Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - June 08, 2009
A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
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Granville Hicks (1901 - 1982)
Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up.
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Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
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Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears.
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Robert W. Sarnoff
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