The main object of a revolution is the liberation of man, not the interpretation and application of some transcendental ideology.
—Jean Genet, 1983
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When a man dies, and his kin are glad of it, they say, “He is better off.”
—Edgar Watson Howe, 1911Traveling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, “I would stay here and love you, but I have to go; this is my station.”
—Lisa St. Aubin de Terán, 1989Oligopoly, plutocracy, kleptocracy: All things that are good for a shareholder.
—James J. Cramer, 2006Who draws his sword against his prince must throw away the scabbard.
—James Howell, 1659Like a broken gong be still, be silent. Know the stillness of freedom where there is no more striving.
—Siddhartha Gautama, c. 500 BCDeath renders all equal.
—Claudian, c. 395I do desire we may be better strangers.
—William Shakespeare, 1600Dreams have always been my friend, full of information, full of warnings.
—Doris Lessing, 1994Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place.
—Samuel Johnson, 1771The snotgreen sea. The scrotumtightening sea.
—James Joyce, 1922Traveling is like gambling: it is ever connected with winning and losing, and generally where least expected we receive more or less than we hoped for.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1797Television is democracy at its ugliest.
—Paddy Chayefsky, 1976