
There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect.
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
There is no reciprocity. Men love women, women love children, children love hamsters.
Author: Alice Thomas Ellis
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
Author: General Douglas MacArthur
So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.
Author: Christopher Reeve
It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
Author: Garrison Keillor

"Can I go outside and watch the solar eclipse?"
asked Rupert.
"Okay," replied his father, "but don't stand too
close."
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"Dad, why do you write so slow?" asked
Dennis. "I have to," replied his father. "I'm a slow reader."
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At dinner, Seth said to his father,
"Dad, I got into trouble at school today and it's all your
fault."
"How's that?" asked the master of the house.
"Remember I asked
you how much $500,000 was?"
"Yeah, I remember."
"Well,
'a helluva lot' ain't the right answer."
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"Dad," said Rickey, "what is electricity?"
"Uh," replied his father, "I don't really know too much about
electricity."
A few minutes later the boy said, "How does gas
make the engine go?"
"Son, I'm afraid I don't know much about
motors." "Dad," said the
boy, "what is anthropology?"
"Anthropology?"
The father frowned. "I really don't know."
"Gee,
Dad, I guess I'm making a nuisance of myself." "Not at all,
son. If
you don't ask questions, you'll never learn
anything."
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Did
you hear about the little boy who was
named after his father ?
They called him Dad !
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