As to the sea itself, love it you cannot. Why should you? I will never believe again the sea was ever loved by anyone whose life was married to it. It is the creation of omnipotence, which is not of humankind and understandable, and so the springs of its behavior are hidden.
—H.M. Tomlinson, 1912
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To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the need for thought.
—Henri Poincaré, 1903Knowledge is an ancient error reflecting on its youth.
—Francis Picabia, 1949If you were to ask me if I’d ever had the bad luck to miss my daily cocktail, I’d have to say that I doubt it; where certain things are concerned, I plan ahead.
—Luis Buñuel, 1983He alone who owns the youth gains the future.
—Adolf Hitler, 1935In a court of fowls, the cockroach never wins its case.
—Rwandan proverbI do love cricket—it’s so very English.
—Sarah Bernhardt, c. 1908As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
—Pope John Paul II, 1986Water is the readiest means of making friends with nature.
—Ludwig Feuerbach, 1841Only the little people pay taxes.
—Leona Helmsley, 1989Making a film means, first of all, to tell a story. That story can be an improbable one, but it should never be banal. It must be dramatic and human. What is drama, after all, but life with the dull bits cut out?
—Alfred Hitchcock, 1962Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.
—Hebrews, c. 60Sic semper tyrannis! The South is avenged.
—John Wilkes Booth, 1865