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Quotations from Famous People - 158
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Aesop
In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
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Geoffrey F. Albert
One who's our friend is fond of us one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend.
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James Thurber
I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours. I tried to find out what sort of allergy I had but finally came to the conclusion that it must be an allergy to consciousness.
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Gaius Petronius
One good turn deserves another.
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Clarence Day
As time goes on, new and remoter aspects of truth are discovered which can seldom be fitted into creeds that are changeless.
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Casey Stengel
Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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Samuel Butler
The course of true anything does not run smooth.
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Josiah Stamp, Attibuted to Sir Josiah Stamp (1849 - 1941) HM Collector of Inland Revenue.
The government (is) extremely fond of amassing great quantities of statistics. These are raised to the nth degree, the cube roots are extracted, and the results are arranged into elaborate and impressive displays. What must be kept ever in mind, however, is that in every case, the figures are first put down by a village watchman, and he puts down anything he damn well pleases.
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Brian Aldiss
When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, they show us the state of our decay.
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Kurt Vonnegut
Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.
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George Bernard Shaw
Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die and do not outlive yourself.
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David Letterman
Everyone has a purpose in life. Perhaps yours is watching television.
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