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Philosophers are capable of almost endless enjoyment of mutual misunderstanding.


Lyman Bryson

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BILL BRYSON The good thing about our schedule, you don't want to say the 'classics' don't matter, but we can sti...
BRYSON ROSSER It is easy to overlook this thought that life just is. As humans we are inclined to feel that life m...
BILL BRYSON As we parted at the Natural History Museum in London, I asked Richard Fortey how science ensures tha...
BILL BRYSON This has been a long time coming for us. We first conceived of the project about 10 years ago, and t...
CRAIG BRYSON Music is an important factor to a healthy way of living.
MAURICE BRYSON Surround yourself with people who value your friendship, rather than those who posed the opposite.
MAURICE BRYSON Don't be pigheaded over your successes, but rather educate and inspire others to follow in your foot...
MAURICE BRYSON Love is magical, adorable, and challenging. To get the best out of it, you have to live it, feel it,...
MAURICE BRYSON In general, a rising rate environment slows down growth, so most companies are not going to go as go...
JAY BRYSON Don’t pinch that guy’s ass. He’s a leprechaun.
KATHY BRYSON It was never just about the money.
KATHY BRYSON She caught you. Therefore she gets your treasure.
KATHY BRYSON Are you trying to seduce me or trick me?
KATHY BRYSON No one ever said you can’t have world dominance and a little romance too.
KATHY BRYSON You didn’t make her sue you, even if you did punch her at that wedding.
KATHY BRYSON A leprechaun did not just kill off my car in a hailstorm.
KATHY BRYSON Grabbing someone’s ass doesn’t count as capturing them!
KATHY BRYSON Oh, you’re hardly one to talk. Look where ogling a man got you.
KATHY BRYSON Everything you’re telling me was just a story, and now it’s real.
KATHY BRYSON He's going to greet some freshman the same way.
MATT BRYSON