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- This passion, so unordered and yet so potent, explains the capacity for teaching that one frequently observes in scientific men of high attainments in their…
- The time must come inevitably when mankind shall surmount the imbecility of religion, as it has surmounted the imbecility of religion's ally, magic. It is…
- The Jews could be put down very plausibly as the most unpleasant race ever heard of. As commonly encountered they lack any of the qualities…
- Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none in all the literature of the world
- Every step in human progress, from the first feeble stirrings in the abyss of time, has been opposed by the great majority of men. Every…
- No one ever heard of the truth being enforced by law. When the secular is called in to sustain an idea, whether new or old,…
- A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.
- The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is only a mouthing of cliches.…
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- That money talks, I'll not deny, I heard it once: It said, 'Goodbye'. — Richard Armour
- All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song. — Louis Armstrong
- I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was, three shelves… — Sean Astin
- A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. — Jane Austen
- Have you ever heard of a good marriage growing in front of the cameras? — Brigitte Bardot
- Nobody wanted the 'Roseanne' show. I heard from agents that there was no interest in a show about a fat woman and… — Roseanne Barr
- Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought,… — Lynda Barry
- I have no TV, thank God. I haven't heard anything about Tom Cruise, except that he had a baby, I think. — Emmanuelle Beart
- According to some Eastern religion, there is a belt that goes across the world, and I've heard that Minnesota is right in… — Melody Beattie
- I have not heard people in the Republican Party yet admit that they have a problem. And when they do say that… — Glenn Beck
- Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard. — Warren G. Bennis