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- Optimist, n. A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
- Very few things happen at the right time and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
- Herodotus (484 BC - 430 BC)
- Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know He is.
- Jean Anouilh (1910 - 1987)
- Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
- Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up.
- Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)
- It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.
- Julia Child on nouvelle cuisine
- A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
- Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
- There are very few people who don't become more interesting when they stop talking.
- Mary Lowry in the Pacific Sun, November 15, 1985
- LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.
- Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754)
- Anybody who believes that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach flunked geography.
- Robert Byrne
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