Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
—William Makepeace Thackeray, 1847
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The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1911If the present be compared with the remote past, it is easily seen that in all cities and in all peoples there are the same desires and the same passions as there always were.
—Niccolò Machiavelli, c. 1513If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I’m going to go have the stuff tucked or plucked.
—Dolly Parton, 2003I was born at a very early age. Before I had time to regret it, I was four and a half years old.
—Groucho Marx, 1959Comedy, like sodomy, is an unnatural act.
—Marty Feldman, 1969Fear is the foundation of most governments.
—John Adams, 1776The human body is the best picture of the human soul.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, c. 1947He who travels by sea is nothing but a worm on a piece of wood, a trifle in the midst of a powerful creation. The waters play about with him at will, and no one but God can help him.
—Muhammad as-Saffar, 1846Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
—J. Paul GettyThe one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.
—Salvador Dalí, 1953I can’t see (or feel) the conflict between love and religion. To me they’re the same thing.
—Elizabeth Bowen, c. 1970The life of spies is to know, not be known.
—George Herbert, c. 1621