I hate women… James Thurber
I hate women because they always know where things are.
James Thurber
US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)
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The end of the… Ralph Waldo Emerson
The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882)
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Fix this sentence:… Stephen Price
Fix this sentence: He put the horse before the cart.
Stephen Price
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The man who follows… Alan Ashley-Pitt
The man who follows the crowd will get no farther than the crowd. A man who walks alone is likely to get places no one has ever been before.
Alan Ashley-Pitt
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The orgasm has… Malcolm Muggeridge
The orgasm has replaced the Cross as the focus of longing and the image of fulfillment.
Malcolm Muggeridge
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There are two… Neil Simon
There are two million interesting people in New York and only seventy-eight in Los Angles.
Neil Simon, in Playboy, Feb. 1979
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Bad spellers of the… Grafitto
Bad spellers of the world, untie!
Grafitto
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The fact that a… George Bernard Shaw
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than saying a drunken man is happier than a sober man.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
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Nothing is so much… Saint Augustine
Nothing is so much to be shunned as sex relations.
Saint Augustine
Carthaginian author, saint, & church father (354 AD - 430 AD)
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In San Francisco,… Will Durst
In San Francisco, Haloween is redundant.
Will Durst
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I have seen the… Thomas Babington Macaulay
I have seen the hippopotamus, both asleep and awake; and I can assure you that, awake or asleep, he is the ugliest of the works of God.
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1850
English author & politician (1800 - 1859)
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Not a shred of… Brendan Gill
Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
Brendan Gill
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For the… St. Jerome
For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
St. Jerome
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Victory goes to the… Savielly Grigorievitcyh Tartakower
Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.
Savielly Grigorievitcyh Tartakower
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Doctors are the… Anton Chekhov
Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
Anton Chekhov
Russian dramatist & short story author (1860 - 1904)
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Success means doing… Zig Ziglar
Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success. Success is the maximumutilization of the ability that you have.
Zig Ziglar
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Nothing matters… Arthur Balfour
Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all.
Arthur Balfour
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George Washington… Mark Twain
George Washington as a boy was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth - he could not even lie.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
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Punctuality is the… Evelyn Waugh
Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.
Evelyn Waugh
English novelist & satirist (1903 - 1966)
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It is by not always… Richard Bach
It is by not always thinking of yourself, if you can manage it, that you might somehow be happy. Until you can make room in your life for someone as important to you as yourself, you will always be searching and lost….
Richard Bach
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I have an… Steven Wright
I have an existential map. It has “You are here” written all over it.
Steven Wright
US comedian and actor (1955 - )
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Beware of the man… George Bernard Shaw
Beware of the man whose God is in the skies.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
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Religion is the… Oscar Wilde
Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief.
Oscar Wilde
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)
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Far away in the… Louisa May Alcott
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
Louisa May Alcott
US juvenile novelist (1832 - 1888)
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Real glory springs… Joseph P. Thompson
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
Joseph P. Thompson
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He who despises… Friedrich Nietzsche
He who despises himself esteems himself as a self-despiser.
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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Our deeds determine… Marian Evans
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
Marian Evans
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Dream lofty dreams,… James Allen
Dream lofty dreams, as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you one day shall be: your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.
James Allen
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There is no cure… George Santayana
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval
George Santayana
US (Spanish-born) philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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It is well to write… Henri De Regnier
It is well to write love letters. There are certain things for which it is not easy to ask your mistress face to face, like money for instance.
Henri De Regnier
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Advertising may be… Unknown
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
Unknown
Quotations by unknown authors
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A slipping gear in… Unknown
A slipping gear in your M203 grenade launcher can cause it to fire when you least expect it. This could make you very unpopular with what is left of your unit.
Unknown, Army Magazine of Preventive Maintenance
Quotations by unknown authors
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There is more to… Mahatma Gandhi
There is more to life than increasing its speed
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian ascetic & nationalist leader (1869 - 1948)
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If Christ were here… Mark Twain
If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be - a Christian.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
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If all the cars in… Doug Larson
If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend.
Doug Larson
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Convictions are the… Friedrich Nietzsche
Convictions are the more dangerous enemy of truth than lies.
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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The basic fact… H. L. Mencken
The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore.
H. L. Mencken
US editor (1880 - 1956)
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Once the people… Voltaire
Once the people begin to reason, all is lost.
Voltaire
French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778)
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Look for the… Jules Renard
Look for the ridiculous in everything and you find it.
Jules Renard
(1864 - 1910)
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What is ten… Alain
What is ten thousand years? Time is short for one who thinks, endless for one who yearns.
Alain
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Great men are not… Karen Elizabeth Gordon
Great men are not always idiots
Karen Elizabeth Gordon
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One of the greatest… Josh Billings
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.
Josh Billings
US Humorist (1818 - 1885)
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In order to become… Charles De Gaulle
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
Charles De Gaulle
French general & politician (1890 - 1970)
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When we remember we… Mark Twain
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
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Few great men could… Paul Goodman
Few great men could pass Personnel.
Paul Goodman
(1911 - 1972)
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I was once thrown… Oscar Levant
I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing the other patients.
Oscar Levant
(1906 - 1972)
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I know not what… Patrick Henry
I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.
Patrick Henry, (Virginia Convention, March 23, 1775)
US orator, patriot, & politician in American Revolution (1736 - 1799)
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Hatred is the anger… Alphonse Daudet
Hatred is the anger of the weak.
Alphonse Daudet
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The trouble with… George Bernard Shaw
The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
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Every word is like… Beckett
Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
Beckett
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