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• COMMENDATION, n. The tribute that we pay to achievements that resembles, but do not equal, our own.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• All Lord Julius demands is total and complete obedience and more money every time we pay him.
  He's being quite reasonable, really..." -- Cerebu...
• Homer: Look at these bills: chains for elephant. Shots for elephant.
  -- "Oversized decorative poncho"?! Bart: Technically it's for a giraffe, but I think I can let it out a little....
• And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
  ..Then he [the Lord!] said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith....
• The Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
  -- Old Testament -- Numbers xxii, 28...
• Skinner: _That's_ the collection money! Moe: [sniffs it] Oh yeah, smells like church.
  Lovejoy: I guess it's obvious what's happened here....
• The good Lord gave me my money. -- J.D. Rockefeller, Sr. (1839-1937)
• We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with.
  -- Don Marqui...
• Jessica: Hey, Bart. [Bart looks away] What?
  What's wrong? Bart: Well, Jessica...I don't think we should hang out together any more....