Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - October 25, 2024
The first time I see a jogger smiling, I'll consider it.
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Joan Rivers (1935 - )  
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level.
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Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 14  
It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when men control the destinies of stars.
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Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - ), First on the Moon, 1970  
I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.
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Augusten Burroughs, Magical Thinking  
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