Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - January 30, 2025
Old age is not so bad when you consider the alternatives.
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Maurice Chevalier (1888 - 1972)  
You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.
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Stanislaw J. Lec (1909 - 1966), "Unkempt Thoughts"  
The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before.
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Thorstein Veblen (1857 - 1929)  
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
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Hunter S. Thompson (1939 - 2005)  
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