Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.
—George W. Bush, 2004
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Trade is a social act.
—John Stuart Mill, 1859Even members of the nobility, let alone persons of no consequence, would do well not to have children.
—Yoshida Kenko, c. 1330The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them.
—Denis Diderot, 1777Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1871We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink, for dining alone is leading the life of a lion or wolf.
—Epicurus, c. 300 BCGod seems to have left the receiver off the hook, and time is running out.
—Arthur Koestler, 1967Now there is fame! Of all—hunger, misery, the incomprehension by the public—fame is by far the worst. It is the castigation by God of the artist. It is sad. It is true.
—Pablo Picasso, c. 1961To burn always with this hard, gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.
—Walter Pater, 1873Commerce tends to wear off those prejudices which maintain distinction and animosity between nations.
—William Robertson, 1769The best moment of love is when the lover leaves in the taxi.
—Michel Foucault, c. 1982To cast aside obedience, and by popular violence to incite revolt, is treason, not against man only, but against God.
—Pope Leo XIII, 1885Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.
—Samuel Johnson, 1750