If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little.
—Mobutu Sese Seko, 1991
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Dance tunes are always right.
—Dylan Thomas, 1936In the name of Hippocrates doctors have invented the most exquisite form of torture ever known to man: survival.
—Luis Buñuel, 1983The sleep of reason produces monsters.
—Francisco Goya, 1799There ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.
—Mark Twain, 1894Honest commerce is the great civilizer. We exchange ideas when we exchange fabrics.
—Robert G. Ingersoll, 1882If I played in New York, they’d name a candy bar after me.
—Reggie Jackson, 1976When nature is overriden, she takes her revenge.
—Marya Mannes, 1958My people and I have come to an agreement that satisfies us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please.
—Frederick the Great, c. 1770The best moment of love is when the lover leaves in the taxi.
—Michel Foucault, c. 1982Our allotted time is the passing of a shadow.
—Book of Wisdom, c. 100 BCNothing from nothing ever yet was born.
—Lucretius, c. 58 BCMake human nature your study wherever you reside—whatever the religion or the complexion, study their hearts.
—Ignatius Sancho, 1778