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- America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.
- Georges Clemenceau (1841 - 1929)
- In every child who is born under no matter what circumstances and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again, and in him, too, once more, and each of us, our terrific responsibility toward human life: toward the utmost idea of goodness, of the horror of terrorism, and of God.
- James Agee (1909 - 1955), Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
- There are three terrible ages of childhood - 1 to 10, 10 to 20, and 20 to 30.
- Cleveland Amory
- The argument that making contraceptives available to young people would prevent teen pregnancies is ridiculous. That's like offering a cookbook as a cure to people who are trying to lose weight.
- Jerry Falwell (1933 - )
- It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own neccessities but of their advantages.
- Adam Smith (1723 - 1790)
- The overman...Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without resentment.
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
- God works in mysterious, inefficient, and breathtakingly cruel ways.
- Penn Jillette (1955 - ), Penn & Teller: BS! (Season 1)
- It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to BASIC; as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
- E. W. Dijkstra
- The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future.
- Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986)
- For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together.
For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad. - Edwin Teale
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