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Samuel Butler quote: "Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be..."
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it. Samuel Butler
It ends up with everybody at this long dinner table laughing their asses off because the great Dane comes in with a bunch of puppies. Everybody thought it was a male , I suppose, or some goddam thing. All I can say is, don't see it if you don't want to puke all over yourself. J. D. Salinger
The purpose of man is like the purpose of a pollywog - to wiggle along as far as he can without dying; or, to hang to life until death takes him. Clarence Darrow
What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility. This is a genuinely religious feeling that has nothing to do with mysticism. Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein quote: "If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't..."
If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself. Albert Einstein
And when I look at a history book and think of the imaginative effort it has taken to squeeze this oozing world between two boards and typeset, I am astonished. Perhaps the event has an unassailable truth. God saw it. God knows. But I am not God. And so when someone tells me what they heard or saw, I believe them, and I believe their friend who also saw, but not in the same way, and I can put these accounts together and I will not have a seamless wonder but a sandwich laced with mustard... Jeanette Winterson
There could not have been a lovelier sight; but there was none to see it except a little boy who was staring in at the window. He had ecstasies innumerable that other children can never know; but he was looking through the window at the one joy from which he must be for ever barred. J. M. Barrie
Ayn Rand quote: "She knew that even pain can be confessed, but to confess..."
She knew that even pain can be confessed, but to confess happiness is to stand naked, delivered to the witness... Ayn Rand
If I had a large amount of money I should certainly found a hospital for those whose grip upon the world is so tenuous that they can be severely offended by words and phrases and yet remain all unoffended by the injustice, violence and oppression that howls daily about our ears. Stephen Fry
You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind-legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men. Max Beerbohm
If you love the language, the greatest thing you can do to ensure its survival is not to complain about bad usage but to pass your enthusiasm to a child. Find a child and read to it often the things you admire, not being afraid to read the classics. Robert MacNeil
Miles Davis quote: "Some day I'm gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer,..."
Some day I'm gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up. Miles Davis
John Philip Sousa quote: "You can't drive a Spike with a Tack Hammer"
You can't drive a Spike with a Tack Hammer John Philip Sousa
Candace Bushnell quote: "I like my money right where I can see it…hanging in my closet"
I like my money right where I can see it…hanging in my closet Candace Bushnell
The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to chance...logic can be happily tossed out the window. Stephen King

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