Random Quotations

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We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.
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Frank Tibolt
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A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.
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Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881), speech, January 24, 1860
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The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
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Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945)
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What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.
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Woody Allen (1935 - )
The unspoken word never does harm.
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Kossuth
My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.
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Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004), Said during a radio microphone test, 1984
It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
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Graham Greene, The Ministry of Fear
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Memories can be sad, but sometimes they can also save you.
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Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
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Genuine goodness is threatening to those at the opposite end of the moral spectrum.
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Charles Spencer
Living hell is the best revenge.
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Adrienne E. Gusoff
Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.
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Anne-Sophie Swetchine, The Writings of Madame Swetchine, 1869
Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'
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Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
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Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
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Susan Ertz, Anger in the Sky
A schedule defends from chaos and whim.
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Annie Dillard
When you're through changing, you're through.
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Bruce Barton
Love God and trust your feelings. Be loyal to them. Don't betray them.
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Robert C. Pollock
By a curious confusion, many modern critics have passed from the proposition that a masterpiece may be unpopular to the other proposition that unless it is unpopular it cannot be a masterpiece.
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G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
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I have learned to love that which is meant to harm me, so that I can stand in the way of those who are less strong. I can take the bullets for those who aren't able to.
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Margaret Cho, weblog, 01-14-04
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MM's Cynical Quotes LM's Motivational Quotes Classic Quotes
Cole's Quotables Rand Lindsly's Quotes Poor Man's College
alt.quotations Archives 20th Century Quotations Quotations by Women
The Devil's Dictionary Contributed Quotations

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