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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

A joke's a very serious thing.: Charles Churchill, "The Ghost", 1762
I'm kind of jealous of the life I'm supposedly leading.: Zach Braff
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task since it consists principally in dealing with men.: Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924)
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.: Terry Pratchett
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.: Michael Crichton (1942 - 2008), Caltech Michelin Lecture, January 17, 2003
Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had.: Michael Crichton (1942 - 2008), Caltech Michelin Lecture, January 17, 2003
The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.: John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)
As I grow older , I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me.: H. Rider Haggard (1856 - 1925), King Solomon's Mines
Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.: Nikola Tesla (1857 - 1943), Modern Mechanics and Inventions, July, 1934
The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.: Nikola Tesla (1857 - 1943), Modern Mechanics and Inventions. July, 1934

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