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110 quotesHe used statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts; for support rather than illumination.
Statistics
Andrew Lang
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I used to get out there and have a thousand swing thoughts. Now I try not to have any.
Golf
Davis III Love
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A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never ceased to be amused.
Humor
Shirley Maclaine
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Words can be like baseball bats when used maliciously.
Words
Sidney Madwed
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Everything that used to be a sin, is now a disease.
Sin
Bill Maher
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Anger itself does more harm than the condition which aroused anger.
Anger
David O. Mckay
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It is the weak and confused who worship the pseudosimplicities of brutal directness.
Candor
Marshall Mcluhan
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The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
Crime and Criminals
H. L. Mencken
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Contraceptives should be used on all conceivable occasions.
Birth Control
Spike Milligan
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No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on the grounds that it was human nature.
Excuses
A. A. Milne
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My father used to say superior people never make long visits.
Superiority
Marianne Moore
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Show me a man with head held high and I'll show you a man who can't get used to bifocals.
Confidence
Morse Telegraph Newsletter
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I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven and in hell.
Photography
Edvard Munch
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Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.
Causes
Iris Murdoch
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Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind.
Mind
Earl Nightingale
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Once I have heard the story or joke used twice by other speakers or entertainer, I avoid it.
Speakers and Speaking
Tom Ogden
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The imposition of stigma is the commonest form of violence used in democratic societies.
Violence
R. A. Pinker
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Keep out of the suction caused by those who drift backwards.
Friends and Friendship
E. K. Piper
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The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.
Image
Ezra Pound
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A jack of both sides, is before long, trusted by nobody, and abused by both parties.
Loyalty
Proverb
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I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own.
Parents and Parenting
Arthur Rimbaud
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I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.
Recession
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Satire is focused bitterness.
Sarcasm
Leo Rosten
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Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.
Speakers and Speaking
William Safire
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Most people are willing to pay more to be amused than to be educated.
Education
Robert C. Savage
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun