Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - October 02, 2023
This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
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James Reston (1909 - ), New York Times, June 12 1968  
The average person thinks he isn't.
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Father Larry Lorenzoni  
I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.
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Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )  
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
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Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)  
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