Quotes
There are 402 public quotes by various authors.
2017 Dan Brown
Any man can stay sober in a desert, he mused, but only the loyal can sit in an oasis and refuse to part his lips.
Any man can stay sober in a desert, he mused, but only the loyal can sit in an oasis and refuse to part his lips.
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2017
We cling to memories as if they define us but... they really don't. What we do is what defines us.
We cling to memories as if they define us but... they really don't. What we do is what defines us.
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2016-05-29 Alain De Botton
Compatibility is an achievement of love; it must not be its precondition.
Compatibility is an achievement of love; it must not be its precondition.
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2016-03-24 Mattias Vral
If changing habits is difficult, make it a habit.
If changing habits is difficult, make it a habit.
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2015-01-30 Randall Munroe
Caring about something makes people vulnerable, so not caring gives you power.
Caring about something makes people vulnerable, so not caring gives you power.
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2012 Randall Munroe
The universal label — Ingredients: hydrogen, time.
The universal label — Ingredients: hydrogen, time.
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2011-09-07 Tomáš Fülöpp — Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Belgium
For perfection, infinity is a requirement.
For perfection, infinity is a requirement.
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2011-07-25 Alain De Botton
So hard to accept that the prison door is open and we could walk out if we truly wanted.
So hard to accept that the prison door is open and we could walk out if we truly wanted.
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2011-04-25 Umair Haque
"Ethics" for some is equivalent to "Nice guys finish last." Not great if you wanna be winning.
"Ethics" for some is equivalent to "Nice guys finish last." Not great if you wanna be winning.
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2011-04-17 Tomáš Fülöpp — London, UK
You are young as long as you can manage to run more kilometres than what is your age!
You are young as long as you can manage to run more kilometres than what is your age!
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2011-04-17 Tomáš Fülöpp — London, UK
Človek je mladý dovtedy, kým dokáže zabehnúť viac kilometrov než koľko má rokov.
Človek je mladý dovtedy, kým dokáže zabehnúť viac kilometrov než koľko má rokov.
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2010-12-22 Alain De Botton
Transparency is a foolish ideal. Life becomes intolerable without a capacity for secrets.
Transparency is a foolish ideal. Life becomes intolerable without a capacity for secrets.
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2010-12-17 Alain De Botton
A true sense of your age derives not from people you fancy, but from those who start to fancy you.
A true sense of your age derives not from people you fancy, but from those who start to fancy you.
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2010-12-17 Paulo Coelho
Don't ask permission. Do it now and regret later.
Don't ask permission. Do it now and regret later.
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2010-12-16 Alain De Botton
A silence with a beautiful person always leaves you feeling you're the boring one.
A silence with a beautiful person always leaves you feeling you're the boring one.
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2010-11-11 Alain De Botton
Of all the unmentioned things between people, one of the greatest is the reality of aging.
Of all the unmentioned things between people, one of the greatest is the reality of aging.
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2010-11-03 Alain De Botton
Over 50 guests, you can be sure most people will be bitching about the hosts. Few of us have so many loyal friends.
Over 50 guests, you can be sure most people will be bitching about the hosts. Few of us have so many loyal friends.
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2010-07-30 Umair Haque
In an unpredictable world, the challenge isn't seeing further into the future. It's seeing deeper into now.
In an unpredictable world, the challenge isn't seeing further into the future. It's seeing deeper into now.
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2010-05-05 Tomáš Fülöpp — Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Belgium
There's nothing brave in those who expect the worst. They just fear disappointment.
There's nothing brave in those who expect the worst. They just fear disappointment.
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2010-02-14 Tomáš Fülöpp — Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Belgium
God seems to be just another unconfirmed extraterrestrial being.
God seems to be just another unconfirmed extraterrestrial being.
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2010 Stephen Hawking
Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist.
Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist.
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2009-07-31 Tomáš Fülöpp — Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Belgium
Complete freedom is incompatible with life.
Complete freedom is incompatible with life.
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2009-07-30 Tomáš Fülöpp — Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Belgium
The truth in wine is that it helps you to forget the question.
The truth in wine is that it helps you to forget the question.
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2009-05-13 Jaromír Nohavica
Důležitá je stopa v srdcích živých, kterou za sebou zanecháme.
Důležitá je stopa v srdcích živých, kterou za sebou zanecháme.
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2009 Mark Zuckerberg
Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.
Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.
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2008-01-08 Tomáš Fülöpp — Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Belgium
Copyright is a crime against humanity.
Copyright is a crime against humanity.
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2007-12-17 Tomáš Fülöpp — Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Belgium
Výnimočnosť klíči v samote.
Výnimočnosť klíči v samote.
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2007-04-20 Tomáš Fülöpp — Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Belgium
Krása je ako polarizované svetlo — vidno ju len z určitého uhla.
Krása je ako polarizované svetlo — vidno ju len z určitého uhla.
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2006 Daniel Suarez
The promise of eternal life is a threat unless you get to start over.
The promise of eternal life is a threat unless you get to start over.
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2006 Richard Dawkins
We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.
We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.
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2005-06-14 Steve Jobs
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because ...
2005-05-27 Tomáš Fülöpp — Anderlecht, Belgium
Miracle is an euphemism for something we do not understand.
Miracle is an euphemism for something we do not understand.
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2005-03-11 Tomáš Fülöpp — Anderlecht, Belgium
Conception is a death sentence.
Conception is a death sentence.
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1982 Fernando Pessoa
To narrate is to create, for living is just being lived.
To narrate is to create, for living is just being lived.
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1982 Fernando Pessoa
Narrar é criar, pois viver é apenas ser vivido.
Narrar é criar, pois viver é apenas ser vivido.
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1974 Richard P. Feynman
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.
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1971 John Lennon
Imagine there's no heaven, It's easy if you try, No hell below us, Above us only sky, Imagine all the people living for today...
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...
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1969 (Anti-Vietnam war protest)
Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity.
Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity.
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1965 The Beatles
It's been a long time, now I'm coming back home. I've been away now, oh how I've been alone. Wait till I come back to your side. We'll forget the tears we cried.
It's been a long time, now I'm coming back home.
I've been away now, oh how I've been alone.
Wait till I come back to your ...
1964 Rick Evans
Now it's been ten thousand years man has cried a billion tears for what he never knew
Now it's been ten thousand years
man has cried a billion tears
for what he never knew
now man's reign is through
But through eternal ...
1962 John Steinbeck
If one is vacilando, he is going somewhere but doesn't greatly care whether or not he gets there, although he has direction.
In Spanish there is a word for which I can't find a counterword in English. It is the verb vacilar, present participle vacilando. It ...
1948 Richard P. Feynman
You can't say A is made of B or vice versa. All mass is interaction.
You can't say A is made of B or vice versa. All mass is interaction.
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1936 F. Scott Fitzgerald
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability ...
1935 Upton Sinclair
It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
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1928 John A. Shedd
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are made for.
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are made for.
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1914 Ella Wheeler Wilcox
To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men.
To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men.
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1909 Jack London
Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.
Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.
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1890 Arthur Conan Doyle
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
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1859 Charles Darwin
There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms
There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and ...
1822 Stendhal
Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness.
Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness.
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1814 Pierre-Simon De Laplace
Given for one instant an intelligence that could comprehend all the forces by which nature is animated ... an intelligence sufficiently vast to submit these data to analysis ...
Given for one instant an intelligence that could comprehend all the forces by which nature is animated ... an intelligence ...
1770 Voltaire
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.
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1656-12-04 Blaise Pascal
I would have written less, but I didn't have enough time.
I would have written less, but I didn't have enough time.
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1615 Cardinal Bellarmine
To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin.
To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin.
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17th century (unknown)
They hang the man, and flog the woman, That steals the goose from off the common; But let the greater villain loose, That steals the common from the goose.
They hang the man, and flog the woman,
That steals the goose from off the common;
But let the greater villain loose,
That steals the ...
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
La solitudine è per lo spirito ciò che il cibo è per il corpo.
La solitudine è per lo spirito ciò che il cibo è per il corpo.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Loneliness is for the spirit what food is for the body.
Loneliness is for the spirit what food is for the body.
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Gerald Ford
A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything that you have.
A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything that you have.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
In abstract love of humanity one almost always only loves oneself.
In abstract love of humanity one almost always only loves oneself.
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(unknown)
Freedom is not 'choosing between black and white', but to avoid such predetermined choice.
Freedom is not 'choosing between black and white', but to avoid such predetermined choice.
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Ann Landers
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
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C. Northcote Parkinson
The amount of noise generated by a change is inversely proportional to the complexity of the change.
The amount of noise generated by a change is inversely proportional to the complexity of the change.
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Bertrand Russell
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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Lucretius
All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.
All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.
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Erich Maria Remarque
Takt je tichý dohovor mlčať o spoločných chybách, namiesto toho, aby sme sa ich zbavovali.
Takt je tichý dohovor mlčať o spoločných chybách, namiesto toho, aby sme sa ich zbavovali.
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(Chinese proverb)
Tell me and I'll forget; Show me and I may remember; Involve me and I'll understand.
Tell me and I'll forget;
Show me and I may remember;
Involve me and I'll understand.
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David Gate
Answers satisfy the mind, mysteries capture the heart.
Answers satisfy the mind, mysteries capture the heart.
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Anthony Judge
Questions last — answers multiply and rot.
Questions last — answers multiply and rot.
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Ernest Rutherford
In science there is only physics; all the rest is stamp collecting.
In science there is only physics; all the rest is stamp collecting.
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Margaret Mitchell
There's good money in empire building. But, there's more in empire wrecking.
There's good money in empire building. But, there's more in empire wrecking.
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ABBA
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture and save it from the funny tricks of time.
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture and save it from the funny tricks of time.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
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George Bernard Shaw
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
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Voltaire
An optimist believes that we are living in the best of all possible worlds and a pessimist is afraid that it is true.
An optimist believes that we are living in the best of all possible worlds and a pessimist is afraid that it is true.
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Saint Augustine
There is another form of temptation, even more fraught with danger. This is the disease of curiosity.
There is another form of temptation, even more fraught with danger. This is the disease of curiosity. It is this which drives us to ...
Francis Bacon
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
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George Santayana
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
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Winston Churchill
You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something!
You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something!
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Albert Einstein
Never memorize what you can look up in books.
Never memorize what you can look up in books.
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Jaromír Nohavica
Naděje je nejkrásnější prokletí — naděje je jediné co zbývá.
Naděje je nejkrásnější prokletí — naděje je jediné co zbývá.
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Joseph Heller
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.
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Buckminster Fuller
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model ...
Omar Khayyam
Drink! for you know not whence you came, nor why: Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.
Drink! for you know not whence you came, nor why:
Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.
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Georges Braque
A vase gives form to the void, and music to silence.
A vase gives form to the void, and music to silence.
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Lao Tzu
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving.
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving.
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Confucius
Age doesn’t always bring wisdom. Sometimes age comes alone.
Age doesn’t always bring wisdom. Sometimes age comes alone.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Život je dosť dlhý ak vieš, ako ho prežiť.
Život je dosť dlhý ak vieš, ako ho prežiť.
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(Arabic saying)
It's easier to get into a hole than get out of it.
It's easier to get into a hole than get out of it.
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Erich Maria Remarque
Nikdy nie je nič stratené, pokiaľ človek žije.
Nikdy nie je nič stratené, pokiaľ človek žije.
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Albert Camus
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
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Pablo Picasso
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
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Robert A. Heinlein
Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.
Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.
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Stefan Zweig
Naším opravdovým osudem je možná být věčně na cestě, neustále litovat a nostalgicky toužit, stále dychtit po odpočinku, ale bez přestání bloudit.
Naším opravdovým osudem je možná být věčně na cestě, neustále litovat a nostalgicky toužit, stále dychtit po odpočinku, ale bez ...
Lao Tzu
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
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Fred Hoyle
Space is only a two-hour drive away, if your car could go vertically upwards.
Space is only a two-hour drive away, if your car could go vertically upwards.
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(African proverb)
If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
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Stewart Brand
This present moment used to be the unimaginable future.
This present moment used to be the unimaginable future.
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Socrates
By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher... and that is a good thing for any man.
By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher... and that is a good ...
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.
Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.
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Arthur C. Clarke
There is a hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags will not wave in a vacuum.
There is a hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags will not wave in a vacuum.
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Saint Augustine
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
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(Arabic saying)
The soul invariably travels at the speed of a camel.
The soul invariably travels at the speed of a camel.
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Socrates
As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
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(unknown)
Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently.
Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently.
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(unknown)
An authority is anyone who guessed right more than once.
An authority is anyone who guessed right more than once.
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(unknown)
Imagine the silence if everyone said only what they know.
Imagine the silence if everyone said only what they know.
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(unknown)
Never argue with an idiot. They'll bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Never argue with an idiot. They'll bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.
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Thomas Paine
The christian religion is a parody on the worship of the Sun, in which they put a man whom they call Christ, in the place of the Sun, and pay him the same adoration which was originally paid to the Sun.
The christian religion is a parody on the worship of the Sun, in which they put a man whom they call Christ, in the place of the ...
Edgar Allan Poe
Your work is both true and original. Unfortunately, the parts that are true are not original, and the parts that are original are not true.
Your work is both true and original. Unfortunately, the parts that are true are not original, and the parts that are original are ...
(unknown)
Stupid ideas seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
Stupid ideas seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
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Euripides
He was a wise man who originated the idea of gods.
He was a wise man who originated the idea of gods.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.
Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
There are many good people who are beneficially stimulated by some, but not all, manmade arrangements of colors and shapes on flat surfaces, essentially nonsense.
There are many good people who are beneficially stimulated by some, but not all, manmade arrangements of colors and shapes on flat ...
Ovid
Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity.
Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity.
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Ovid
Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves achieved, we can scarcely call our own.
Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves achieved, we can scarcely call our own.
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Voltaire
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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Ovid
We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.
We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.
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Hermann Hesse
The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
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(unknown)
Did it ever occur to you that nothing occurs to God?
Did it ever occur to you that nothing occurs to God?
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Henny Youngman
The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.
The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.
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(unknown)
To know recursion, you must first know recursion.
To know recursion, you must first know recursion.
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(unknown)
Life is complex: it has real and imaginary parts.
Life is complex: it has real and imaginary parts.
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Sa'di
To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish.
To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish.
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Martin Heidegger
The possible ranks higher than the actual.
The possible ranks higher than the actual.
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Bill Maher
If you belonged to a political party or a social club that was tied to as much bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, violence and sheer ignorance as religion is, you'd resign in protest.
If you belonged to a political party or a social club that was tied to as much bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, violence and sheer ...
If you believe in love at first sight, you never stop looking.
If you believe in love at first sight, you never stop looking.
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William Somerset Maugham
There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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Albert Einstein
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
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Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
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Plato
No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.
No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.
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(unknown)
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.
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(unknown)
Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted.
Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted.
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Arthur C. Clarke
No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the nonexistence of Zeus or Thor, but they have few followers now.
You will find men like him in all of the world's religions. They know that we represent reason and science, and, however confident ...
Bill Maher
The only appropriate attitude for man to have about the big questions is not the arrogant certitude that is the hallmark of religion, but doubt. Doubt is humble.
The only appropriate attitude for man to have about the big questions is not the arrogant certitude that is the hallmark of ...
Galileo Galilei
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo ...
Arthur C. Clarke
It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but to create him.
It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but to create him.
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Niels Bohr
Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.
Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.
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Gregory Benford
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
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How peaceful life would be without love, how safe, how tranquil. And how dull.
How peaceful life would be without love, how safe, how tranquil. And how dull.
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David Dunning
Very smart ideas are going to be hard for people to adopt, because most people don’t have the sophistication to recognize how good an idea is.
Very smart ideas are going to be hard for people to adopt, because most people don’t have the sophistication to recognize how good ...
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Everyone hears only what he understands.
Everyone hears only what he understands.
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Arthur C. Clarke
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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Peter McIntyre
Confidence comes from not always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
Confidence comes from not always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
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Voltaire
Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.
Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.
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Voltaire
To a toad, what is beauty? A female with two pop-eyes, a wide mouth, yellow belly and spotted back.
To a toad, what is beauty? A female with two pop-eyes, a wide mouth, yellow belly and spotted back.
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Benjamin Disraeli
The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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William Pitt
A long train of these practices has at length unwillingly convinced me that there is something behind the throne greater than the King himself.
A long train of these practices has at length unwillingly convinced me that there is something behind the throne greater than the ...
Hermann Hesse
Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them.
Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws ...
Ibn Khaldun
Blindly following ancient customs and traditions doesn't mean that the dead are alive, but that the living are dead.
Blindly following ancient customs and traditions doesn't mean that the dead are alive, but that the living are dead.
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Mark Twain
All generalizations are false, including this one.
All generalizations are false, including this one.
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Ovid
Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo.
Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo.
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Carl Sagan
We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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(unknown)
"A philosopher," said the theologian, "is like a blind man in a darkened room looking for a black cat that isn't there." "That's right," the philosopher replied, "and if he were a theologian, he'd find it.
"A philosopher," said the theologian, "is like a blind man in a darkened room looking for a black cat that isn't there." "That's ...
Desmond Tutu
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land.
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we ...
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
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Voltaire
It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
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Ovid
What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.
What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
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Samuel Johnson
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Ernest Hemingway
But in modern war, you die like a dog for no good reason.
But in modern war, you die like a dog for no good reason.
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(unknown)
We need a law that will permit a voter to sue a candidate for breach of promise.
We need a law that will permit a voter to sue a candidate for breach of promise.
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Aesop
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Life happens too fast for you to ever think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but they insist on amassing information.
Life happens too fast for you to ever think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but they insist on amassing ...
Björk
The Buddhists say we come back as animals and they refer to them as lesser beings. Well, animals aren't lesser beings, they're just like us. So I say fuck the Buddhists.
The Buddhists say we come back as animals and they refer to them as lesser beings. Well, animals aren't lesser beings, they're just ...
(unknown)
Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint and he has to touch it.
Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint and he has to touch it.
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(unknown)
When I lie down on my bed and look at the stars in the sky I always wonder where the heck is my ceiling?
When I lie down on my bed and look at the stars in the sky I always wonder where the heck is my ceiling?
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
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(unknown)
The only difference between graffiti and philosophy is the word "fuck."
The only difference between graffiti and philosophy is the word "fuck."
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Hermann Goering
Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.
But after all it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, ...
(unknown)
We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful.
We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful.
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Thomas Jefferson
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow ...
Epicurus
Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move; to feel the needs and hitches of our life more clearly; to come down off this feather-bed of civilization...
For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move; to feel the needs and ...
Arthur C. Clarke
A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.
A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
The two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.
The two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.
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Voltaire
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
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Albert Einstein
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man ...
Albert Einstein
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?
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Albert Einstein
When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours. That's relativity.
When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like ...
Erich Maria Remarque
Kto chce zdolať vrchol, musí pri tom nazrieť do najhlbších priepastí.
Kto chce zdolať vrchol, musí pri tom nazrieť do najhlbších priepastí.
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Winston Churchill
The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.
The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.
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Samuel Lover
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
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Henry Brooks Adams
Chaos often breeds life, while order breeds habit.
Chaos often breeds life, while order breeds habit.
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Charles Darwin
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
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John Lennon
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
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Albert Einstein
You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.
You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.
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Albert Einstein
Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else — unless it is an enemy.
Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else — unless it is an enemy.
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Albert Einstein
Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
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Paul Gauguin
In Europe men and women have intercourse because they love each other. In the South Seas they love each other because they have had intercourse. Who is right?
In Europe men and women have intercourse because they love each other. In the South Seas they love each other because they have had ...
Søren Kierkegaard
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.
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Albert Einstein
What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world.
What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world.
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Albert Einstein
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not ...
Albert Einstein
The distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
The distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
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Woody Allen
Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday.
Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday.
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John Ziman
Scientists are those who know more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
Scientists are those who know more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
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Jonathan Swift
A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone.
A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone.
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Robert A. Heinlein
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
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Albert Einstein
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
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Hermann Hesse
If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.
If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.
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Hermann Hesse
To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile — that is happiness.
To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile — that is happiness.
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Woodrow Wilson
We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the world - no longer a Government of free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and vote of the majority, but a Government by the opinio
We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the world - no longer ...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson.
The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government ever ...
Tony Wheeler
Don't worry whether your trip will work out. Just go!
Don't worry whether your trip will work out. Just go!
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(unknown)
What if there were no hypothetical questions?
What if there were no hypothetical questions?
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Larry Niven
The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space programme.
The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space programme.
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Albert Einstein
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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Aristotle
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
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Douglas Noel Adams
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
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Epicurus
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he ...
Buddha
Si tým, o čom si premýšľal a čím si sám seba urobil.
Si tým, o čom si premýšľal a čím si sám seba urobil.
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Charles Halsey
A good question is like a miniskirt. Long enough to cover the essentials, but short enough to keep everyone interested.
A good question is like a miniskirt. Long enough to cover the essentials, but short enough to keep everyone interested.
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Archimedes
Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth.
Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth.
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George Santayana
When experience is not retained... infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
When experience is not retained... infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
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(unknown)
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism — to steal from many is research.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism — to steal from many is research.
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Mark Twain
We like a man to come right out and say what he thinks — if we agree with him.
We like a man to come right out and say what he thinks — if we agree with him.
...
Sometimes, ya gotta break some rules, to put things straight.
Sometimes, ya gotta break some rules, to put things straight.
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Steven Wright
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear brighter — until they speak.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear brighter — until they speak.
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Bertrand Russell
War does not determine who is right — only who is left.
War does not determine who is right — only who is left.
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(Mongolské príslovie)
Cestujúci blázon je lepší než sediaci mudrc.
Cestujúci blázon je lepší než sediaci mudrc.
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(Mongolské príslovie)
Kým je tvoj kôň silný, je čas cestovať a poznávať svet.
Kým je tvoj kôň silný, je čas cestovať a poznávať svet.
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Miroslav Horníček
Smích bez příčiny znamená, že jste buď idiot, nebo zlaťoučké děvčátko.
Smích bez příčiny znamená, že jste buď idiot, nebo zlaťoučké děvčátko.
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Ernest Hemingway
Obráť svoju tvár k slnku a všetky tiene padnú za teba.
Obráť svoju tvár k slnku a všetky tiene padnú za teba.
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John Steinbeck
Zákon platí dovtedy, pokým nezasiahnu čary.
Zákon platí dovtedy, pokým nezasiahnu čary.
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Albert Einstein
Dokonalosť sa nedosahuje vtedy, keď nemožno nič pridať, ale vtedy, keď nemožno nič odobrať.
Dokonalosť sa nedosahuje vtedy, keď nemožno nič pridať, ale vtedy, keď nemožno nič odobrať.
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Erich Segal
Milovať znamená správať sa tak, aby sme si nemuseli nič odpúšťať.
Milovať znamená správať sa tak, aby sme si nemuseli nič odpúšťať.
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(unknown)
Neexistuje výrok, ktorý by ešte nebol povedaný.
Neexistuje výrok, ktorý by ešte nebol povedaný.
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Socrates
V každom človeku je slnko, len ho nechať horieť.
V každom človeku je slnko, len ho nechať horieť.
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Jerome D. Salinger
Poznáme pleskot dvoch tlieskajúcich dlaní. Ale ako zaplieska jedna dlaň?
Poznáme pleskot dvoch tlieskajúcich dlaní. Ale ako zaplieska jedna dlaň?
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Jerome D. Salinger
Akoby nás ani neboli schopní milovať takých, akí sme. Akoby nás nevedeli milovať dovtedy, kým nás trochu nezmenia. Takmer rovnako, a zväčša i väčšmi, milujú dôvody, pre ktoré nás chcú milovať.
Akoby nás ani neboli schopní milovať takých, akí sme. Akoby nás nevedeli milovať dovtedy, kým nás trochu nezmenia. Takmer rovnako, a ...
Aldous Huxley
Člověk musí být zraněn a vzrušen, jinak nemůže ani pomyslit na věty, které jsou skutečně dobré a pronikají vším jako rentgenové paprsky.
Člověk musí být zraněn a vzrušen, jinak nemůže ani pomyslit na věty, které jsou skutečně dobré a pronikají vším jako rentgenové ...
Aldous Huxley
Šedesát dva tisíce čtyři sta opakování vytváří jednu pravdu. Idioti!
Šedesát dva tisíce čtyři sta opakování vytváří jednu pravdu. Idioti!
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Ernest Hemingway
Človek je jediný tvor na tejto planéte, ktorý sa vie smiať, hoci na to má najmenej dôvodov.
Človek je jediný tvor na tejto planéte, ktorý sa vie smiať, hoci na to má najmenej dôvodov.
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Voltaire
Si Dieu n’existait pas, il faudrait l’inventer.
Si Dieu n’existait pas, il faudrait l’inventer.
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Voltaire
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Sofocles
Veľa je na svete mocného, no nič nie je mocnejšie ako človek.
Veľa je na svete mocného, no nič nie je mocnejšie ako človek.
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Albert Einstein
Najkrajším zážitkom, ktorý človek môže mať je pocit tajomna.
Najkrajším zážitkom, ktorý človek môže mať je pocit tajomna.
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Marcus Aurelius
Musíš vždy konať, rozprávať a myslieť tak, akoby práve ten okamih bol posledný v tvojom živote.
Musíš vždy konať, rozprávať a myslieť tak, akoby práve ten okamih bol posledný v tvojom živote.
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Miroslav Horníček
Bůh miluje ateisty, protože ho neobtěžují svými problémy.
Bůh miluje ateisty, protože ho neobtěžují svými problémy.
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
We all are joined in the serious business of keeping our food, shelter, clothing and loved ones from combining with oxygen.
We all are joined in the serious business of keeping our food, shelter, clothing and loved ones from combining with oxygen.
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Horace
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.
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Aeschylus
It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
...
As long as you don't choose, everything remains possible.
As long as you don't choose, everything remains possible.
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(unknown)
If we don’t change direction soon, we’ll end up where we’re heading.
If we don’t change direction soon, we’ll end up where we’re heading.
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(unknown)
Krúžok na kľúče je starý vynález, ktorý nám umožňuje stratiť všetky kľúče naraz.
Krúžok na kľúče je starý vynález, ktorý nám umožňuje stratiť všetky kľúče naraz.
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Mayer Amschel Rothschild
Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation and I care not who makes its laws.
Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation and I care not who makes its laws.
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Oscar Wilde
Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.
Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.
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Peter Ustinov
If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.
If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.
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Bryan White
We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.
We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.
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(unknown)
A clear conscience is a sign of a fuzzy memory.
A clear conscience is a sign of a fuzzy memory.
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(unknown)
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
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(unknown)
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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(unknown)
The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.
The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.
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Abraham Lincoln
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all ...
Stephen Hawking
To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
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Ernest Hemingway
Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.
Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.
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Ernest Hemingway
That is the great fallacy, the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.
That is the great fallacy, the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.
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Bertrand Russell
Be isolated, be ignored, be attacked, be in doubt, be frightened... but do not be silenced.
Be isolated, be ignored, be attacked, be in doubt, be frightened... but do not be silenced.
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Nikita Khrushchev
It is one thing to control starving peasants; it is quite another to govern them once they have food in their bellies.
It is one thing to control starving peasants; it is quite another to govern them once they have food in their bellies.
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Albert Einstein
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to ...
Ernest Hemingway
Life isn't hard to manage when you've nothing to lose.
Life isn't hard to manage when you've nothing to lose.
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Oscar Wilde
Consistency is the last resort of the unimaginative.
Consistency is the last resort of the unimaginative.
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Leonardo da Vinci
The idea is a vessel. Science is the compass. Skill is the rudder. But those who dare to fall in love with practice without science, or with science without practice, are like the sailor who steers a vessel with neither rudder nor compass and no idea of w
The idea is a vessel. Science is the compass. Skill is the rudder. But those who dare to fall in love with practice without science, ...
(unknown)
When you're arguing with a fool, make sure he isn't doing the same thing.
When you're arguing with a fool, make sure he isn't doing the same thing.
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Eric Sevareid
The chief source of problems is solutions.
The chief source of problems is solutions.
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Plato
We should be ruled not by leaders chosen by a majority, but by those who are most intelligent.
We should be ruled not by leaders chosen by a majority, but by those who are most intelligent.
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Albert Einstein
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
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(Roman grave inscription)
I was not, and I became; I was, and am no more. Thus much is true; Who says other, lies; for I shall not be. And thou who livest drink, play, come.
I was not, and I became;
I was, and am no more.
Thus much is true;
Who says other, lies;
for I shall not be.
And thou who livest ...
Arthur C. Clarke
Unless we invent a better future, we won't have one of any kind.
Unless we invent a better future, we won't have one of any kind.
...
When you dream about bad things happening it shows you're still fighting. You're still alive. It's when you start do dream about good things you should start to worry.
When you dream about bad things happening it shows you're still fighting. You're still alive. It's when you start do dream about ...
Eleanor Roosevelt
Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.
Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.
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Charles August Lindbergh
A radical is one who speaks the truth.
A radical is one who speaks the truth.
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Ovid
In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.
In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.
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Voltaire
It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion.
It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion.
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Voltaire
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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Voltaire
If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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George Carlin
I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a part of hell will break loose — it'll be much harder to detect.
I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a part of hell will break loose — it'll be much harder to detect.
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Albert Einstein
Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.
Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.
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Ovid
It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe that there are.
It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe that there are.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith. I consider the capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile.
Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith. I consider the capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile.
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Anthony Judge
The sustainability of the environment is ensured by the co-existence of species that by definition do not engage in fruitful intercourse.
The sustainability of the environment is ensured by the co-existence of many species that, by definition, do not engage in fruitful ...
Ovid
Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey.
Nations and empires flourish and decay,
By turns command, and in their turns obey.
...
Ovid
There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement.
There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing ...
Voltaire
We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongues, at our peril, risk and hazard.
We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongues, at our peril, risk and hazard.
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Voltaire
The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it.
The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it.
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Voltaire
The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.
The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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Voltaire
All our history... is no more than accepted fiction.
All our history... is no more than accepted fiction.
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Garrett Hardin
There is nothing more dangerous than a shallow thinking compassionate person.
There is nothing more dangerous than a shallow thinking compassionate person.
...
Voltaire
If you wish to converse with me, define your terms.
If you wish to converse with me, define your terms.
...
Voltaire
The instinct of a man is to pursue everything that flies from him, and to fly from all that pursue him.
The instinct of a man is to pursue everything that flies from him, and to fly from all that pursue him.
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Albert Einstein
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
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Voltaire
I should stop myself from dying if a good joke or a good idea occurred to me.
I should stop myself from dying if a good joke or a good idea occurred to me.
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Voltaire
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
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Voltaire
Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.
Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.
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Voltaire
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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(unknown)
Alcohol is not an answer but it certainly helps to forget the questions.
Alcohol is not an answer but it certainly helps to forget the questions.
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Kahlil Gibran
No man can reveal to you anything but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.
No man can reveal to you anything but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.
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Sigmund Freud
Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.
Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.
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Aristotle
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
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Richard P. Feynman
I don't feel frightened not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really is as far as I can tell. It doesn't frighten me.
I don't feel frightened not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really ...
Murray Gell-Mann
Modern education is like being taken to the world's greatest restaurant & being forced to eat the menu.
Modern education is like being taken to the world's greatest restaurant & being forced to eat the menu.
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(unknown)
If money is the root of all evil, why do churches beg for it?
If money is the root of all evil, why do churches beg for it?
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W. H. Auden
The Ten Commandments consist in observing human behaviour and then inserting a "not".
The Ten Commandments consist in observing human behaviour and then inserting a "not".
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Albert Einstein
If I had one hour to save the world, I would spend 55 minutes defining the problem and only five minutes finding the solution.
If I had one hour to save the world, I would spend 55 minutes defining the problem and only five minutes finding the solution.
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John Adams
There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by sword. The other is by debt.
There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by sword. The other is by debt.
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Terry Pratchett
There are different kinds of rules. From the simple comes the complex, and from the complex comes a different kind of simplicity. Chaos is order in a mask.
There are different kinds of rules. From the simple comes the complex, and from the complex comes a different kind of simplicity. ...
George Bernard Shaw
Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices.
Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the ...
Oscar Wilde
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has ...
Howard Zinn
Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that numbers of people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of the leaders of their government and have gone to war, and millions have been killed because of this
Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that numbers of people all over the world have ...
Chris Hedges
The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug.
The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug.
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Mahatma Ghandhi
An eye for an eye ends in making everybody blind.
An eye for an eye ends in making everybody blind.
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Mae West
When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one I've never tried before.
When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one I've never tried before.
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Frank Zappa
If you want to get together in any exclusive situation and have people love you, fine — but to hang all this desperate sociology on the idea of The Cloud-Guy who has The Big Book, who knows if you've been bad or good- and cares about any of it — to hang i
If you want to get together in any exclusive situation and have people love you, fine — but to hang all this desperate sociology on ...
Carl Sagan
An extraterrestrial visitor examining the differences among human societies would find those differences trivial compared to the similarities.
An extraterrestrial visitor examining the differences among human societies would find those differences trivial compared to the ...
(unknown)
When you are standing on the edge of a cliff a step forward is not progress.
When you are standing on the edge of a cliff a step forward is not progress.
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Henry Louis Mencken
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
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Arthur Koestler
Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.
Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.
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Philip Kindred Dick
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
What an optimistic animal man is! Imagine expecting the species to last for ten million more years - as though people were as well-designed as turtles!
What an optimistic animal man is! Imagine expecting the species to last for ten million more years - as though people were as ...
George Bernard Shaw
Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
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Anton Chekhov
Any idiot can face a crisis. It's the day-to-day living that wears you out.
Any idiot can face a crisis. It's the day-to-day living that wears you out.
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(French proverb)
Love is the dawn of marriage, and marriage is the sunset of love.
Love is the dawn of marriage, and marriage is the sunset of love.
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(unknown)
Marriage changes passion... suddenly you're in bed with a relative.
Marriage changes passion... suddenly you're in bed with a relative.
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Woody Allen
If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.
If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Any man who would change the World in a significant way must have showmanship, a genial willingness to shed other people's blood, and a plausible new religion to introduce during the brief period of repentance and horror that usually follows bloodshed.
Any man who would change the World in a significant way must have showmanship, a genial willingness to shed other people's blood, ...
Voltaire
It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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Ovid
Do not let too strong a light come into your bedroom. There are in a beauty a great many things which are enhanced by being seen only in a half-light.
Do not let too strong a light come into your bedroom. There are in a beauty a great many things which are enhanced by being seen ...
Voltaire
There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Voltaire
No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.
No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.
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Mark Twain
Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.
Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.
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Germaine Greer
By the act of marriage you endorse all the ancient and dead values. You endorse things like monogamy. Lifelong monogamy is a maniacal idea.
By the act of marriage you endorse all the ancient and dead values. You endorse things like monogamy. Lifelong monogamy is a ...
Oscar Wilde
We are all in the gutter. But some of us are looking at the stars.
We are all in the gutter. But some of us are looking at the stars.
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Educating a woman is like pouring honey over a fine Swiss watch. It stops working.
Educating a woman is like pouring honey over a fine Swiss watch. It stops working.
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Voltaire
You can never correct your work well until you have forgotten it.
You can never correct your work well until you have forgotten it.
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Thomas Haliburton
Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.
Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.
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Jonathan Swift
Venus, a beautiful, good-natured lady, was the goddess of love; Juno, a terrible shrew, the goddess of marriage; and they were always mortal enemies.
Venus, a beautiful, good-natured lady, was the goddess of love; Juno, a terrible shrew, the goddess of marriage; and they were ...
Mignon McLaughlin
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
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Richard Dawkins
The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genoc
The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, ...
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
The modern habit of saying, "Every man has a different philosophy; this is my philosophy and it suits me" - the habit of saying this is mere weak mindedness. A cosmic philosophy is not constructed to fit a man; a cosmic philosophy is constructed to fit a
The modern habit of saying, "Every man has a different philosophy; this is my philosophy and it suits me" — the habit of saying this ...
Charles August Lindbergh
Under the Federal Reserve Act, panics are scientifically created. The present panic is the first scientifically created one, worked out as we figure a mathematical equation.
Under the Federal Reserve Act, panics are scientifically created. The present panic is the first scientifically created one, worked ...
Charles Lindbergh
Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered, and the courage with which he maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered, and the courage with which he ...
(unknown) — Évora, Portugal
Nós, ossos que aqui estamos, pelos vossos esperamos.
Nós, ossos que aqui estamos, pelos vossos esperamos.
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W. H. Auden
The stars are not wanted now: put out every one; Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun; Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood. For nothing now can ever come to any good.
The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the ...
Milan Rúfus — Czechoslovakia
Viem tvoje veci. Vlažné vypľujeme. Rozumiem tvojej výčitke. Všetko sa vrýva do pamäti zeme a nieto miesta pre plytké. Všetko má svoju hĺbku. Pretrpené. A cesta sa vždy vreže do mäsa. Zem pamätá. A bohom pripomenie, že rachotili po nej kolesá.
Cesta
Viem tvoje veci. Vlažné vypľujeme.
Rozumiem tvojej výčitke.
Všetko sa vrýva do pamäti zeme
a nieto miesta pre plytké.
Všetko ...
T.S. Eliot
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the ...
Antonio Machado
Traveller, there is no path. Paths are made by walking.
Traveller, there is no path. Paths are made by walking.
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Antonio Machado
Caminante, no hay camino. Se hace camino al andar.
Caminante, no hay camino. Se hace camino al andar.
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Tu Fu — China
Green cedar leaves and gorgeous sun-glow May be food for the immortals, but not for men
Green cedar leaves and gorgeous sun-glow
May be food for the immortals, but not for men;
The world is tough and real, my road ...
Wang Si-č' — China
Tak, čtenáři pozdní veršů mých, až k nim se nakloníš, po staletích a staletích, možná že ucítíš, jak smolnou vůni borovic starého smutku dech: ssaj tiše jej a pokorně a dětem svým též trochu nech!
Tak, čtenáři pozdní veršů mých,
až k nim se nakloníš,
po staletích a staletích,
možná že ucítíš,
jak smolnou vůni borovic
starého ...
Omar Khayyam — Persia
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all ...
Plato
Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools talk because they have to say something.
Wise men talk because they have something to say;
Fools talk because they have to say something.
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Charles Lindbergh
Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it, but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.
Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it, but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.
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Arthur C. Clarke
My objection to organized religion is the premature conclusion to ultimate truth that it represents.
My objection to organized religion is the premature conclusion to ultimate truth that it represents.
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Arthur C. Clarke
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion.
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion.
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