Communism is like… Lenny Bruce
Communism is like one big phone company.
Lenny Bruce
(1923 - 1966)
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Imagination is the… George Bernard Shaw
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
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Every government is… I.F. Stone
Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.
I.F. Stone
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Journal writing is… Christina Baldwin
Journal writing is a voyage to the interior.
Christina Baldwin
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In order that… John Ruskin
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.
John Ruskin, Pre-Raphaelitism, 1850
English critic, essayist, & reformer (1819 - 1900)
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After silence, that… Aldous Huxley
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
Aldous Huxley, “Music at Night”, 1931
English critic & novelist (1894 - 1963)
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Nothing spoils a… Anatole France
Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.
Anatole France
French novelist (1844 - 1924)
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After all it is… Evelyn Underhill
After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.
Evelyn Underhill
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Sexual… Karl Kraus
Sexual enlightenment is justified insofar as girls cannot learn too soon how children do not come into the world.
Karl Kraus
Austrian author and journalist (1874 - 1936)
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The most powerful… J. Arthur Thomson
The most powerful factors in the world are clear ideas in the minds of energetic men of good will.
J. Arthur Thomson
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The most common of… H. L. Mencken
The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.
H. L. Mencken
US editor (1880 - 1956)
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Hindsight is always… Billy Wilder
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.
Billy Wilder
US (Austrian-born) movie director (1906 - 2002)
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Fame is a vapor;… Mark Twain
Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
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When you are not… Cherrie Moraga
When you are not physically starving, you have the luxury to realize psychic and emotional starvation.
Cherrie Moraga
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If you speak the… Turkish proverb
If you speak the truth, have a foot in the stirrup.
Turkish proverb
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For me, words are a… Ingrid Bengis
For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.
Ingrid Bengis
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Beware of… Leonard Brandwein
Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers.
Leonard Brandwein
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We begin to see… Anne Wilson Schaef
We begin to see that the completion of an important project has every right to be dignified by a natural grieving process. Something that required the best of you has ended. You will miss it.
Anne Wilson Schaef
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My pessimism… Jean Rostand
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.
Jean Rostand
(1894 - 1977)
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Time cools, time… Mark Twain
Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
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Far and away the… Theodore Roosevelt
Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Theodore Roosevelt, Speech in New York, September 7, 1903
26th president of US (1858 - 1919)
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For the sense of… Rachel Carson
For the sense of smell, almost more than any other, has the power to recall memories and it is a pity that you use it so little.
Rachel Carson
US ecologist (1907 - 1964)
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A critic is a gong… Christopher Morley
A critic is a gong at a railroad crossing clanging loudly and vainly as the train goes by.
Christopher Morley
US author & journalist (1890 - 1957)
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Cheerfulness, it… Charlotte Bronte
Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without and around us.
Charlotte Bronte
English novelist (1816 - 1855)
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The only thing… Oscar Wilde
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
Oscar Wilde
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)
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A successful… Kurt Lewin
A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. In this way he steadily raises his level of aspiration.
Kurt Lewin
US (German-born) psychologist (1890 - 1947)
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Few things are… Mark Twain
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
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It is wonderful how… Edith Nesbitt
It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.
Edith Nesbitt
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Once, during… W.C. Fields
Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.
W.C. Fields
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[Spring is] a true… Henry Timrod
[Spring is] a true reconstructionist.
Henry Timrod
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God must hate… Philip Wylie
God must hate common people, because he made them so common.
Philip Wylie
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It is not enough to… Gore Vidal
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
Gore Vidal
US author & dramatist (1925 - )
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One of these days,… Dwight Eisenhower
One of these days, the people are going to demand peace of the government, and the government is going to have to give it to them.
Dwight Eisenhower
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I never saw an ugly… John Constable
I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.
John Constable
English landscape painter (1776 - 1837)
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Hollywood is a… Fred Allen
Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for movie stars.
Fred Allen
US radio comedian (1894 - 1956)
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I think wholeness… Margery Cuyler
I think wholeness comes from living your life consciously during the day and then exploring your inner life or unconscious at night.
Margery Cuyler
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The English… James Agate
The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent and is modest about it.
James Agate
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When I am attacked… Michel de Montaigne
When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.
Michel de Montaigne
French essayist (1533 - 1592)
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Blessed is he who… Thomas Carlyle
Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, 1843
Scottish author, essayist, & historian (1795 - 1881)
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Although the world… Helen Keller
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.
Helen Keller
US blind & deaf educator (1880 - 1968)
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There is one… Mortimer Caplin
There is one difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist- the taxidermist leaves the hide.
Mortimer Caplin
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I never cease being… Leo Rosten
I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.
Leo Rosten
US (Polish-born) author (1908 - )
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That all men should… Charles Chincholles
That all men should be brothers is the dream of people who have no brothers.
Charles Chincholles
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One must know… Blaise Pascal
One must know oneself, if this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.
Blaise Pascal
French mathematician, physicist (1623 - 1662)
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What is youth… Evelyn Waugh
What is youth except a man or a woman before it is ready or fit to be seen?
Evelyn Waugh
English novelist & satirist (1903 - 1966)
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We learn from… George Bernard Shaw
We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
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When I can no… Peter De Vries
When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones.
Peter De Vries
August 7th, 2006 - Posted in Peter De Vries | | 0 Comments
A chic type, a… Jean-Michel Jarre
A chic type, a rough type, an odd type - but never a stereotype
Jean-Michel Jarre
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I took a… Woody Allen
I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.
Woody Allen
US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - )
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Having a family is… Martin Mull
Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.
Martin Mull
US comedian and actor (1943 - )
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