I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
—Thomas Jefferson, 1816
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Television is democracy at its ugliest.
—Paddy Chayefsky, 1976Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady.
—Solomon ibn Gabirol, 1050Because the newer methods of treatment are good, it does not follow that the old ones were bad: for if our honorable and worshipful ancestors had not recovered from their ailments, you and I would not be here today.
—Confucius, c. 515 BCGod is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat. He has no real style. He just goes on trying other things.
—Pablo Picasso, 1964Time will reveal everything. It is a babbler and speaks even when not asked.
—Euripides, c. 425 BCBrains are the only things worth having in this world.
—L. Frank Baum, 1899If I had the use of my body I would throw it out of the window.
—Samuel Beckett, 1951I’ve got some shit I’m conservative about and some shit I’m liberal about. Crime—I’m conservative. Prostitution—I’m liberal.
—Chris Rock, 2008I love everyone now that I have gray hair.
—Polatkin, c. 1855The life of the dead consists in the recollection cherished of them by the living.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 43 BCEducation is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs only to the people who prepare for it today.
—Malcolm X, 1964Drugs, cataplasms, and whiskey are stupid substitutes for the dignity and potency of divine mind and its efficacy to heal.
—Mary Baker Eddy, 1908