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"Ninety per cent of this game is half-mental."

Yogi Berra. Lawrence Peter 'Yogi' Berra was born in 1925, and was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. He has also been quoted as saying, "It's deja vu all over again", and, "When you come to a fork in the road ... take it", and also, "I didn't really say everything I said."

"If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either."

Dick Cavett. American television host, Dick Cavett, was also quoted as having said, "As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it."

"Only one thing is impossible for God, to find any sense in any copyright law on the planet."

Mark Twain. Other 'Twainisms' include, "Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own", and, "A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read."

"It's impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune."

Woody Allen. Also quoted as having said, "It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off."

"Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."

R D Laing. Ronald David Laing, a somewhat controversial physchoanalyst also said, "Children are not yet fools, but we shall turn them into imbeciles like ourselves, with high IQ's if possible."

"I wish to be cremated. One tenth of my ashes shall be given to my agent, as written in our contract."

Groucho Marx. Groucho Marx, who was born in 1890, and died at the age of 87, also said, "My favourite poem is the one that starts 'Thirty days hath September' because it actually tells you something."

"Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to stick to the possibilities."

Mark Twain. Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, wrote in 1890, "Of course I know that the properest way to demolish the Russian throne would be by revolution. But it is not possible to get up a revolution there; so the only thing left to do, apparently, is to keep the throne vacant by dynamite until a day when candidates shall decline with thanks. Then organise the Republic."

"Eighty percent of success is showing up."

Woody Allen. Woody Allen also said, "How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?"

"We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything."

Thomas Edison. Perhaps Thomas Alva Edison's most famous quote was, "Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."

"Of all the peoples whom I have studied, from city dwellers to cliff dwellers, I always find at least 50 percent would prefer to have at least one jungle between themselves and their mothers-in-law."

Margaret Mead. World famous American anthropologist, Margaret Mead, was also quoted as saying, "Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to be as mediocre as possible."

"Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them."

Lily Tomlin. Lily Tomlin also said, "I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realise I should have been more specific", and, "The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat."

"Start by doing what is necessary, then what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible."

St Francis of Assisi. Christened John in 1182, St Francis was renamed by his father! He founded the Franciscan Order of Monks and died at the age of 44 in 1226.

"Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe."

Jackie Mason. US comedian, Jackie Mason, also said, "I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something", and, "It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like."

"USA Today has come out with a new survey, apparently three out of four people make up 75 percent of the population."

David Letterman. David Letterman was also quoted as having said, "I cannot sing, dance or act; what else would I be but a talk show host."

"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."

Pablo Picasso.

"Truth is generally the best vindication against slander."

Abraham Lincoln. (1809 - 1865), letter to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, July 18, 1864

"Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others."

Groucho Marx.

"80 percent of success is showing up."

Woody Allen.

"Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."

R.D. Laing.

"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans are suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you."

Rita Mae Brown.

"USA Today has come out with a new survey, apparently three out of four people make up 75 percent of the population."

David Letterman.

"I'm desperately trying to figure out why kamikaze pilots wore helmets."

Dave Edison.

"You cannot have everything. I mean, where would you put it?"

Steven Wright.

"It's impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune."

Woody Allen.