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"I have a need for speed. But only as much speed as you can get without bending your knee."
— US Champion
Racewalker
"But
Iraqi
gun enthusiasts have defended firearms, saying '
Laser-guided
ground-to-air
shoulder-mounted rocket launchers don't kill people, the
American-
Zionist conspiracy kills people.'"
—
The Chaser's
War on Everything
"
It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer."
—
Commentaries on the Laws of England
"If there is anything the
nonconformist hates worse than a
conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the
prevailing standard of nonconformity."
—
William E. Vaughan
“Visitors are informed that in the
United Kingdom traffic
drives on the left-hand side of the road. In the interests of safety, you are advised to practise this in your country of origin for a week or two before driving in the UK.”
— United Kingdom Ministry of Transport
"
Inter arma enim silent
leges."
—
Cicero
"I am not fit for
this office and
never should have been here."
—
President
Warren G. Harding
"Well, when the
President
does
it, that means that
it is
not
illegal."
—
President
Richard Nixon
"I love
California, I practically grew up in
Phoenix."
"Quite frankly,
teachers are the only profession that teach our children."
"
Republicans understand the importance of
bondage between a mother and child."
"
We are ready for
any
unforeseen event that
may or may not occur."
—
Vice President
Dan Quayle
"
Money is
property; it is not
speech."
—
Justice
John Paul Stevens, in
Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC
"A gratuitous explosion of vainglory and guts, the movie is all firecrackers and giblets and broken glass. The overall effect is like wading through hospital waste."
— a review of the movie
Total Recall by Rita Kempley in
The Washington Post
"Overt
pacifism was
undeniably
one of the early
twentieth century's least successful political movements."
—
Barbara Tuchman,
The Guns of August
"Very early on, we metaphorized our
history, and since then we have often historicized our
metaphors. When we
literalize metaphors, we get
nonsense."
—
Marcus Borg, The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions
"
Nemo enim fere
saltat
sobrius, nisi forte
insanit."
— Cicero
"I make
humanist
propaganda. I try to trick people into thinking the world is wonderful so they will act accordingly."
—
YouTube bad-dancing guy
"We shall grapple with the
ineffable, and see if we may not
eff it after all."
—
Douglas Adams
"
I know myself,
but that is all."
—
Amory Blaine