All Quotes
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Not many people know this ... but I happen to be famous.Sam Malone, Cheers
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.George Santayana
The history of science is everywhere speculative. It is a marvelous hiatory. It makes you proud to be a human being.Karl R. Popper
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.Somerset Maugham
When I was one-and-twenty,
I heard a wise man say,
Give pounds and crowns and guineas,
But not your heart away."
Give pearls away and rubies,
But keep your fancy free."
But I was one-and-twenty,
No use to talk to me.A.E. Houseman
You can never get the smell of smoke out. Like the smell of failure in life.John Updike, Rabbit Redux
"We are survival machines - robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.Richard Dawkings:, "The Selfish Gene"
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.Albert Camus
Personally I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world [chess] championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility.Richard Dawkings:, "The Selfish Gene"
If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music... and of aviation.Tom Stoppard