All Quotes
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To get the attention of a large animal, be it an elephant or a bureaucracy, it helps to know what part of it feels pain. Be very sure, though, that you want its full attention.Kelvin Throop
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.George Santayana
Of all the unbearable nuisances, the ignoramus that has travelled is the worst.Kin Hubbard
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.William James
Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.Samuel Goldwyn
He, in a few minutes ravished this fair creature, or at least would have ravished her, if she had not, by a timely compliance, prevented him.Henry Fielding, "Jonathan Wild"
No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have - and I think he is a dirty little beast.W.S. Gilbert
The enemy came. He was beaten. I am tired. Goodnight.Vicomte Turenne, Message sent after the battle of Dunen, 658
I hate the pollyanna pest who says that all is for the best.Franklin P. Adams
Good habits result from resisting temptation.Ancient Proverb