Quotes

Diseases, at least many of them, are like human beings. They are born, they flourish, and they die.

—David Riesman, 1937

He who sings frightens away his ills.

—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

—Søren Kierkegaard, 1850

Whoever gulps down wine as a horse gulps down water is called a Scythian.

—Athenaeus, c. 230

Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.

—Sigmund Freud, 1930

These useless men ought to be cut up and served at a banquet. I really believe that athletes have less intelligence than swine.

—Dio Chrysostom, c. 95

Television is democracy at its ugliest.

—Paddy Chayefsky, 1976

All of the great musicians have borrowed from the songs of the common people.

—Antonín Dvořák, 1893

If people think Nature is their friend, then they sure don’t need an enemy.

—Kurt Vonnegut, 1988

The law looks at no one’s face.

—Gabriel Okara, 1964

Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth. Suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.

—Julie Burchill, 1986

The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.

—Henry Fielding, 1730

Childhood has no forebodings—but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow.

—George Eliot, 1860

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