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So then there was the Greek, Socrates, he was great... He invented questioning. Before Socrates, no questioning. Everyone sort of went, ''Yeah, I suppose so. — Eddie Izzard
Democracy is a con game. It’s a word invented to placate people to make them accept a given institution. All institutions sing, ‘We are free.’… — Jacque Fresco
They chose the olive" "They must really like olives" "Forget it" "Now if she invented pizza that i can understand" -Percy to Annabeth in the… — Rick Riordan
When Dove moves up from a canter to a gallop, sometimes the only way I can tell the difference is because her hooves pound a… — Maggie Stiefvater
I'm sure all that you've heard is just the usual gossip, invented to injure feelings rather than illuminate truth. — Joyce Carol Oates
To be honest, I think cell phones were invented by the devil. — Joe Hill
She had been in situations like this, where people said, Convince me, and in none of those had they actually wanted to be convinced. She… — Max Barry
In 1492, the natives discovered they were indians, discovered they lived in America, discovered they were naked, discovered that the Sin existed, discovered they owed… — Eduardo Galeano
Scrawny? Baby, I invented scrawny. Scrawny is the new sizzling hot. — Rick Riordan
She's applying her lipstick; I've always believed that the universe invented the color red solely for Latinas. — Junot Diaz
If in 100 years I am only known as the man who invented Sherlock Holmes then I will have considered my life a failure. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Don't be more serious than God. God invented dog farts. God designed your body's plumbing system. God designed an ostrich. If He didn't do it,… — Peter Kreeft
The magi, as you know, were wise men wonderfully wise men who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of… — O. Henry
Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated. — Garry Trudeau
The great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness. For this were arts invented, sciences cultivated, laws ordained, and societies modeled, by… — David Hume
~I've learned the value of absorbing the moment. I remember the first time Ripley saw her shadow. My God, it was like shadows had just… — Thandie Newton
We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still claim that title and wear its loftiest honors if we had stopped… — Mark Twain
Accurst be he that first invented war. — Christopher Marlowe
Take away from Genesis the belief that Moses was the author, on which only the strange believe that it is the word of God has… — Thomas Paine
God was invented to explain mystery. God is always invented to explain those things that you do not understand. — Richard P. Feynman
Truth exists, only falsehood has to be invented. — Georges Braque
What ought to be done to the man who invented the celebrating of anniversaries? Mere killing would be too light. — Mark Twain
It is precisely that requirement of shared worship that has been the principal source of suffering for individual man and the human race since the… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
No animal ever invented anything as bad as drunkenness - or so good as drink. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Kiss. n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss". — Ambrose Bierce

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