Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - January 12, 2025
A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.
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Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)  
There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
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Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)  
I became a feminist as an alternative to becoming a masochist.
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Sally Kempton  
It's not enough to bash in heads. You've got to bash in minds.
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Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jed Whedon, Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, 2008  
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