Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - September 27, 2017
My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them.
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Penn Jillette (1955 - ), in a Compuserve chat  
Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary  
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
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Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)  
The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
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Hannah Arendt (1906 - 1975)  
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