I’m at an age when my back goes out more than I do.
—Phyllis Diller, 1981
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The first thing that a new migrant sends to his family back home isn’t money; it’s a story.
—Suketu Mehta, 2019Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.
—David Hume, 1742If you find excrement somewhere in the village, the chief was the one who put it there.
—Congolese proverbI’ve seen the future, brother; it is murder.
—Leonard Cohen, 1992Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1903A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.
—James Joyce, 1922There will always be a lost dog somewhere that will prevent me from being happy.
—Jean Anouilh, 1934One man’s loss is another man’s profit.
—Michel de Montaigne, c. 1580I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
—H. Rap Brown, 1967Repetition is the mother of education.
—Jean Paul, 1807Why is a ship under sail more poetical than a hog in a high wind? The hog is all nature, the ship is all art.
—Lord Byron, 1821Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.
—Robert Wilson, 1991