I know nothing about sex, because I was always married.
—Zsa Zsa GaborQuotes
I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile.
—Gregory VII, c. 1085Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.
—Margaret Mead, 1972Technology is so much fun, but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.
—Daniel Boorstin, 1978Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don’t take it too seriously.
—Henry Miller, 1945Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BCNo nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation.
—Woodrow Wilson, 1915Rebellion is no less a sin than divination.
—Book of Samuel, c. 550 BCWhat harm is there in getting knowledge and learning, were it from a sot, a pot, a fool, a winter mitten, or an old slipper?
—François Rabelais, 1533Diseases, at least many of them, are like human beings. They are born, they flourish, and they die.
—David Riesman, 1937Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
—Mao Zedong, 1938For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.
—Charles Baudelaire, c. 1865I’ve never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It’s probably because they have forgotten their own.
—Margaret Atwood, 1976