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Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes, that way when you do criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes!

Hana jo
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Police business is a hell of a problem. It's a good deal like politics. It asks for the highest type of men, and there's nothing in it to attract the highest type of men. So we have to work with what we get.

'The Lady in the Lake' by Raymond Chandler


He smelled like soap and sleep and bare skin. He smelled familiar. Not the déjà vu familiar of Guy or Mel. Familiar like? the ache in your chest of homesickness, of longing for harbor after weeks of rough seas or craving a fire's warmth after snow ? or wanting back something you should never have given away.

'The Dark Tide' by Josh Lanyon


If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.

Michel de Montaigne

Welcome to the Cool Quotes Collection! Here I present some of the coolest, stupidest and most thoughtful quotes ever being conceived. From Voltaire to restroom-graffiti.


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Ten year anniversary!

The Cool Quotes Collection has been on the internet since September 1997, which is almost an eternity by Internet-standards. It's actually a few days older than Google!
Sep 10 2007

Improved search

The search page has been improved. Try it out, and report anything strange.
Jul 12 2005


Categories

Laughs
Wits, puns and general silliness.
Wisdom
Advice, truths and memorable quotes from the wise men and women of history.
Computer
Some of these require some computer knowledge to be understood.
Black Humor
Cynical, pessimistic, obscene or just sick. Most of them are also damn fun!
Human Laws
Those undocumented nature laws existing just to ruin your day. Murphy's laws and the likes.
Last Words
People say a lot of fun things just before they croak.
Religious
I strongly advise religious fanatics to skip over this section.
Movie
Cool one-liners and unforgettable scenes.
Poetry
Excerpts from great poems or prose. Music lyrics.
Fantasy
For roleplayers, fantasy- and sci-fi readers.
Svenska
(SWEDISH) Citat av svenskar, alla kategorier slängda i en.



Disclaimer

1. The views, opinions or thoughts expressed in this collection are NOT necessarily the opinions of the CQC, the owner or the editors. Sometimes a quote is included just to ridicule the source or to show how sick some people really are.

2. This collection contains offensive opinions, rude language, bad grammar, blasphemy and excessive amounts of alcohol. If you have a problem with this, please GO AWAY.

3. What you do with this stuff is your choice, just remember to include the individual sources of the quotes if you use them. Give me credit if you think I deserve it. If you are going to publish more than a few quotes from this collection, contact me first.

Consider yourself disclaimed.



Collected from

These quotes has been collected from a wide range of sources since around 1990, mainly various books, text files, and a few mailing lists. The website opened in September 1997, and since 1998 almost all quotes have been submitted by visitors to the site. Thanks for contributing!



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