Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - September 02, 2014
I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake--which I also keep handy.
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W. C. Fields (1880 - 1946)  
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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Quentin Crisp  
The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
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William James (1842 - 1910)  
There are no whole truths; all truths are half- truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil.
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Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)  
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