Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - September 22, 2012
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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Lily Tomlin (1939 - )  
Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
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Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)  
Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.
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Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)  
The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.
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Sir William Osler (1849 - 1919), In H. Cushing, Life of Sir William Osler (1925)  
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