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Cynicism |
"Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.
It's cheaper." Quentin Crisp | 
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"A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells
us the truth about its author. " ~ G. K. Chesterton |
| "I grew up in Europe, where history comes from." ~ Eddie
Izzard | | "Education is a wonderful
thing, provided you always remember that nothing worth knowing can ever be taught."
~ Oscar Wilde | | "Always remember this: If you
don't attend the funerals of your friends, they will certainly not attend yours."
~ H.L. Mencken | | "I feel so
miserable without you, it's almost like having you here." ~ Stephen Bishop |
| "A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going
on." ~ William S. Burroughs | |
"It's a lot easier being black than gay. At least if you're black you
don't have to tell your parents." ~ Judy Carter | |
"Start off every day with a smile and get it over with." ~
W.C. Fields | | "A great many
people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices"
~ William James | | "Airplane travel is nature's
way of making you look like your passport photo" ~ Al Gore, Politician |
| "Giving up smoking is the easiest thing
in the world. I know because Ive done it thousands of times." ~
Mark Twain | | "If I'd had more time, I'd have
written a shorter letter." ~ Mark Twain | |
"My Karma ran over your dogma." ~ Author Unknown |
| "I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the
facts." ~ Will Rogers | | "Since
a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at
his word." ~ Charles de Gaulle | "The man who
does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them."
~ Mark Twain | | |
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What's YOUR favourite quotation?
Do you know any misquotations?
Do you have a correction?
contributions : please
send the words, who said them - with as much detail as you can; why it
was said (or not said), when, to whom ... whatever you can. I always acknowledge
any help.
Contributions to Quotations:
David Shein [06], Clark Moran, Geoffrey K. Braden [05]
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