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I do not believe that any human being is fundamentally happier for being finally lost in a crowd, even if it is called a crowd… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
When the devil is called the god of this world, it is not because he made it, but because we serve him with our worldliness. — Thomas Aquinas
Reason deserves to be called a prophet; for in showing us the consequence and effect of our actions in the present, does it not tell… — Arthur Schopenhauer
If there is anything in the world that can really be called a mans property, it is surely that which is the result of his… — Arthur Schopenhauer
People called '28 Days' and '28 Weeks' zombie movies, and they're not! It's some sort of virus; they're not dead. — George A. Romero
A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. — Henry David Thoreau
A man's ignorance sometimes is not only useful, but beautiful-while his knowledge, so called, is oftentimes worse than useless, besides being ugly. — Henry David Thoreau
The time is ripe, and rotten-ripe, for change; Then let it come: I have no dread of what Is called for by the instinct of… — James Russell Lowell
On Eye of the Zombie, I had so-called studio musicians. — John Fogerty
Twas never merry world Since lowly feigning was called compliment. — William Shakespeare
The word "Verse" is used here as the term most convenient for expressing, and without pedantry, all that is involved in the consideration of rhythm,… — Edgar Allan Poe
We know the cause of SIDS. We can and have prevented them. It's all done with a compound called ascorbate. Not to use it means… — Archie Kalokerinos
There's a sureness to good writing even when what's being written about doesn't make all that much sense. It's the sureness of the so-called seat… — Anne Bernays
The laity are called to become a leaven of Christian living within society. — Pope Francis
There's this group online that I frequent. It's a group of prop crazies just like me called the Replica Props Forum, and it's people who… — Adam Savage
Woman, I hold, is the personification of self-sacrifice, but unfortunately today she does not realize what a tremendous advantage she has over man. As Tolstoy… — Mahatma Gandhi
A father is very miserable who has no other hold on his children's affection than the need they have of his assistance, if that can… — Michel de Montaigne
If I had a reality show, it would probably be called 'Keeping Fit with Jesse Tyler Ferguson' because then I'd be forced to hit the… — Jesse Tyler Ferguson
There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. Observe the ass, for instance: his… — Mark Twain
There are three kinds of despots. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the body. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul. There… — Oscar Wilde
We all indulge in the strange, pleasant process called thinking, but when it comes to saying, even to someone opposite, what we think, then how… — Virginia Woolf
In any city with lots of skyscrapers, lots of skyline, the moon seems bigger than it is. It's called the moon illusion. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
A man can be called ruthless if he bombs a country to oblivion. A woman can be called ruthless if she puts you on hold. — Gloria Steinem
When all men were of one language, some of them built a high tower, as if they would thereby ascend up to heaven, but the… — Josephus
The so-called lessons of history are for the most part the rationalizations of the victors. History is written by the survivors. — Max Lerner

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