Friendships begin with liking or gratitude—roots that can be pulled up.
—George Eliot, 1876
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To be a successful father… there’s one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don’t look at it for the first two years.
—Ernest Hemingway, 1954Big head, little wit.
—French proverbLet the French but have England, and they won’t want to conquer it.
—Horace Walpole, 1745Comedy, like sodomy, is an unnatural act.
—Marty Feldman, 1969Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
—George Washington, 1796Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1903Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
—Sammy Davis Jr., 1965The human working stock is of interest only insofar as it is profitable.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1970So many men, so many opinions.
—Terence, 161 BCLord, I do not ask that thou shouldst give me wealth; only show me where it is, and I will attend to the rest.
—Kate Douglas Wiggin, 1898The best way to fill time is to waste it.
—Marguerite Duras, 1987Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth. Suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.
—Julie Burchill, 1986