I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute, where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he be a Catholic) how to act and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote.
—John F. Kennedy, 1960
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The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
—Wendell Berry, 1983Never trust her at any time when the calm sea shows her false alluring smile.
—Lucretius, c. 60 BCTo call a fashion wearable is the kiss of death. No new fashion worth its salt is ever wearable.
—Eugenia Sheppard, 1960He who commands the sea has command of everything.
—Francis Bacon, c. 1600Hatred of domestic work is a natural and admirable result of civilization.
—Rebecca West, 1912God seems to have left the receiver off the hook, and time is running out.
—Arthur Koestler, 1967I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.
—Mitch Hedberg, 1999No human life, not even the life of a hermit, is possible without a world which directly or indirectly testifies to the presence of other human beings.
—Hannah Arendt, 1958If I had the use of my body I would throw it out of the window.
—Samuel Beckett, 1951Disease is not of the body but of the place.
—Latin proverbSome things are privileged from jest—namely, religion, matters of state, great persons, all men’s present business of importance, and any case that deserves pity.
—Francis Bacon, 1597It would be madness, and inconsistency, to suppose that things which have never yet been performed can be performed without employing some hitherto untried means.
—Francis Bacon, 1620