We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea—whether it is to sail or to watch it—we are going back whence we came.
—John F. Kennedy, 1962
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A woman should never be seen eating or drinking unless it be lobster salad and champagne, the only truly feminine and becoming viands.
—Lord Byron, 1812Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.
—Frank Zappa, 1989Any man could, if he were so inclined, be the sculptor of his own brain.
—Santiago Ramón y Cajal, 1897But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.
—Genesis, c. 900 BCEvery house: temple, empire, school.
—Joseph Joubert, 1800The sea serves the pirate as well as the trader.
—Prudentius, c. 405What touches all shall be approved by all.
—Edward I, 1295Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890Quarreling must lead to disorder, and disorder exhaustion.
—Xunzi, c. 250 BCRevolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1871A maid that laughs is half taken.
—John Ray, 1670Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream, to destroy the family.
—Gertrude Stein, 1940