Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
—Marlene Dietrich, 1962
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Don’t talk to me about naval tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.
—Winston Churchill, 1939The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a star.
—Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, 1825Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.
—D.H. Lawrence, 1911I am weary of friends, and friendships are all monsters.
—Jonathan Swift, 1710It’s easy to be independent when you’ve got money. But to be independent when you haven’t got a thing—that’s the Lord’s test.
—Mahalia Jackson, 1966Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.
—G.C. Lichtenberg, c. 1780At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.
—Søren Kierkegaard, 1850Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream, to destroy the family.
—Gertrude Stein, 1940Memory is like the moon, which hath its new, its full, and its wane.
—Margaret Cavendish, 1655Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 150 BCMoney is a language for translating the work of the farmer into the work of the barber, doctor, engineer, or plumber.
—Marshall McLuhan, 1964There are truths that prove their discoverers witless.
—Karl Kraus, 1909