Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - August 14, 2024
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
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Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)  
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
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P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )  
Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.
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E. Joseph Cossman  
Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this-that you are dreadfully like other people.
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James Russell Lowell (1819 - 1891)  
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