Sir Richard Burton
When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn’t know how to play them when I was drunk. Sir Richard Burton quotes
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Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly. -Jonathan Swift
Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly. -Jonathan Swift
A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it. -Bertrand Russell
A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it. -Bertrand Russell
"If after giving it all that you possibly can, you do lose to the competition, then they really deserve the win. -Nabil N. Jamal" – Nabil N. Jamal
“If after giving it all that you possibly can, you do lose to the competition, then they really deserve the win. -Nabil N. Jamal” – …
A mere scholar, a mere ass. -Robert Burton
A mere scholar, a mere ass. -Robert Burton
"They even stole the damn garbage cans." – Frank Sibley
“They even stole the damn garbage cans.” – Frank Sibley
A speech should not just be a sharing of information, but a sharing of yourself. -Ralph Archbold
A speech should not just be a sharing of information, but a sharing of yourself. -Ralph Archbold
Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward. -Søren Kierkegaard
Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward. -Søren Kierkegaard
"We always want what we can’t have. Yet most the times we do get the things we want we use it once and forget about it. How sad." – Andoni Garcia
“We always want what we can’t have. Yet most the times we do get the things we want we use it once and forget about …
Boredom is always counter-revolutionary. Always. -Guy Debord
Boredom is always counter-revolutionary. Always. -Guy Debord
"He recommends individuals keep supplies of canned and dried foods in their homes and do what they can to protect themselves." – Corbie Kiernan
“He recommends individuals keep supplies of canned and dried foods in their homes and do what they can to protect themselves.” – Corbie Kiernan
"Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither." – C.S. Lewis
“Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.” – C.S. Lewis
George Horace Gallup
“I could prove God statistically.” George Horace Gallup quotes
Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on. -Frederic Chopin
Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on. -Frederic Chopin
Yitzhak Navon
It’s not that I don’t have opinions, rather that I’m paid not to think aloud. Yitzhak Navon quotes
Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government. -Alexander Hamilton
Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government. -Alexander Hamilton
"I’m definitely, besides the guys collecting cans, the poorest guy here." – Herculez Gomez
“I’m definitely, besides the guys collecting cans, the poorest guy here.” – Herculez Gomez
No man rises so high as he knows not whither he goes. -Oliver Cromwell
No man rises so high as he knows not whither he goes. -Oliver Cromwell
Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine. -Hosea Ballou
Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine. -Hosea Ballou
May he who is highest serve best. -Robert Thibodeau
May he who is highest serve best. -Robert Thibodeau
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. -Benjamin Franklin
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. -Benjamin Franklin
"They’re not going around foraging in garbage cans and things like that." – Stan Gehrt
“They’re not going around foraging in garbage cans and things like that.” – Stan Gehrt
Rudolf Franz Flesch
“Johnny couldn’t read … for the simple reason that nobody ever showed him how.” Rudolf Franz Flesch quotes
In our factory, we make lipstick. In our advertising, we sell hope. -Charles Revson
In our factory, we make lipstick. In our advertising, we sell hope. -Charles Revson
A man’s friendships are one of the best measures of his worth. -Charles R. Darwin
A man’s friendships are one of the best measures of his worth. -Charles R. Darwin
James Reston
Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides. James Reston quotes
Neal Cassady
Art is good when it springs from necessity. This kind of origin is the guarantee of its value; there is no other. Neal Cassady quotes
Young
A young man of pleasure is a man of pains. Young quotes
History is the essence of innumerable biographies. -Thomas Carlyle
History is the essence of innumerable biographies. -Thomas Carlyle
A single Screw of Flesh / Is all that pins the Soul -Emily Dickinson
A single Screw of Flesh / Is all that pins the Soul -Emily Dickinson
Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short. -English Proverb
Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short. -English Proverb
The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all. -Helen Keller
The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all. -Helen Keller
Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away. -George B. Mere
Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away. -George B. Mere
Victory is increased by concord. -Motto
Victory is increased by concord. -Motto
For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books. -Herman Melville
For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books. -Herman Melville
Marcus Antonius
Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man–yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hairsbreadth of time assigned to …
No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses. -Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses. -Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
We are what we believe we are -Benjamin N. Cardozo
We are what we believe we are -Benjamin N. Cardozo
Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself. -Oscar Wilde
Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself. -Oscar Wilde
The greatest evil is physical pain. -St. Augustine
The greatest evil is physical pain. -St. Augustine