My theology,… Christopher Morley
My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated, but not signed.
Christopher Morley
US author & journalist (1890 - 1957)
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If we are going to… Erwin Schrodinger
If we are going to stick to this damned quantum-jumping, then I regret that I ever had anything to do with quantum theory.
Erwin Schrodinger
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A nation which does… Woodrow Wilson
A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday, does not know what it is today, nor what it is trying to do. We are trying to do a futile thing if we do not know where we came from or what we have been about.
Woodrow Wilson
28th president of US (1856 - 1924)
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Great art is as… George Jean Nathan
Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.
George Jean Nathan
US drama critic & editor (1882 - 1958)
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Advertising is the… George Orwell
Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.
George Orwell
English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 - 1950)
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When a dog bites a… Charles Anderson Dana
When a dog bites a man that is not news, but when a man bites a dog that is news.
Charles Anderson Dana
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Giving birth is… Carole Burnett
Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.
Carole Burnett
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My father hated… Peter De Vries
My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.
Peter De Vries
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You can discover… Eric Hoffer
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
Eric Hoffer
(1902 - 1983)
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Make money, money,… Quintus Horatius Flaccus [Horace] 65BC - 8BC
Make money, money, honestly if you can;if not, by any means at all, make money.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus [Horace] 65BC - 8BC
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In a war of ideas,… Stanislaus J. Lec
In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.
Stanislaus J. Lec
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If you laid all of… Unknown
If you laid all of the lawyers in the world, end to end, on the equator —- It would be a good idea to just leave them there.
Unknown
Quotations by unknown authors
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The only difference… Salvador Dali
The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad
Salvador Dali
Spanish Catalan Surrealist painter (1904 - 1989)
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I come from a… Erma Bombeck
I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.
Erma Bombeck
US author & humorist (1927 - 1996)
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An optimist is a… Don Marquis
An optimist is a man who has never had much experience.
Don Marquis
US humorist (1878 - 1937)
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For four-fifths of… J.W. Schopf
For four-fifths of our history, our planet was populated by pond scum.
J.W. Schopf
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Solutions are not… Richard Nixon
Solutions are not the answer.
Richard Nixon
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And now there is… William Rose Benet
And now there is merely silence, silence, silence, saying all we did not know.
William Rose Benet
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Whatever their… Guindon cartoon caption
Whatever their other contributions to our society, lawyers could be an important source of protein.
Guindon cartoon caption
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A good listener is… Katharine Whitehorn
A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.
Katharine Whitehorn
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Canadians are cold… Cynthia Nelms
Canadians are cold so much of the time that many of them leave instructions to be cremated.
Cynthia Nelms
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Be ashamed to die… Horace Mann
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.
Horace Mann, address at Antioch College, 1859
US educator (1796 - 1859)
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If you want to know… Arthur Schopenhauer
If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him.
Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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Wise men talk… Plato
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
Plato
Greek author & philosopher in Athens (427 BC - 347 BC)
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Words ought to be a… John M. Keynes
Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.
John M. Keynes
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A countryman… Benjamin Franklin
A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.
Benjamin Franklin
US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790)
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You may be deceived… Frank Crane
You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough.
Frank Crane
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I never realized… Katherine Hepburn
I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be inferior.
Katherine Hepburn
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Man is a clever… Albert Schweitzer
Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.
Albert Schweitzer
French philosopher & physician (1875 - 1965)
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Immortality — a… Edgar A. Shoaff
Immortality — a fate worse than death.
Edgar A. Shoaff
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The illiterate of… Alvin Toffler
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Alvin Toffler
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For man, as for… David H. Lawrence
For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive.
David H. Lawrence
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Lawyers are the… Jeremy Bentham
Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.
Jeremy Bentham
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Human beings are… Bill Cosby
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
Bill Cosby
US comedian & television actor (1937 - )
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Not only have women… Lucretia P. Hunter
Not only have women been successful in entering fields in which men are supposed to have a more natural aptitude, but they have created entirely new businesses.
Lucretia P. Hunter, “The Girl Today, The Woman Tomorrow’, 1932
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The world began… Badger Clark
The world began when I was born and the world is mine to win
Badger Clark
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If someone tells… Niccola Sebastiani
If someone tells you that the fully armored man of the Middle Ages was so encumbered by his armor that he could not rise if he fell, you may well ask yourself, first, if it is reasonable to assume that professional soldiers would go on wearing armor that kept them from fighting and second, if this theory is in line with what you know of the heavily armored men of your personal acquaintance.
Niccola Sebastiani
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Dreaming permits… William Dement
Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives.
William Dement
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Genuine poetry can… T. S. Eliot
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
T. S. Eliot
British (US-born) critic, dramatist & poet (1888 - 1965)
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Generally speaking,… Miyamoto Musashi
Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.
Miyamoto Musashi, 1645
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Fatherhood is… Bill Cosby
Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.
Bill Cosby
US comedian & television actor (1937 - )
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Fortune does not… Suzanne Necker
Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them.
Suzanne Necker
(1739 - 1794)
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The way to fight a… John Barrymore
The way to fight a woman is with your hat. Grab it and run.
John Barrymore
US actor (1882 - 1942)
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Oh, what tangled… Sir Walter Scott
Oh, what tangled webs we weave, When we first practice to deceive.
Sir Walter Scott
Scottish author & novelist (1771 - 1832)
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Democracy is a… Laurence J. Peter
Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.
Laurence J. Peter
US educator & writer (1919 - 1988)
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We are all inclined… Harold Nicolson
We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
Harold Nicolson
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What is a cynic? A… Oscar Wilde
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Oscar Wilde
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)
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There are two types… Frederick L Collins
There are two types of people–those who come into a room and say, “Well, here I am!” and those who come in and say, “Ah, there you are.”
Frederick L Collins
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The trouble with… Cher
The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing — and then they marry him.
Cher
US actress & singer (1946 - )
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Brigands demand… Nicholas Murray Butler
Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.
Nicholas Murray Butler
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