Quotes with plank

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• Put the world's greatest philosopher on a plank that is wider than need be; if there is a precipice below, although his reason may convince him that he is safe, his imagination will prevail.

  Source: Pensees (1669)

  ― Blaise Pascal
  French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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• The Democratic party of Florida has put a temperance plank in its platform and the Republican party of every state would nail that plank in their platform if they thought it would carry the election.

  Source: Billy Sunday, the Man and His Message: With His Own Words which Have Won Thousands for Christ (1917)

  ― Billy Sunday
  American athlete and evangelist (1862 - 1935)
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• When you're going for a joke, you're stuck out there if it doesn't work. There's nowhere to go. You've done the drum role and the cymbal clash and you're out on the end of the plank.

  ― Bob Newhart
  American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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Subjects in these quotes:

• philosopher
• imagination
• democratic
• temperance
• republican
• election

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