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- Rosencrantz: Do you think death could possibly be a boat?
Guildenstern: No, no, no...Death is...not. Death isn't. You take my meaning. Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can't not-be on a boat. Rosencrantz: I've frequently not been on boats. Guildenstern: No, no, no - what you've been is not on boats. - Tom Stoppard (1937 - ), "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead"
- Rather, she [Death] simply is the Ultimate Hostess who tells you when your table's ready. It's up to other powers what section you're seated in (smoking or non-smoking).
- John C. Straffin
- Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
- James F. Byrnes (1879 - 1972)
- Women constitute half the world's population, perform nearly two-thirds of its work hours, receive one-tenth of the world's income and own less than one-hundredth of the world's property.
- United Nations report, 1980
- I love the women's movement...especially when I'm walking behind it.
- Rush Limbaugh
- If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.
- Gloria Steinem (1934 - )
- Basically a dog person. I certainly, though, wouldn't want to offend my constituents who are cat people, and I should say that being, I hope, a sensitive person, that I have nothing against cats, and had cats when I was a boy, and if we didn't have the two dogs might very well be interested in having a cat now.
- Incoming Missouri Congressman James Talent, responding to the question "Are you a dog or a cat person?"
- In Washington, it's dog eat dog. In academia, it's exactly the opposite.
- Robert Reich, the Secretary of Labor
- The purpose of a liberal arts education is to learn that a person can like both cats *and* dogs!
- Sonjay Anand
- Any member introducing a dog into the Society's premises shall be liable to a fine of one pound. Any animal leading a blind person shall be deemed to be a cat.
- Rule 46, Oxford Union Society, London
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