Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - April 01, 2024
Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
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G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)  
Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.
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Wernher von Braun (1912 - 1977)  
He who builds a better mousetrap these days runs into material shortages, patent-infringement suits, work stoppages, collusive bidding, discount discrimination--and taxes."
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H. E. Martz  
Great part of being a grownup, you never have to do anything.
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Peter Blake, House M.D., Safe, 2006  
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