Americans are a… Samuel Johnson
Americans are a race of convicts and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging.
Samuel Johnson
English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 - 1784)
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There are some… Michel de Montaigne
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
Michel de Montaigne
French essayist (1533 - 1592)
October 30th, 2005 - Posted in Michel de Montaigne | | 0 Comments
America is the… George Santayana
America is the greatest of opportunities and the worst of influences.
George Santayana
US (Spanish-born) philosopher (1863 - 1952)
October 29th, 2005 - Posted in George Santayana | | 0 Comments
Speculations and… Charles Lindberg Sr.
Speculations and loans in foreign fields are likely to bring us into war… The war-for-profit group has counterfeited patriotism.
Charles Lindberg Sr., 1915
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The 100% American… George Bernard Shaw
The 100% American is 99% an idiot.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
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I regard golf as an… G.K. Chesterton
I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.
G.K. Chesterton
October 26th, 2005 - Posted in G.K. Chesterton | | 0 Comments
I did not attend… Mark Twain
I did not attend his funeral, but I wrote a nice letter saying I approved it.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
October 25th, 2005 - Posted in Mark Twain | | 0 Comments
A little sincerity… Oscar Wilde
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
Oscar Wilde
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)
October 24th, 2005 - Posted in Oscar Wilde | | 0 Comments
The love of liberty… William Hazlitt
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.
William Hazlitt
English essayist (1778 - 1830)
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A woman without a… Gloria Steinem
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
Gloria Steinem
US feminist (1934 - )
October 22nd, 2005 - Posted in Gloria Steinem | | 0 Comments
The major sin is… Samuel Beckett
The major sin is the sin of being born.
Samuel Beckett
Irish author, dramatist, & novelist in France (1906 - 1989)
October 21st, 2005 - Posted in Samuel Beckett | | 0 Comments
A fishing rod is a… Samuel Johnson
A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.
Samuel Johnson
English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 - 1784)
October 20th, 2005 - Posted in Samuel Johnson | | 0 Comments
For the first year… Woody Allen
For the first year of marriage I had basically a bad attitude. I tended to place my wife underneath a pedestal
Woody Allen
US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - )
October 19th, 2005 - Posted in Woody Allen | | 0 Comments
Of children as of… Evelyn Waugh
Of children as of procreation - the pleasure momentary, the posture ridiculous, the expense damnable.
Evelyn Waugh
English novelist & satirist (1903 - 1966)
October 18th, 2005 - Posted in Evelyn Waugh | | 0 Comments
First love is a… Honore de Balzac
First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint a second time.
Honore de Balzac
French realist novelist (1799 - 1850)
October 17th, 2005 - Posted in Honore de Balzac | | 0 Comments
I have never hated… Zsa Zsa Gabor
I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back.
Zsa Zsa Gabor
US (Hungarian-born) actress (1919 - )
October 16th, 2005 - Posted in Zsa Zsa Gabor | | 0 Comments
The Puritan hated… Thomas Babington Macaulay
The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
Thomas Babington Macaulay
English author & politician (1800 - 1859)
October 15th, 2005 - Posted in Thomas Babington Macaulay | | 0 Comments
Divorces are made… Oscar Wilde
Divorces are made in heaven.
Oscar Wilde
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)
October 14th, 2005 - Posted in Oscar Wilde | | 0 Comments
The vice-president… Fred Allen
The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on a desk that has been exposed to conference.
Fred Allen
US radio comedian (1894 - 1956)
October 13th, 2005 - Posted in Fred Allen | | 0 Comments
Never go to bed… Phyllis Diller
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
Phyllis Diller
October 12th, 2005 - Posted in Phyllis Diller | | 0 Comments
Son, in war times… Charles Lindberg Sr. to Charles Lindberg Jr. in 1917
Son, in war times it is not safe to think unless one travels with the mob.
Charles Lindberg Sr. to Charles Lindberg Jr. in 1917
October 11th, 2005 - Posted in Charles Lindberg Sr. to Charles Lindberg Jr. in 1917 | | 0 Comments
Was all this… Howard Zinn
Was all this bloodshed and deceit - from Columbus to Cortes, Pizarro the Puritans - a necessity for the human race to progress from savagery to civilization? Was Morison right in burying the story of genocide inside a more important story of human progress? Perhaps a persuasive argument can be made - as it was made by Stalin when he killed pesants for industrial progress in the Soviet Union, as it was made by Churchill explaining the bombings of Dresden and Hamburg, and Truman explaining Hiroshima. But how can the judgement be made if the benefits and losses cannot be balanced because the losses are either unmentioned or mentioned quickly?
Howard Zinn
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The secret of… Mel Lazarus
The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent.
Mel Lazarus
October 9th, 2005 - Posted in Mel Lazarus | | 0 Comments
No normal man ever… H. L. Mencken
No normal man ever fell in love after thirty when the kidneys begin to disintegrate.
H. L. Mencken
US editor (1880 - 1956)
October 8th, 2005 - Posted in H. L. Mencken | | 0 Comments
Truth, in matters… Oscar Wilde
Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
Oscar Wilde
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)
October 7th, 2005 - Posted in Oscar Wilde | | 0 Comments
The capacity of… H. L. Mencken
The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animals.
H. L. Mencken
US editor (1880 - 1956)
October 6th, 2005 - Posted in H. L. Mencken | | 0 Comments
Life is either… Edith Wharton
Life is either always a tight-rope or a featherbed. Give me a tight-rope.
Edith Wharton
US novelist (1862 - 1937)
October 5th, 2005 - Posted in Edith Wharton | | 0 Comments
Americans adore me… George Bernard Shaw
Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
October 4th, 2005 - Posted in George Bernard Shaw | | 0 Comments
Genius is of no… Charles Churchill
Genius is of no country.
Charles Churchill
October 3rd, 2005 - Posted in Charles Churchill | | 0 Comments
If you take a dog… Mark Twain
If you take a dog which is starving and feed him and make him prosperous, that dog will not bite you. This is the primary difference between a dog and a man.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
October 2nd, 2005 - Posted in Mark Twain | | 0 Comments
More than any time… Woody Allen
More than any time in history mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to utter hopelessness and despair, the other to total extinction. Let us hope we have the wisdom to choose correctly.
Woody Allen
US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - )
October 1st, 2005 - Posted in Woody Allen | | 0 Comments