Quotes with not-so-fun

Quotes 2721 till 2740 of 10439.

  • Henry Louis Mencken Hygiene is the corruption of medicine by morality. It is impossible to find a hygienist who does not debase his theory of the healthful with a theory of the virtuous. The true aim of medicine is not to make men virtuous; it is to safeguard and rescue them from the consequences of their vices.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Bob Dylan I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me.
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • Walt Whitman I accept reality and dare not question it.
    Walt Whitman
    American poet, essayist, and journalist (1819 - 1892)
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  • Anita Desai I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth.
    Anita Desai
    Indian novelist (1937 - )
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  • Umberto Eco I always assume that a good book is more intelligent than its author. It can say things that the writer is not aware of.
    Umberto Eco
    Italian writer and critic (1932 - 2016)
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  • Margaret Thatcher I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.
    Margaret Thatcher
    British Prime Minister (1979-1990) (1925 - 2013)
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  • Caitlyn Marie Jenner I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.
    Caitlyn Marie Jenner
    American television personality and decathlete (born Bruce Jenner)
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  • V.S. Naipaul I always knew who I was and where I had come from. I was not looking for a home in other people's lands.
    V.S. Naipaul
    Trinidad and Tobago-born British writer (1932 - 2018)
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  • Bryan Batt I always wanted to be an actor, but I always loved design, and growing up in New Orleans there was such great style, great architecture. I would decorate my little apartment in New York over and over again, because it only had a couple of rooms. And I did it for friends and family on the side just for fun.
    Bryan Batt
    American actor (1963 - )
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  • Mark Twain I am a democrat only on principle, not by instinct - nobody is that. Doubtless some people say they are, but this world is grievously given to lying.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Michel Faber I am a fallen woman, but I assure you: I did not fall. I was pushed.
    Source: Lelieblank, scharlaken rood (2002)
    Michel Faber
    Dutch-Scottish English-language writer (1960 - )
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  • Bishop Desmond Tutu I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.
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  • Josh Billings I am a poor man, but I have this consolation: I am poor by accident, not by design.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Jeanette Winterson I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who happens to write.
    Source:  (2004)
    Jeanette Winterson
    English writer (1959 - )
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  • Richard Dawkins I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.
    Richard Dawkins
    English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (1941 - )
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  • William Wordsworth I am already kindly disposed towards you. My friendship it is not in my power to give: this is a gift which no man can make, it is not in our own power: a sound and healthy friendship is the growth of time and circumstance, it will spring up and thrive li
    William Wordsworth
    English poet (1770 - 1850)
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  • Winston Churchill I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Clarence Darrow I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
    Clarence Darrow
    American Lawyer (1857 - 1938)
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  • Winston Churchill I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • William Shakespeare I am as poor as Job, my lord, but not so patient.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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