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For certain people after 50, litigation takes the place of sex.: Gore Vidal (1925 - )
1. At the rise of the hand of the policeman, stop rapidly. Do not pass him or otherwise disrespect him. 2. If pedestrian obstacle your path, tootle horn melodiously. If he continue to obstacle, tootle horn vigorously and utter vocal warning such as "Hi, Hi." [...] 5. Beware of greasy corner where lurk skid demon. Cease step on, approach slowly, round cautiously, resume step on gradually.: from an official Japanese guide for English-speaking drivers, 1936
The demonstration that no possible combination of known substances, known forms of machinery and known forms of force, can be united in a practical machine by which man shall fly long distances through the air, seems to the writer as complete as it is possible for the demonstration of any physical fact to be.: Simon Newcomb (declared in 1901)
You're a parasite for sore eyes.: actor Gregory Ratoff
I first saw President Reagan as a foot, highly polished brown cordovan wagging merrily on a hassock. I spied it through the door. It was a beautiful foot, sleek. Such casual elegance and clean lines! But not a big foot, not formidable, maybe a little ...frail. I imagined cradling it in my arms, protecting it from unsmooth roads.: Peggy Noonan (1950 - ), speechwriter for the Reagan administration
The choice before us is plain: Christ or chaos, conviction or compromise, discipline or disintegration. I am rather tired of hearing about our rights and privileges as American citizens. The time is come - it now is - when we ought to hear about the duties and responsibilities of our citizenship. America's future depends upon her accepting and demonstrating God's government.: Reverend Peter Marshall, on being elected Chaplain of the U. S. Senate in January 1947
It might be said that Lord Rosebery outlived his future by ten years and his past by more than twenty.: Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
Plato had slaves...George Washington had slaves... So, do I feel intrinsically better than these two men? Of course I do! They're dead!: Todd Andrew Reid
I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.: M. C. Escher (1898 - 1972)
Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.: Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)

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