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Able Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- The mistake that is made always runs the other way. Because the plain people are able to speak and understand, and even, in many cases,…
- The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.
- The critic, to interpret his artist, even to understand his artist, must be able to get into the mind of his artist; he must feel…
- The notion that artists flourish upon adversity and misunderstanding, that they are able to function to the utmost in an atmosphere of indifference or hostility…
- What are the hallmarks of a competent writer of fiction? The first, it seems to me, is that he should be immensely interested in human…
- The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos.…
- One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to…
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- I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit… — Alexis Arguello
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- When it comes to the point where you occasionally look forward to being in prison on the basis that you might be… — Julian Assange
- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East. — Karen Armstrong
- I myself spent nine years in an insane asylum and I never had the obsession of suicide, but I know that each… — Antonin Artaud
- Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway. — Mary Kay Ash
- An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs. — John Ashcroft
- The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a… — David Attenborough
- I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours… — David Attenborough
- Cameramen are among the most extraordinarily able and competent people I know. They have to have an insight into natural history that… — David Attenborough