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- [Abstract art is] a product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.
- Al Capp (1909 - 1979)
- I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), on the eve of his 75th birthday
- When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
- Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - ), Clarke's first law
- Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
- Cyril Connolly (1903 - 1974)
- The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No.'
- Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)
- Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.
- Emile Coue (1857 - 1926)
- I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
- Charles De Gaulle (1890 - 1970)
- It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.
- Peter De Vries, "The Mackerel Plaza," 1958
- The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest.
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), (Sherlock Holmes)
- ...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), (Sherlock Holmes)
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