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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