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- The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.
- E. B. White (1899 - 1985)
- The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
- George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
- I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), "Is Shakespeare Dead?"
- Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.
- Terry Pratchett
- Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.
- Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)
- 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)
- There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.
- Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
- To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.
- Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)
- A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), radio address, Oct. 26, 1939
- I'm glad I didn't have to fight in any war. I'm glad I didn't have to pick up a gun. I'm glad I didn't get killed or kill somebody. I hope my kids enjoy the same lack of manhood.
- Tom Hanks (1956 - )
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