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- Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
- England and America are two countries separated by a common language.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
- The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
- I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.
- Solomon Short
- Pay no attention to what the critics say... Remember, a statue has never been set up in honor of a critic!
- Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), quoted in Bengt de Torne "Sibelius: A Close-Up" 1937
- The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), A Woman of No Importance, Act 3
- Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
- B. F. Skinner (1904 - 1990), New Scientist, May 21, 1964
- Oil prices have fallen lately. We include this news for the benefit of gas stations, which otherwise wouldn't learn of it for six months.
- Bill Tammeus, in Toronto's National Newspaper, 1991
- Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence.
- Henrik Tikkanen
- A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.
- Bill Vaughan
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