Famous Quotes

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Hugo Von Hofmannsthal:

To grow mature is to separate more distinctly, to connect more closely.

Theodore Roosevelt:

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.

Leonardo da Vinci:

It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice", Act 1 scene 2:

I dote on his very absence.

Napoleon:

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Nikita Khrushchev, Speech in Yugoslavia, Aug. 24, 1963:

I once said, "We will bury you," and I got into trouble with it. Of course we will not bury you with a shovel. Your own working class will bury you.

Stephen Crane:

"Think as I think" said the man, "or you are abominable. You are a toad." And after I had thought on it, I said "I will then, be a toad."

John W. Gardner, quoted by Bill Moyers:

History never looks like history when you are living through it.

Elizabeth Goudge:

Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing.

Henry Miller, "The Colossus of Maroussi" (1941):

There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy.

Abigail Van Buren in reply to the question: "Why do Jews always answer a question with a question?":

How should they answer?

Francois de La Rochefoucauld:

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it.

Henry Ward Beecher:

To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.

SA Oberfuhrer of Bad Tolz, March, 1933.:

All military type firearms are to be handed in immediately... The SS, SA and Stahlhelm give every respectable German man the opportunity of campaigning with them. Therefore anyone who does not belong to one of the above named organisations and who unjustifiably nevertheless keeps his weapon... must be regarded as an enemy of the national government.

Italian Proverb:

By learning to obey, you will know how to command.