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Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

Albert Einstein

Give us the tools and we shall finish the job!
Winston Churchill

Give us the job and we shall finish the tools!
Worker's motto, Ostblock before 1989

Theory of relativity? I dreamed it up while cycling!
A Einstein

If cricket is too exciting for you, try watching chess

It's the economy, stupid!
-PotUS Clinton

It's the digestion, stupid!
-brynpoeth
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When I feel queer, the digestion usually caused it: eating too late, not drinking enough for example

Ladies prefer the simpler things: laddies, for example

Wer das Nichtstun ebenso wie die Arbeit scheut, findet leicht zum Buch
Peter Brueckner

She who dislikes doing nothing and also dislikes working would enjoy reading a book

Mike Sales wrote:

Cyril Haearn wrote:I wouldn't mind seeing China if I could come back the same day
Philip Larkin

Similar to Dr. Johnson.

BOSWELL. "Is not the Giant's-Causeway worth seeing?" JOHNSON. "Worth seeing, yes; but not worth going to see."

Obviously he had read the Michelin guides/maps
** worth a journey
* worth a detour

That reminds me of an American I met in Paris:

'Once you've seen one French cathedral, you've seen em all'

[Brailsford] has an impressive ability to reach into the toilet and pull out chocolate

Jonathan Vaughters/The Guardian

Hi,

Cyril Haearn wrote:It's the economy, stupid!
-PotUS Clinton

It's the digestion, stupid!
-brynpoeth
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When I feel queer, the digestion usually caused it: eating too late, not drinking enough for example

Then do the opposite, I do

Cycling-of course, but it is far better on a Gillott

Hi,

It can’t get any worse!

Frustration retort.

Driving-of course, but it is far worse in an a***

He that hingeth about, getteth her haw (nothing)