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Welcome, my friends, to another enlightening edition of Great Quotes, a monthly compendium of, well, great quotes collected from all over. It’s my way of celebrating the end of another exciting month here at the Zone.

Hey, who knows? Maybe they’ll even provide some inspiration for the next one! I think you’ll agree they may even impart a bit of wisdom – along with a bit of fun.

So if you find yourself searching for some encouragement, inspiration or perhaps even just a chuckle or two, you’ve come to the right place! Check these out:

• Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle. – Ken Hakuta
• The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory. – Paul Fix
• I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn’t like it. – Samuel Goldwyn
• If at first you don’t succeed… then skydiving is not for you! – Unknown
• Communism doesn’t work because people like to own stuff. – Frank Zappa
• It is always the best policy to speak the truth – unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. – Jerome K. Jerome
• A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. – Sir Francis Bacon
• When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it. – Anatole France
• Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone. – Gertrude Stein
• It’s easier to belch baloney than bring home the bacon. – John Maxwell
• Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing. – William S. Burroughs
• The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” – Ronald Reagan
• The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from people who are still undecided. – Casey Stengel
• The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you’ve got it made. – Jean Giraudoux
• When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. – Eric Hoffer
• Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors. – Thomas H. Huxley
• Preparation is the difference between and adventure and an ordeal. – Kirk Newsome
• Don’t you wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There’s one marked ‘brightness’ but it doesn’t work. – Gallagher
• One never notices what has been done; one can only notice what remains to be done. – Marie Curie

And finally, for every writer’s edification, this pearl of wisdom from one of the most widely-broadcast newsmen ever:

• Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn’t mean you’re wiser than when it just reached to the end of the bar. – Edward R. Murrow

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