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Any country that has Milton Friedman as an adviser has nothing to fear from a few million Arabs. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Milton had a highly imaginative, Cowley a very fanciful mind. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
It is saying less than the truth to affirm that an excellent book (and the remark holds almost equally good of a Raphael as of… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Shakespeare wrote better poetry for not knowing too much; Milton , I think, knew too much finally for the good of his poetry. — Alfred North Whitehead
And malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man. — A. E. Housman
Milton took vaudeville, which, if you look up 'vaudeville' in the dictionary, right alongside of it, it says 'Milton Berle' - and he made it… — Alan King
Don't you understand how dramatic it is to be a comic? To be a fool, to get people to laugh at this show-off? Milton Berle… — Jerry Lewis
Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the… — Carl Sandburg
Asking why rappers always talk about their stuff is like asking why Milton is forever listing the attributes of heavenly armies. Because boasting is a… — Zadie Smith
I think in my case, I had no choice but to have a good sense of humor. I grew up with my dad, Danny Thomas,… — Marlo Thomas
The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil. — Voltaire
Digression is the soul of wit. Take the philosophic asides away from Dante, Milton or Hamlet's father's ghost and what stays is dry bones. — Ray Bradbury
God, you Jews are truly exotic." Exotic? She should only know the Greenblatts. Or Mr. and Mrs. Milton Sharpstein, my father's friends. Or for that… — Woody Allen
Milton Friedman’s misfortune is that his economic policies have been tried. — John Kenneth Galbraith
I was sorry to have my name mentioned as one of the great authors, because they have a sad habit of dying off. Chaucer is… — Mark Twain
I don't believe there's a man in Milton who knows how to sit still; and it is a great art. — Elizabeth Gaskell
Note for Americans and other aliens: Milton Keynes is a new city approximately halfway between London and Birmingham. It was built to be modern, efficient,… — Neil Gaiman
I do strongly feel that among the greatest pieces of luck for high achievement is ordeal. Certain great artists can make out without it, Titian… — John Berryman
Oh, I have feelings for him, all right. I'd like to put him in the ground myself, believe me. Still, it would be wrong. Promise… — Jeaniene Frost
They took away what should have been my eyes (but I remembered Milton's Paradise). They took away what should have been my ears, (Beethoven came… — Helen Keller
Neither claimed any responsibility for Milton Keynes, but both reported it as a success. — Terry Pratchett
His books were part of him. Each year of his life, it seemed, his books became more and more a part of him. This room,… — Carl Sandburg
O mighty-mouthed inventor of harmonies, O skilled to sing of Time or Eternity, God-gifted organ-voice of England, Milton, a name to resound for ages. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Milton, Madam, was a genius that could cut a Colossus from a rock; but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones. — Samuel Johnson
Once, I was coming back from school, and there was this guy who was eve-teasing me and my friend. I had a Milton water bottle… — Anushka Sharma

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