Quotes with not-so-funny

Quotes 2701 till 2720 of 10331.

  • 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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  • 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.
    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.
    (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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  • Solomon Ibn Gabirol I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.
    Solomon Ibn Gabirol
    Andalusian poet and Jewish philosopher (1021 - 1058)
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  • William Shakespeare I am bewitched with the rogue's company. If the rascal have not given me medicines to make me love him, I'll be hanged.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • John F. Kennedy I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Vikram Seth I am certainly not allergic to causes - particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.
    Vikram Seth
    Indian novelist and poet (1952 - )
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  • Barbara Lee I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the United States.
    Renegade for Peace and Justice
    Barbara Lee
    American politician (1946 - )
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