We're told cars cause pollution. A hundred years ago city streets were ankle deep in horse excrement. What kind of pollution do… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Even diseases have lost their prestige, there aren't so many of them left. Think it over... no more syphilis, no more clap,… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine Copy Share Image
All over East Africa-indeed, all over Africa-it is normal for people to walk a kilometer or two or six for water. In… — Marq de Villiers Copy Share Image
Lenin was sent into Russia by the Germans in the same way that you might send a phial containing a culture of… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I collect church collapses, recreationally. Did you see the recent one in Sicily? Marvelous! The facade fell on sixty-five grandmothers at a… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
These are the three main diseases of this country, sir: typhoid, cholera, and election fever. This last one is the worst; it… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
I used to refer to myself as Typhoid Mary. It wasn't that I was jinxed, I just seemed to bring ill fortune… — Nigella Lawson Copy Share Image
I’m from the health department. You’ve heard of Typhoid Mary? This fella’s got enough typhoid to start his own colony. — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Aunt Mimi possessed a horror of silence, which she battled with endless chat. The Typhoid Mary of the Telephone started her calls… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
Gilbert darling, don't let's ever be afraid of things. It's such dreadful slavery. Let's be daring and adventurous and expectant. Let's dance… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
In time of war, soldiers, however sensible, care a great deal more on some occasions about slaking their thirst than about the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Our studies have shown that all cases of typhoid of this type have arisen by contact, that is, carried directly from one… — Robert Koch Copy Share Image
The peril of this century is spiritual apathy. As the body requires sunlight, good food, proper exercise and rest, so the spirit… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
All right then," said the savage defiantly, I'm claiming the right to be unhappy." "Not to mention the right to grow old… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The world is going mad at an accelerating rate and television is the Typhoid Mary of this madness. — Edward Robb Ellis Copy Share Image
We're told cars are wasteful. Wasteful of what? Oil did a lot of good sitting in the ground for millions of years.… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
