Bestlaid Quotes
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The best-laid schemes o' Mice an' Men 170 Gang aft a-gley.
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I was planning on writing a detailed review of several books on web security tonight, but the Obama collapse has superseded my best-laid plans. Here’s another open thread for this important topic, as America wrestles with the issue of whether it would be a good idea to elect a President with a 20-year history of associating with people who hate America.
charles foster johnson— March 14, 2008 [24]
The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.
Robert Burns— Robert Burns, To a Mouse (1785), Stanza 7. See also Anna Letitia Barbauld, Rose's Petition; John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther; Alexander Pope, Imitation of Horace, Book II, Satire 6.
The best-laid plans of mice and comedians usually wind up on the cutting-room floor.
jon stewart— Charleston Gazette interview, January 9, 1999
