If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1981
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Life’s no resting, but a moving.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, c. 1795To blow and to swallow at the same time is not easy; I cannot at the same time be here and also there.
—Plautus, c. 200 BCPlay, wherein persons of condition, especially ladies, waste so much of their time, is a plain instance to me that men cannot be perfectly idle; they must be doing something, for how else could they sit so many hours toiling at that which generally gives more vexation than delight to people whilst they are actually engaged in it?
—John Locke, 1693The worship of opinion is, at this day, the established religion of the United States.
—Harriet Martineau, 1839O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.
—Horace, c. 8 BCCommerce tends to wear off those prejudices which maintain distinction and animosity between nations.
—William Robertson, 1769Men were born to lie, and women to believe them.
—John Gay, 1728For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.
—Richard Feynman, 1986Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
—Zora Neale Hurston, 1942Reputation, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others.
—Douglas Jerrold, 1840In real friendship the judgment, the genius, the prudence of each party become the common property of both.
—Maria Edgeworth, 1787Revolution begins in putting on bright colors.
—Tennessee Williams, 1944