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Inspirational Quotes by Finley Peter Dunne
- Don't jump on a man unless he is down.
- Most vegetarians I ever see looked enough like their food to be classed as cannibals.
- Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals.
- There are no friends at cards or world politics
- Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it
- Politics ain't beanbag: 'tis a man's game, and women, children 'n' pro-hy-bitionists had best stay out of it.
- A man never becomes an orator if he has anything to say.
- That is, no matther whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme coort follows th' iliction returns.
- There's always wan encouragin' thing about th' sad scientific facts that come out ivrv week in th' pa-apers. They're usually not thrue.
- To most people a savage nation is wan that doesn't wear oncomf'rtable clothes.
- It must be a good thing to be good or ivrybody wudden't be pretendin' he was.
- What's wan man's news is another man's throubles.
- Trust ivrybody-but cut th' cards.
- A rayformer thinks he was ilicted because he was a rayformer, whin th thruth iv th matther is he was ilicted because no wan knew…
- The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better - it is just turning around as usual.
- Th' first thing to have in a libry is a shelf. Fr'm time to time this can be decorated with lithrachure. But th' shelf is…
- Stories are meant to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
- Histhry is a post-mortem examination. It tellsye what a counthry died iv. But I'd like to know what it lived iv.
- Work is work if you're paid to do it, and it's a pleasure if you pay to be allowed to do it.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento