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  • Age,  Books,  Life,  Literature

    Robertson Davies on Books

    “A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.” Robertson Davies

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Movies

    Samuel Goldwyn on Movies

    “A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.” Samuel Goldwyn

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  • Character,  Cynical

    Evan Esar on Character

    “A signature always reveals a man’s character – and sometimes even his name.” Evan Esar American Humorist (1899 – 1995)

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  • History,  Liberty

    Thomas Jefferson on Liberty

    I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

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  • Faith,  Love

    The Bible on Love

    “Hatred stirs up trouble; love overlooks the wrongs that others do.” The Bible, Proverbs 10:12

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  • Cynical,  Politics

    P. J. O’Rourke on Politics and Luck

    “A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.” P. J. O’Rourke US humorist & political commentator (1947-2022)

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  • Cynical,  Humanity

    Scott Adams Cynical Quote

    “You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.” Scott Adams, The Dilbert Future US cartoonist (1957 – )

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  • Motivational,  Success

    Zig Ziglar on Success

    “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” Zig Ziglar

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  • Motivational,  Success

    Zig Ziglar on Success

    “Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.” Zig Ziglar

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  • Wisdom

    Benjamin Franklin on Wisdom

    “The doors of wisdom are never shut.” Benjamin Franklin

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  • Life,  Society

    Matthew Arnold on Society

    “This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims.” Matthew Arnold

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  • Cynical

    Benjamin Disraeli Cynical Quote

    “How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.” Benjamin Disraeli, Speech at the House of Commons, January 24, 1860 British politician (1804 – 1881)

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Media,  Politics

    Dwight D. Eisenhower on Television

    “I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens.” Dwight D. Eisenhower 34th president of US 1953-1961 (1890 – 1969)

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  • Cynical,  Funny

    Amanda Cross on Quotations

    “The point of quotations is that one can use another’s words to be insulting.” Amanda Cross US mystery novelist (1926 – 2003)

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  • Cynical,  Intelligence

    Robertson Davies Cynical Quote

    “Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.” Robertson Davies

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  • Forgiveness,  Friendship,  Love

    Ann Landers on Love

    “Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times.” Ann Landers

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  • Cynical

    W. C. Fields Cynical Quote

    “I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.” W. C. Fields US actor (1880 – 1946)

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  • Peace,  Politics,  War

    William Shakespeare on Peace

    “A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.” William Shakespeare

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  • Cynical

    Francois de La Rochefoucauld Cynical Quote

    “We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld French author & moralist (1613 – 1680)

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  • Cynical,  Experience,  Wisdom

    Mark Twain on Genius

    “Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered – either by themselves or by others.” Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

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  • Education,  Society

    Gilbert K. Chesterton on Education

    “Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.” Gilbert K. Chesterton

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  • Cynical,  Work

    James Thorpe on Work

    “Household tasks are easier and quicker when they are done by somebody else.” James Thorpe US football player & track athlete (1888 – 1953)

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  • Humanity,  Life,  Science

    Stephen Hawking on Science

    “If human life were long enough to find the ultimate theory, everything would have been solved by previous generations. Nothing would be left to be discovered.” Stephen Hawking, Interview with The Guardian (UK) September 27, 2005 English cosmologist and physicist (1942 – )

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  • Happiness

    C. P. Snow on Happiness

    “The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you’ll never find it.” C. P. Snow English novelist & scientist (1905 – 1980)

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  • Cynical

    Georg Christoph Lichtenberg on Opinions

    “Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all.” Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 – 1799)

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  • Computers,  Intelligence,  Science,  Technology

    Albert Einstein on Computers

    “Computers are incredibly fast, accurate, and stupid; humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond imagination.” Albert Einstein

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  • Imagination,  Progress,  Sci-Fi,  Science,  Technology

    Arthur C. Clarke on Technology

    “At the present rate of progress, it is almost impossible to imagine any technical feat that cannot be achieved – if it can be achieved at all – within the next few hundred years.” Arthur C. Clarke, 1983 English physicist & science fiction author (1917 – 2008)

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  • Humanity,  Society

    Millard Fuller on Community

    “For a community to be whole and healthy, it must be based on people’s love and concern for each other.” Millard Fuller

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  • Cynical,  Work

    Peter Drucker on Work

    “There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” Peter Drucker American (Austrian-born) management writer (1909 – 2005)

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  • Business,  Cynical,  Funny,  Money,  Politics

    Ronald Reagan on Economy

    “The government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” Ronald Reagan 40th president of US (1911 – 2004)

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  • Age,  Cynical,  Maturity,  Wisdom

    Tom Stoppard on Age

    “I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.” Tom Stoppard British dramatist & screenwriter (1937 – )

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  • Education,  Knowledge

    Anatole France on Education

    “An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don’t.” Anatole France

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  • Courage,  Fear,  Wisdom

    Mark Twain on Courage

    “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

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  • Cynical,  Intelligence

    F. Scott Fitzgerald on Intelligence

    “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Crack-Up (1936) US novelist (1896 – 1940)

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  • Cynical,  Funny

    Voltaire on Boredom

    “The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.” Voltaire, Discours en vers sur l’homme, 1737 French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

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  • Kindness,  Wisdom

    Aesop on Kindness

    “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” Aesop

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  • Cynical,  Funny

    Olin Miller Cynical Quote

    “You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.” Olin Miller

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  • Science

    Indira Gandhi on Science

    “The power to question is the basis of all human progress.” Indira Gandhi

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  • Success

    Winston Churchill on Success

    “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” Winston Churchill

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  • Experience

    Albert Camus on Experience

    “You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.” Albert Camus French existentialist author & philosopher (1913 – 1960)

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  • Cynical,  Education

    Michel de Montaigne on Education

    “I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.” Michel de Montaigne

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  • Art,  Movies,  Music

    Stanley Kubrick on Movies

    “A film is – or should be – more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.” Stanley Kubrick

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Liberty,  Society

    Eric Hoffer on Freedom

    “When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.” Eric Hoffer (1902 – 1983)

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  • Art,  Books,  Cynical,  Imagination

    Leonard Bernstein on Inspiration

    “Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time… The wait is simply too long.” Leonard Bernstein US composer & conductor (1918 – 1990)

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  • Cynical,  Sci-Fi,  Science,  Time

    Niels Bohr on the Future

    “Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” Niels Bohr Danish physicist (1885 – 1962)

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  • Cynical,  History,  Life,  Literature,  Wisdom

    Anonymous Quote

    “Write a wise saying and your name will live forever.” Anonymous

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  • Cynical,  Marriage

    Judith Viorst on Marriage

    “One advantage of marriage is that, when you fall out of love with him or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until you fall in again.” Judith Viorst

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  • Cynical

    Friedrich Nietzsche on Memory

    “The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.” Friedrich Nietzsche German philosopher (1844 – 1900)

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  • Books,  Cynical,  Literature

    George Bernard Shaw on Reading

    “Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad.” George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

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  • Cynical,  Science

    Fred Hoyle Cynical Quote

    “There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don’t know what it’s a plan for.” Fred Hoyle English astronomer, mathematician, & popularizer of science (1915 – 2001)

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  • Computers,  Humanity,  Technology

    Stephen Hawking on Computers

    “I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image.” Stephen Hawking

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  • Sci-Fi,  Science,  Technology

    Arthur C. Clarke on Technology

    “The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.” Arthur C. Clarke, “Technology and the Future” (Clarke’s second law) English physicist & science fiction author (1917 – 2008)

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  • History,  Wisdom

    George Santayana on History

    “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana

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  • Anger

    Mohandas Gandhi on Anger

    “Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.” Mohandas Gandhi

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  • Politics

    Tom Stoppard on Democracy

    “It’s not the voting that’s democracy, it’s the counting.” Tom Stoppard, Jumpers (1972) act 1 British dramatist & screenwriter (1937 – )

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  • Humanity,  Wisdom

    Frank Zappa on the Mind

    “A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not open.” Frank Zappa

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  • Change,  Wisdom

    Confucius on Change

    “Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.” Confucius

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  • Cynical,  Success

    Nancy Astor on Success

    “The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.” Nancy Astor British politician (1879 – 1964)

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  Sports

    Dave Barry on Sports

    “Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.” Dave Barry

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  • Cynical,  Funny,  History,  Technology

    Sir William Preece on the Telephone

    “The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys.” Sir William Preece Chief engineer of the British Post Office, 1876

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