Quotes Of Government And Politics [2210]

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Quotes by Winston Churchill "Politics are almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times. It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. [On political skill] The ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why ... Read More

Ouotes Of Advice And Instruction [3108]

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Quotes by Edward VIII "Perhaps one of the only positive piece of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: "Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet.'" Quotes by Finlay Peter Dunne "Don't jump on a man unless he's down". Quotes by Phyllis Diller "Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight". Quotes by Sir Noel Coward "[On acting] Just know your lines and don't ... Read More

Quotes Of God And Religion [2308]

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Quotes by William Herbert Carruth "Some call it Evolution, And others call it God". Quotes by Thomas Carlyle "If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it. The three great elements of modern civilization, Gunpowder, Printing, and the Prostestant Religion". Quotes by Jane Montgomery Campbell "We plough the fields, and scatter, The good seed on the land, But it is fed and watered, By ... Read More

Quotes Of Wit And Humour [3006]

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Quotes by George Elliot "A difference of taste in jokes ia s great strain on the affections." Quotes by Umberto Eco "But laughter is weakness, corruption, the foolishness of our flesh." Quotes by Peter Edward Cook "There's terrific merit in having no sense of humour, no sense of irony, practically no sense of anything at all. If you're born with these so-called defects you have a very good chance of getting to the top." Quotes by Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Collette "A total absence of humour makes life impossible." Quotes ... Read More

Quotes Of Health And Medicine [1906]

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Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero "Because all the sick do not recover, therefore medicine is no art". Quotes by Anton Chekhov "When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be cured". Quotes by Jean Martin Charcot "The condition of the patient is only an accident in the history of the disease". Quotes by Thomas Carlyle "I am always sick; I am sicker and worse in body and mind, a little, for the present; but it has no deep significance". Quotes by William Burroughs "A paranoid ... Read More

Quotes Of Language Words And Speech [0305]

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Quotes by Phillip Kindred Dick "The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words". Quotes by John Dewey "There is all the difference in the world between having something to say, and saying something". Quotes by Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett "We must use words as they are used or stand aside from life". Quotes by Joseph Conrad "Words, as is well known, are great foes of ... Read More

Quotes Of Fools And Foolishness [0504]

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Quotes by Colly Cibber "If I can please myself with my own follies, have I not a plentiful provision for life?" Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes "He's a muddled fool, full of lucid intervals". Quotes by Thomas Carlyle "A Parliament speaking through reporters to Buncombe and the twenty-seven million, mostly fools". Quotes by Byron Lord George Gordon "I'll publish right or wrong: Fools are my theme, let satire be my song. We are the fools of time and terror: Days Steal on us, and steal from us; yet ... Read More