Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - June 19, 2025
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
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Phyllis Diller  
Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.
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Michael Crichton (1942 - 2008), Caltech Michelin Lecture, January 17, 2003  
So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.
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George Lucas (1944 - ), Senator Amidala in Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)  
Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
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Claude Bernard (1813 - 1878)  
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