The sea serves the pirate as well as the trader.
—Prudentius, c. 405
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Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1871Everyone complains about his memory, and no one complains about his judgment.
—La Rochefoucauld, 1666The one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.
—Salvador Dalí, 1953In dealing with the dead, if we treat them as if they were entirely dead, that would show a want of affection and should not be done; or, if we treat them as if they were entirely alive, that would show a want of wisdom and should not be done.
—Confucius, c. 500 BCThe past is always tense and the future, perfect.
—Zadie Smith, 2000Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
—Plautus, c. 200 BCTo be turned from one’s course by men’s opinions, by blame, and by misrepresentation shows a man unfit to hold office.
—Quintus Fabius Maximus, c. 203 BCHe who commands the sea has command of everything.
—Francis Bacon, c. 1600Mother died today. Or maybe it was yesterday, I don’t know.
—Albert Camus, 1942Making 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, 1962Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don’t take it too seriously.
—Henry Miller, 1945An unjust law is no law at all.
—Saint Augustine, 395