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• If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
  -- Albert Einstei...
• If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
  -- Einstei...
• A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social tie
  o religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death....
• It is the pleasure of reward rather than the pain of punishment that motivates people.
• Most people fear the Republicans because they don't seem able to solve the problems.
  Most people fear the Democrats because they do seem able to solve problems, but it always costs a lot more money than anyone was willing to admit....
• Woo Hoo! Good news everybody! Because I endangered lives, we can fly anywhere we want!
  -- Homer Simpson Fear of Flying...
• Leela: Your face can take a lot of punishment. That's good to know.
  Fry: There's a lot about my face you don't know....
• I hope in the future Americans are thought of as a warlike, vicious people, because I bet a lot of high schools would pick "Americans" as their mascot.
  -- Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey...
• Peter's Perfect People Palliative Each of us is a mixture of good qualities and some (perhaps) not-so-good qualities.
  In considering our fellow people we should remember their good qualities and realize that their faults only prove that they are, after all, human....