When I came back to… Brendan Behan
When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
Brendan Behan
Irish author & dramatist (1923 - 1964)
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There are new words… Bette Davis
There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains. the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.
Bette Davis, The Lonely Life, 1962
US movie actress (1908 - 1989)
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I have taken more… Sir Winston Churchill
I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.
Sir Winston Churchill
British politician (1874 - 1965)
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Listening, not… Dr. Joyce Brothers
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
Dr. Joyce Brothers
US psychologist & television personality (1928 - )
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Every revolution… Franz Kafka
Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy
Franz Kafka
Austrian (Czechoslovakian-born) author (1883 - 1924)
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To fulfill a dream,… Bette Davis
To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given the chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy. As everyone else, I love to dunk my crust in it. But alone, it is not a diet designed to keep body and soul together.
Bette Davis, The Lonely Life, 1962
US movie actress (1908 - 1989)
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MacDonald has the… Sir Winston Churchill
MacDonald has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thoughts.
Sir Winston Churchill
British politician (1874 - 1965)
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There are men I… Kathleen Norris
There are men I could spend eternity with. but not this life.
Kathleen Norris
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If the headache… Samuel Butler
If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.
Samuel Butler
English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 - 1902)
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It has all been… Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
It has all been very interesting.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, last words, 1762
English letter author & poet (1689 - 1762)
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A torn jacket is… Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
US poet (1807 - 1882)
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We succeed only as… Dwight D. Eisenhower
We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, speech, April 2, 1957
US general & Republican politician (1890 - 1969)
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A good listener is… Wilson Mizner
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.
Wilson Mizner
US screenwriter (1876 - 1933)
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My wife and I tried… Sir Winston Churchill
My wife and I tried to breakfast together, but we had to stop or our marriage would have been wrecked.
Sir Winston Churchill
British politician (1874 - 1965)
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It strkes me as… William Hamilton
It strkes me as singularly inappropriate for a school to use its students for fund-raising. It reminded me of the first time I saw a gypsy mother send her baby out to beg.
William Hamilton
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Jealousy is all the… Erica Jong
Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
Erica Jong, Fear of Flying, 1973
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It has been said… Sir Winston Churchill
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
Sir Winston Churchill
British politician (1874 - 1965)
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Canada: A few acres… Voltaire
Canada: A few acres of snow.
Voltaire
French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778)
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Courage is the… Amelia Earhart
Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.
Amelia Earhart, Courage, 1927
US aviator (1897 - 1937)
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Although prepared… Sir Winston Churchill
Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.
Sir Winston Churchill
British politician (1874 - 1965)
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Sex is the biggest… Andy Warhol
Sex is the biggest nothing of all time.
Andy Warhol
US artist (1928 - 1987)
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Language exerts… Rita Mae Brown
Language exerts hidden power, like a moon on the tides.
Rita Mae Brown, Starting From Scratch, 1988
US author and social activist
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There is nothing… Sir Winston Churchill
There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result.
Sir Winston Churchill
British politician (1874 - 1965)
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The long habit of… Sir Thomas Browne
The long habit of living indisposeth us for dying.
Sir Thomas Browne
(1605 - 1682)
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If something… Dorothy Gilman
If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting, and we feel - nothing at all. The best things arrive on time.
Dorothy Gilman, A New Kind of Country, 1978
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At sunrise… Norman Maclean
At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.” It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us.” You can love completely without complete understanding.
Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It
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Laziness is nothing… Jules Renard
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
Jules Renard
(1864 - 1910)
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We cannot really… Agnes Repplier
We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.
Agnes Repplier, Americans and Others, 1912
US essayist (1855 - 1950)
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Too many of us look… Albert Einstein
Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
Albert Einstein, 1929
US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)
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For certain people… Gore Vidal
For certain people after fifty, litigation takes the place of sex.
Gore Vidal
US author & dramatist (1925 - )
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There are some… Willa Cather
There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.
Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark, 1915
US novelist (1873 - 1947)
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A person is never… Anatole France
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
Anatole France
French novelist (1844 - 1924)
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People say that… Logan Pearsall Smith
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
Logan Pearsall Smith
(1865 - 1946)
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I believe in God,… Frank Lloyd Wright
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.
Frank Lloyd Wright
US architect (1869 - 1959)
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If it bleeds, you… Predator
If it bleeds, you can kill it
Predator
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Politics is not the… J. K. Galbraith
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
J. K. Galbraith
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An idea is… Frank Lloyd Wright
An idea is salvation by imagination.
Frank Lloyd Wright
US architect (1869 - 1959)
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This is getting on… Q.
This is getting on my nerves, now that I have them.
Q., Star Trek, the Next Generation, “Deja Q”
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You can convince… Charles Manson
You can convince anyone of anything if you just push it at them 100% of the time. They may not believe it completely, but they will still use it to form opinions, especially if they have nothing else to draw on.
Charles Manson
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Noble life demands… Frank Lloyd Wright
Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.
Frank Lloyd Wright
US architect (1869 - 1959)
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Life is islands of… Luke Rhinehart
Life is islands of ecstasy in an ocean of ennui, and after the age of thirty land is seldom seen.
Luke Rhinehart
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I cannot believe in… Friedrich Nietzsche
I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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Give me the… Frank Lloyd Wright
Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.
Frank Lloyd Wright, quoted in his obituary, April 9, 1959
US architect (1869 - 1959)
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The major… Douglas Adams
The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.
Douglas Adams, “Mostly Harmless”
English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 - 2001)
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Liberal: a power… George Orwell
Liberal: a power worshipper without power.
George Orwell
English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 - 1950)
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The longer I live… Frank Lloyd Wright
The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes.
Frank Lloyd Wright
US architect (1869 - 1959)
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A common mistake… Douglas Adams
A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Douglas Adams, “Mostly Harmless”
English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 - 2001)
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Men are born… Bertrand Russell
Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
Bertrand Russell
British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)
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If a writer wrote… Victor Hugo
If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away.
Victor Hugo
French dramatist, novelist, & poet (1802 - 1885)
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“I want to know… Albert Einstein
“I want to know Gods thoughts…. all the rest are just details
Albert Einstein
US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)
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