To those who wish to punish others -- or at least to see them punished, if the avengers … - Steve Allen

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Every cow in the world, you know, when they do what they do, you've got more carbon dioxide.

Steve Allen

To those who wish to punish others -- or at least to see them punished, if the avengers are too cowardly to take matters in to their own hands -- the belief in a fiery, hideous hell appears to be a great source of comfort.

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Thousands of years ago only Christ could walk on the water. Today anybody can do it; you just step on the garbage.

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Without laughter life on our planet would be intolerable. So important is laughter to us that humanity highly rewards members of one of the most unusual professions on earth, those who make a living by inducing laughter in others. This is very strange if you stop to think of it: that otherwise sane and responsible citizens should devote their professional energies to causing others to make sharp, explosive barking-like exhalations.

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In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.

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