Few people think… George Bernard Shaw
Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
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In all things it is… Bertrand Russell
In all things it is a good idea to hang a question mark now and then on the things we have taken for granted.
Bertrand Russell
British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)
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That you may retain… William J. H. Boetcker
That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
William J. H. Boetcker
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Gerry Ford is a… Lyndon Baines Johnson
Gerry Ford is a nice guy, but he played too much football with his helmet off.
Lyndon Baines Johnson
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Knowledge is a… Phillip Chesterfield
Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in advanced age, and if we do not plant it while young, it will give us no shade when we grow old.
Phillip Chesterfield
English politician (1694 - 1773)
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What most… Norbert Wiener
What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead.
Norbert Wiener
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From what we get,… Arthur Ashe
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
Arthur Ashe
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According to… Doctor Who
According to classical aerodynamics, it is impossible for a bumblebee to fly.
Doctor Who
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If a thing is worth… G.K. Chesterton
If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.
G.K. Chesterton
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Many people would… Bertrand Russell
Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do.
Bertrand Russell
British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)
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They that can give… Benjamin Franklin
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790)
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A bank is a place… Robert Frost
A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.
Robert Frost
US poet (1874 - 1963)
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Justice delayed, is… William Gladstone
Justice delayed, is justice denied.
William Gladstone
British politician (1809 - 1898)
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The art of progress… Alfred North Whitehead
The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.
Alfred North Whitehead
English mathematician & philosopher (1861 - 1947)
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Our lives improve… Walter Anderson
Our lives improve only when we take chances — and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
Walter Anderson
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It may be… Doctor Who
It may be irrational of me, but human beings are quite my favorite species.
Doctor Who
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For certain people… Gore Vidal
For certain people after 50, litigation takes the place of sex.
Gore Vidal
US author & dramatist (1925 - )
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I long ago came to… Damon Runyon
I long ago came to the conclusion that all life is six to five against.
Damon Runyon
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Words ought to be a… John Maynard Keynes
Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking.
John Maynard Keynes
English economist (1883 - 1946)
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Puritanism…helps… Marcel Ophuls
Puritanism…helps us enjoy our misery while we are inflicting it on others.
Marcel Ophuls
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It is impossible to… Jeremy Taylor
It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance; for it requires knowledge to perceive it and therefore he that can perceive it hath it not.
Jeremy Taylor
English prelate (1613 - 1667)
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Any appeasement of… William Allen White
Any appeasement of tyranny is treason to this republic and to the democratic ideal.
William Allen White
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Interestingly,… Woody Allen
Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought—particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things.
Woody Allen
US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - )
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Anybody remotely… Doctor Who
Anybody remotely interesting is mad, in some way or another.
Doctor Who
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He who has never… E.M. Cioran
He who has never envied the vegetable has missed the human drama.
E.M. Cioran
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The best executive… Theodore Roosevelt
The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
Theodore Roosevelt
26th president of US (1858 - 1919)
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The key to being a… Casey Stengel
The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
Casey Stengel
US baseball manager (1890 - 1975)
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Sometimes when… Guy Davenport
Sometimes when reading Goethe I have a paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to be funny.
Guy Davenport
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The mind is its own… John Milton
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
John Milton
English poet (1608 - 1674)
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Two and two… James McNeill Whistler
Two and two continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.
James McNeill Whistler
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More than any time… Woody Allen
More than any time in history mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to total extinction. Let us pray that we have the wisdom to choose correctly.
Woody Allen
US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - )
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Logic merely… Doctor Who
Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority.
Doctor Who
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Those who cannot… George Santayana
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
George Santayana, The Life of Reason, Volume 1, 1905
US (Spanish-born) philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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There is nobody so… Don Herold
There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.
Don Herold
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Any fool can make a… Henry David Thoreau
Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.
Henry David Thoreau
US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862)
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Studying literature… Roy Blount Jr.
Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo Clinic.
Roy Blount Jr.
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Strong feelings do… William Carleton
Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him.
William Carleton
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As you journey… Hagar the Horrible
As you journey through life take a minute every now and then to give a thought for the other fellow. He could be plotting something.
Hagar the Horrible
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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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First things first,… Doctor Who
First things first, but not necessarily in that order.
Doctor Who
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We can draw lessons… Lyndon B. Johnson
We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
Lyndon B. Johnson, December 13, 1963
36th president of US (1908 - 1973)
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The great virtue of… Theodore Roosevelt
The great virtue of my radicalism lies in the fact that I am perfectly ready, if necessary, to be radical on the conservative side.
Theodore Roosevelt
26th president of US (1858 - 1919)
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Whatever you do… Mahatma Gandhi
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian ascetic & nationalist leader (1869 - 1948)
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Man invented… Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner
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In time we hate… William Shakespeare
In time we hate that which we often fear.
William Shakespeare
Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)
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The trouble with… Walt West
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.
Walt West
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The good people… Woody Allen
The good people sleep much better at night than the bad people. Of course, the bad people enjoy the waking hours much more.
Woody Allen
US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - )
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I have the heart of… Robert Bloch
I have the heart of a child. I keep it in a jar on my shelf.
Robert Bloch
US horror & science fiction author (1917 - 1994)
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Health is worth… Thomas Jefferson
Health is worth more than learning.
Thomas Jefferson, letter to his cousin John Garland Jefferson, June 11, 1790
3rd president of US (1743 - 1826)
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Do what you can,… Theodore Roosevelt
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Theodore Roosevelt
26th president of US (1858 - 1919)
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