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The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on a desk that has been exposed to conference. — Fred Allen
Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly. — Tom Clancy
While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best. — Tom Allen
It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true… — Arthur C. Clarke
The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms. — Henri Frederic Amiel
Old ideas give way slowly; for they are more than abstract logical forms and categories. They are habits, predispositions, deeply ingrained attitudes of aversion and… — John Dewey
The great majority of people will go on observing forms that cannot be explained; they will keep Christmas Day with Christmas gifts and Christmas benedictions;… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The real argument against aristocracy is that it always means the rule of the ignorant. For the most dangerous of all forms of ignorance is… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes... The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical effort, sometimes to reduce pain,… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal
An authentically empowered person is humble. This does not mean the false humility of one who stoops to be with those who are below him… — Gary Zukav
The object of geometry in all its measuring and computing, is to ascertain with exactness the plan of the great Geometer, to penetrate the veil… — Benjamin Peirce
There is always a struggle, a striving for something bigger than yourself in all forms of art. And even if you don't achieve greatness, even… — Rex Harrison
The succession of individuals, connected by reproduction and belonging to a species, makes it possible for the specific form itself to last for ages. In… — Ernst Haeckel
The books of the great scientists are gathering dust on the shelves of learned libraries. ... While the artist's communication is linked forever with its… — Max Delbruck
Ultimately the case for shunning animal flesh does not rest on what the Buddha allegedly said or didn't say. What is does rest on is… — Philip Kapleau
We find the most terrible form of atheism, not in the militant and passionate struggle against the idea of God himself, but in the practical… — Nikolai Berdyaev
If aliens are watching us through telescopes, they're going to think the dogs are the leaders of the planet. If you see two life forms,… — Jerry Seinfeld
Any idea that is held in the mind that is either feared or revered will, begin at once to clothe itself in the most convenient… — Andrew Carnegie
All forms of government are pernicious, including good government. — Edward Abbey

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