Quotes of the Day
Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - July 06, 2014
- A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
- G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
- If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.
- Mickey Mantle (1931 - 1995), (attributed)
- He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it - namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", Chapter 2
- The only road to good shows is bad ones. Just go start having a bad time, and if you don't give up, you will get better.
- Louis C. K., Reddit, 2012
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