Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - May 31, 2016
She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table.
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Henry James (1843 - 1916)  
Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.
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Alan Turing (1912 - 1954)  
We don't know what we want, but we are ready to bite somebody to get it.
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Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)  
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
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Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)  
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