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Conservative, n:
A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished
from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
-- Ambrose Bierce
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"Consider a spherical bear, in simple harmonic motion..."
-- Professor in the UCB physics department
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Consider the following axioms carefully:
"Everything's better when it sits on a Ritz."
and
"Everything's better with Blue Bonnet on it."
What happens if one spreads Blue Bonnet margarine on a Ritz cracker? The
thought is frightening. Is this how God came into being? Try not to
consider the fact that "Things go better with Coke".
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Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal
it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
-- Titus Maccius Plautus
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Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in
the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
-- Josh Billings
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CONSULTANT:
(1) Someone you pay to take the watch off your wrist and tell
you what time it is. (2) (For resume use) The working title
of anyone who doesn't currently hold a job. Motto: Have
Calculator, Will Travel.
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CONSULTANT:
An ordinary man a long way from home.
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CONSULTANT:
[From con "to defraud, dupe, swindle," or, possibly, French con
(vulgar) "a person of little merit" + sult elliptical form of
"insult."] A tipster disguised as an oracle, especially one who
has learned to decamp at high speed in spite of a large briefcase
and heavy wallet.
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CONSULTANT:
Someone who'd rather climb a tree and tell a
lie than stand on the ground and tell the truth.
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Consultants are mystical people who ask a
company for a number and then give it back to them.
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