The true mission of American sports is to prepare young men for war.
—Dwight D. Eisenhower, c. 1952
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If my books had been any worse I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better I should not have come.
—Raymond Chandler, 1945In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.
—Michel Foucault, 1975Traveling 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, 1989It is noble to die before doing anything that deserves death.
—Anaxandrides, c. 376They are trying to make me into a fixed star. I am an irregular planet.
—Martin Luther, c. 1530We are as near to heaven by sea as by land!
—Humphrey Gilbert, 1583Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.
—David Hume, 1742I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute, where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he be a Catholic) how to act and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote.
—John F. Kennedy, 1960Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
—Ulysses S. Grant, 1877Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.
—Charles Dickens, 1843If the human race wants to go to hell in a basket, technology can help it get there by jet.
—Charles M. Allen, 1967Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890