# The Atoz Game (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097 "2022-08-04T15:42:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 434
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8662 "2025-06-05T22:23:41Z")
**Quotables** “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal.” - Animal Farm “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” “Discretion is the better part of valor.” “Eh… What’s up, Doc?” - Bugs Bunny “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” “Go ahead, make my day.” - Harry Callahan “He gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. Now, little man, I give the watch to you.” “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” - Harry S Truman “Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.” - Erica Jong ---
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**Quotables** “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal.” - Animal Farm “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” “Discretion is the better part of valor.” “Eh… What’s up, Doc?” - Bugs Bunny “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” “Go ahead, make my day.” - Harry Callahan “He gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. Now, little man, I give the watch to you.” “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” - Harry S Truman “Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.” - Erica Jong “Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI.” - National Lampoon’s Deteriorata ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8664 "2025-06-05T22:39:25Z")
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal.” - Animal Farm “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” “Discretion is the better part of valor.” “Eh… What’s up, Doc?” - Bugs Bunny “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” “Go ahead, make my day.” - Harry Callahan “He gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. Now, little man, I give the watch to you.” “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” - Harry S Truman “Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.” - Erica Jong “Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI.” - National Lampoon’s Deteriorata “Like sands in the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8665 "2025-06-05T22:47:59Z")
**Quotables** “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal.” - Animal Farm “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” “Discretion is the better part of valor.” “Eh… What’s up, Doc?” - Bugs Bunny “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” “Go ahead, make my day.” - Harry Callahan “He gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. Now, little man, I give the watch to you.” “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” - Harry S Truman “Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.” - Erica Jong “Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI.” - National Lampoon’s Deteriorata “Like sands in the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” “Money is the root of all evil.” ---
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**Quotables** “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal.” - Animal Farm “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” “Discretion is the better part of valor.” “Eh… What’s up, Doc?” - Bugs Bunny “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” “Go ahead, make my day.” - Harry Callahan “He gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. Now, little man, I give the watch to you.” “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” - Harry S Truman “Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.” - Erica Jong “Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI.” - National Lampoon’s Deteriorata “Like sands in the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” “Money is the root of all evil.” “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”. - Winston Churchill ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8667 "2025-06-06T02:13:59Z")
**Quotables** “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal.” - Animal Farm “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” “Discretion is the better part of valor.” “Eh… What’s up, Doc?” - Bugs Bunny “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” “Go ahead, make my day.” - Harry Callahan “He gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. Now, little man, I give the watch to you.” “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” - Harry S Truman “Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.” - Erica Jong “Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI.” - National Lampoon’s Deteriorata “Like sands in the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” “Money is the root of all evil.” “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”. - Winston Churchill “O for a muse of fire that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention, a kingdom for a stage, princes to act and monarchs to behold the swelling scene!” - William Shakespeare, Prologue, _Henry V_ ---
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**Quotables** “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal.” - Animal Farm “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” “Discretion is the better part of valor.” “Eh… What’s up, Doc?” - Bugs Bunny “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” “Go ahead, make my day.” - Harry Callahan “He gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. Now, little man, I give the watch to you.” “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” - Harry S Truman “Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.” - Erica Jong “Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI.” - National Lampoon’s Deteriorata “Like sands in the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” “Money is the root of all evil.” “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”. - Winston Churchill “O for a muse of fire that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention, a kingdom for a stage, princes to act and monarchs to behold the swelling scene!” - William Shakespeare, Prologue, _Henry V_ “Pride goeth before the fall.” ---
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**Quotables** “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal.” - Animal Farm “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” “Discretion is the better part of valor.” “Eh… What’s up, Doc?” - Bugs Bunny “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” “Go ahead, make my day.” - Harry Callahan “He gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. Now, little man, I give the watch to you.” “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” - Harry S Truman “Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.” - Erica Jong “Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI.” - National Lampoon’s Deteriorata “Like sands in the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” “Money is the root of all evil.” “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”. - Winston Churchill “O for a muse of fire that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention, a kingdom for a stage, princes to act and monarchs to behold the swelling scene!” - William Shakespeare, Prologue, _Henry V_ “Pride goeth before the fall.” “Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired.” ---
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**Quotables** “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal.” - Animal Farm “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” “Discretion is the better part of valor.” “Eh… What’s up, Doc?” - Bugs Bunny “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” “Go ahead, make my day.” - Harry Callahan “He gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. Now, little man, I give the watch to you.” “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” - Harry S Truman “Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.” - Erica Jong “Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI.” - National Lampoon’s Deteriorata “Like sands in the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” “Money is the root of all evil.” “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”. - Winston Churchill “O for a muse of fire that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention, a kingdom for a stage, princes to act and monarchs to behold the swelling scene!” - William Shakespeare, Prologue, _Henry V_ “Pride goeth before the fall.” “Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired.” “Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much.” - Richard Nixon ---
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**Quotables** “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal.” - Animal Farm “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” “Discretion is the better part of valor.” “Eh… What’s up, Doc?” - Bugs Bunny “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” “Go ahead, make my day.” - Harry Callahan “He gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. Now, little man, I give the watch to you.” “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” - Harry S Truman “Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.” - Erica Jong “Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI.” - National Lampoon’s Deteriorata “Like sands in the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” “Money is the root of all evil.” “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”. - Winston Churchill “O for a muse of fire that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention, a kingdom for a stage, princes to act and monarchs to behold the swelling scene!” - William Shakespeare, Prologue, _Henry V_ “Pride goeth before the fall.” “Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired.” “Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much.” - Richard Nixon “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate.” - Shakespeare, Sonnet 18. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8672 "2025-06-06T19:18:49Z")
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal.” - Animal Farm “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” “Discretion is the better part of valor.” “Eh… What’s up, Doc?” - Bugs Bunny “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” “Go ahead, make my day.” - Harry Callahan “He gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. Now, little man, I give the watch to you.” “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” - Harry S Truman “Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.” - Erica Jong “Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI.” - National Lampoon’s Deteriorata “Like sands in the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” “Money is the root of all evil.” “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”. - Winston Churchill “O for a muse of fire that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention, a kingdom for a stage, princes to act and monarchs to behold the swelling scene!” - William Shakespeare, Prologue, _Henry V_ “Pride goeth before the fall.” “Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired.” “Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much.” - Richard Nixon “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate.” - Shakespeare, Sonnet 18. “To err is human, to forgive divine.” - Alexander Pope ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8673 "2025-06-07T02:58:11Z")
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal.” - Animal Farm “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” “Discretion is the better part of valor.” “Eh… What’s up, Doc?” - Bugs Bunny “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” “Go ahead, make my day.” - Harry Callahan “He gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. Now, little man, I give the watch to you.” “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” - Harry S Truman “Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.” - Erica Jong “Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI.” - National Lampoon’s Deteriorata “Like sands in the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” “Money is the root of all evil.” “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”. - Winston Churchill “O for a muse of fire that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention, a kingdom for a stage, princes to act and monarchs to behold the swelling scene!” - William Shakespeare, Prologue, _Henry V_ “Pride goeth before the fall.” “Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired.” “Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much.” - Richard Nixon “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate.” - Shakespeare, Sonnet 18. “To err is human, to forgive divine.” - Alexander Pope “United we stand; divided we fall.” - Aesop Later attributed to American patriot and Continental Congress member John Dickinson. ---
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**Quotables** “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal.” - Animal Farm “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” “Discretion is the better part of valor.” “Eh… What’s up, Doc?” - Bugs Bunny “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” “Go ahead, make my day.” - Harry Callahan “He gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. Now, little man, I give the watch to you.” “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” - Harry S Truman “Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.” - Erica Jong “Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI.” - National Lampoon’s Deteriorata “Like sands in the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” “Money is the root of all evil.” “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”. - Winston Churchill “O for a muse of fire that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention, a kingdom for a stage, princes to act and monarchs to behold the swelling scene!” - William Shakespeare, Prologue, _Henry V_ “Pride goeth before the fall.” “Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired.” “Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much.” - Richard Nixon “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate.” - Shakespeare, Sonnet 18. “To err is human, to forgive divine.” - Alexander Pope “United we stand; divided we fall.” - Aesop “Veni, Vidi, Vici” – Julius Caesar _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8675 "2025-06-07T04:48:52Z")
**Quotables** “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal.” - Animal Farm “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” “Discretion is the better part of valor.” “Eh… What’s up, Doc?” - Bugs Bunny “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” “Go ahead, make my day.” - Harry Callahan “He gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. Now, little man, I give the watch to you.” “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” - Harry S Truman “Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.” - Erica Jong “Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI.” - National Lampoon’s Deteriorata “Like sands in the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” “Money is the root of all evil.” “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”. - Winston Churchill “O for a muse of fire that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention, a kingdom for a stage, princes to act and monarchs to behold the swelling scene!” - William Shakespeare, Prologue, _Henry V_ “Pride goeth before the fall.” “Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired.” “Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much.” - Richard Nixon “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate.” - Shakespeare, Sonnet 18. “To err is human, to forgive divine.” - Alexander Pope “United we stand; divided we fall.” - Aesop “Veni, Vidi, Vici” – Julius Caesar “What a world!” - Wicked Witch of the West ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8676 "2025-06-07T09:39:38Z")
**Quotables** “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal.” - Animal Farm “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” “Discretion is the better part of valor.” “Eh… What’s up, Doc?” - Bugs Bunny “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” “Go ahead, make my day.” - Harry Callahan “He gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. Now, little man, I give the watch to you.” “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” - Harry S Truman “Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.” - Erica Jong “Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI.” - National Lampoon’s Deteriorata “Like sands in the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” “Money is the root of all evil.” “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”. - Winston Churchill “O for a muse of fire that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention, a kingdom for a stage, princes to act and monarchs to behold the swelling scene!” - William Shakespeare, Prologue, _Henry V_ “Pride goeth before the fall.” “Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired.” “Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much.” - Richard Nixon “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate.” - Shakespeare, Sonnet 18. “To err is human, to forgive divine.” - Alexander Pope “United we stand; divided we fall.” - Aesop “Veni, Vidi, Vici” – Julius Caesar “What a world!” - Wicked Witch of the West “X-Ray crystallography is nowadays an accurate and rapid method of determining conformation in the crystal lattice, which conformation usually corresponds to the preferred conformation in solution.” - Derek Harold Richard Barton ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8677 "2025-06-07T13:57:19Z")
**Quotables** “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal.” - Animal Farm “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” “Discretion is the better part of valor.” “Eh… What’s up, Doc?” - Bugs Bunny “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” “Go ahead, make my day.” - Harry Callahan “He gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. Now, little man, I give the watch to you.” “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” - Harry S Truman “Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.” - Erica Jong “Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI.” - National Lampoon’s Deteriorata “Like sands in the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” “Money is the root of all evil.” “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”. - Winston Churchill “O for a muse of fire that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention, a kingdom for a stage, princes to act and monarchs to behold the swelling scene!” - William Shakespeare, Prologue, _Henry V_ “Pride goeth before the fall.” “Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired.” “Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much.” - Richard Nixon “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate.” - Shakespeare, Sonnet 18. “To err is human, to forgive divine.” - Alexander Pope “United we stand; divided we fall.” - Aesop “Veni, Vidi, Vici” – Julius Caesar “What a world!” - Wicked Witch of the West “X-Ray crystallography is nowadays an accurate and rapid method of determining conformation in the crystal lattice, which conformation usually corresponds to the preferred conformation in solution.” - Derek Harold Richard Barton “You can’t take it with you.” ---
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[quote=“knoodler, post:8677, topic:969097, full:true”] **Quotables** “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal.” - Animal Farm “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” “Discretion is the better part of valor.” “Eh… What’s up, Doc?” - Bugs Bunny “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” “Go ahead, make my day.” - Harry Callahan “He gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. Now, little man, I give the watch to you.” “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” - Harry S Truman “Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.” - Erica Jong “Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI.” - National Lampoon’s Deteriorata “Like sands in the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” “Money is the root of all evil.” “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”. - Winston Churchill “O for a muse of fire that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention, a kingdom for a stage, princes to act and monarchs to behold the swelling scene!” - William Shakespeare, Prologue, _Henry V_ “Pride goeth before the fall.” “Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired.” “Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much.” - Richard Nixon “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate.” - Shakespeare, Sonnet 18. “To err is human, to forgive divine.” - Alexander Pope “United we stand; divided we fall.” - Aesop “Veni, Vidi, Vici” – Julius Caesar “What a world!” - Wicked Witch of the West “X-Ray crystallography is nowadays an accurate and rapid method of determining conformation in the crystal lattice, which conformation usually corresponds to the preferred conformation in solution.” - Derek Harold Richard Barton “You can’t take it with you.” “Zounds, sir, you’re robbed. For shame, put on your gown! Your heart is burst. You have lost half your soul.” - William Shakespeare, Act 1, Sc. 1, _Othello_ Pass. ---
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**Things That Will Get You Fired** Accounting Errors ---
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**Things That Will Get You Fired** Accounting Errors Boinking With a Colleague in the Break Room ---
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