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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

For every person who wants to teach there are approximately thirty people who don't want to learn--much.: W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman, And Now All This (1932) introduction
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Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind.: E. B. White (1899 - 1985), Some Remarks on Humor, introduction
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Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.: Hesketh Pearson, Common Misquotations (1934), Introduction
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Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.: George Santayana (1863 - 1952), Life of Reason (1905) vol. 1, Introduction

Results from Classic Quotes:

As a kid, I knew I wanted to be either a cartoonist or an astronaut. The latter was never much of a possibility, as I don't even like riding in elevators.: Bill Watterson (1958 - ), The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, 2005, Introduction
Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them.: Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947), Introduction to Mathematics (1911)
The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers. He cannot, like the architects, cover his failures with trees and vines. He cannot, like the politicians, screen his sort-comings by blaming his opponents and hope the people will forget. The engineer simply cannot deny he did it. If his works do not work, he is damned.: Herbert Hoover (1874 - 1964), Opening Quote of Chapter 5, Introduction to Aeronautics: A Design Perspective by Steven Brandt et Al.
Frame your mind to mirth and merriment, which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), The Taming of the Shrew, Introduction, sc. 2

Results from Cole's Quotables:

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.: Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527), The Prince (1532)

Results from Rand Lindsly's Quotations:

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.: Niccolo Machiavelli "The Prince" 1532

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