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- I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake--which I also keep handy.
- W. C. Fields (1880 - 1946)
- The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940), "The Crack-Up" (1936)
- Democracy is the name we give the people whenever we need them.
- Marquis de Flers Robert and Arman de Caillavet
- People can have the Model T in any colour--so long as it's black.
- Henry Ford (1863 - 1947)
- Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.
- Ed Gardner
- A friend is someone who will help you move. A real friend is someone who will help you move a body.
- Unknown
- What if this weren't a hypothetical question?
- Unknown
- Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
- Joseph Heller (1923 - 1999), "Catch-22"
- Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
- Lillian Hellman (1905 - 1984), The Little Foxes, 1939
- There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead.
- Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
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