I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.
—Mitch Hedberg, 1999
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Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, now that, and changes names as it changes in direction.
—Dante Alighieri, c. 1315The life of spies is to know, not be known.
—George Herbert, c. 1621Reputation, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others.
—Douglas Jerrold, 1840The world is dying of machinery; that is the great disease, that is the plague that will sweep away and destroy civilization; man will have to rise against it sooner or later.
—George Moore, 1888There is a time to battle against nature, and a time to obey her. True wisdom lies in making the right choice.
—Arthur C. Clarke, 1979A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.
—Arthur Miller, 1961Wants keep pace with wealth always.
—Timothy Titcomb, 1859Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906Good fortune is light as a feather, but nobody knows how to hold it up. Misfortune is heavy as the earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of its way.
—Zhuangzi, c. 300 BCLuck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCDemocracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
—E.B. White, 1944We need strength, we need energy, we need quickness, and we need brain in this country to turn it around.
—Donald Trump, 2015