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- Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
- It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'As pretty as an Airport' appear.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
- Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.
- Herman Melville (1819 - 1891)
- Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man.
- Leon Trotsky (1879 - 1940)
- Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.
- Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
- Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.
- Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)
- There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.
- Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
- What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.
- John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
- Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something, use that something to support their own existence.
- Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)
- In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
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