Quotes

Only the little people pay taxes.

—Leona Helmsley, 1989

Do not lessen the time of following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit.

—Ptahhotep, c. 2350 BC

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.

—Richard Feynman, 1986

I am a living symbol of the white man’s fear.

—Winnie Mandela, 1985

An old man is twice a child, and so is a drunken man.

—Plato, c. 360 BC

I’ve dreamed enough to have a drink.

—François Rabelais, 1546

The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.

—Edward VIII, 1957

I don’t try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.

—Ray Bradbury, 1992

Animals hear about death for the first time when they die.

—Arthur Schopenhauer, 1819

Make the revolution a parent of settlement and not a nursery of future revolutions.

—Edmund Burke, 1790

Time’s ruins build eternity’s mansions.

—James Joyce, 1922

Real friends offer both hard truths and soft landings.

—Anna Quindlen, 2012

Every memory everyone has ever had will eventually be underwater.

—Anthony Doerr, 2006

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