original dimensions. Mary from Meander With Me. I’d like to leave my favorite quote from H. L. Mencken:Once the mind has been expanded, it can never return to its original dimensions. Mary from Meander With Me.

]]> By: doubtingthomas426 http://doubtingthomas426.wordpress.com/2007/12/16/phyllis-diller/#comment-38 doubtingthomas426 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:23:38 +0000 http://doubtingthomas426.wordpress.com/2007/12/16/phyllis-diller/#comment-38 Love Twain, of course, Tyson, not so sure. I am mainly interested in quotes about religion. Love Twain, of course, Tyson, not so sure. I am mainly interested in quotes about religion.

]]> By: Steve Rosenbaum http://doubtingthomas426.wordpress.com/2007/12/16/phyllis-diller/#comment-37 Steve Rosenbaum Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:17:00 +0000 http://doubtingthomas426.wordpress.com/2007/12/16/phyllis-diller/#comment-37 If your looking for other great quotes, two good sources are Mark Twain and Mike Tyson..yest Mike Tyson he's got some gems. If your looking for other great quotes, two good sources are Mark Twain and Mike Tyson..yest Mike Tyson he’s got some gems.

]]> By: doubtingthomas426 http://doubtingthomas426.wordpress.com/2007/12/16/phyllis-diller/#comment-36 doubtingthomas426 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:02:35 +0000 http://doubtingthomas426.wordpress.com/2007/12/16/phyllis-diller/#comment-36 Thanks for the quotes! The THE WORDS OF OTHERS section is one I'm still filling with the various quotes I've gathered over the years and am always pleased to discover some other gems. Thanks for the quotes! The THE WORDS OF OTHERS section is one I’m still filling with the various quotes I’ve gathered over the years and am always pleased to discover some other gems.

]]> By: Steve Rosenbaum http://doubtingthomas426.wordpress.com/2007/12/16/phyllis-diller/#comment-33 Steve Rosenbaum Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:13:35 +0000 http://doubtingthomas426.wordpress.com/2007/12/16/phyllis-diller/#comment-33 I saw missing from your list one of the great people to quote. Here are some relevant quotes from H.L. Mencken. I hope you find the useful. A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. H. L. Mencken Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood. H. L. Mencken An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup. H. L. Mencken It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man. H. L. Mencken Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them. H. L. Mencken There is always a well-known solution to every human problem--neat, plausible, and wrong. H. L. Mencken I saw missing from your list one of the great people to quote. Here are some relevant quotes from H.L. Mencken. I hope you find the useful.

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

H. L. Mencken

Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.

H. L. Mencken

An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.

H. L. Mencken

It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.

H. L. Mencken

Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them.

H. L. Mencken

There is always a well-known solution to every human problem–neat, plausible, and wrong.

H. L. Mencken

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