What is the city but the people?
—William Shakespeare, 1608
Archive
Quotes
No man ever distinguished himself who could not bear to be laughed at.
—Maria Edgeworth, 1809Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do.
—Rudy Giuliani, 1999Memory is more indelible than ink.
—Anita Loos, 1974The unknown is the largest need of the intellect.
—Emily Dickinson, 1876To ensure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough; a police force is needed as well.
—Albert Camus, 1951Speak without regard for the consequences, and it is too late for silence when disaster strikes.
—Huan Kuan, 81 BCMother died today. Or maybe it was yesterday, I don’t know.
—Albert Camus, 1942The vice presidency isn’t worth a pitcher of warm piss.
—John Nance Garner, c. 1967The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, if we accept it as one of the great eternal forms of life and transformation.
—Hermann Hesse, 1950To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the need for thought.
—Henri Poincaré, 1903Pushing someone toward liberty does not set her free; taking the chains off a prisoner does not give him freedom.
—Ken Bugul, 1982Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
—Lord Acton, 1887