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Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it. — Samuel Butler
Life is one long process of getting tired. — Samuel Butler
Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. — Samuel Butler
An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books. — Samuel Butler
Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one. — Samuel Butler
The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously. — Samuel Butler
A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how… — Samuel Butler
If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence. — Samuel Butler
One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once. — Samuel Butler
Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers. — Samuel Butler
The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places. — Samuel Butler
Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets of losing one. To most men the death of his… — Samuel Butler
There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. — Smedley Butler
War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars… — Smedley Butler
The normal profits of a business concern in the United States are six, eight, ten, and sometimes twelve percent. But war-time profits - ah! that… — Smedley Butler
I think fans of the sport have a good understanding now of how fit Formula One drivers need to be. — Jenson Button
The best standardisation committee in the world is nature herself, but in nature standardisation occurs mainly in connection with the smallest possible units: cells. The… — Alvar Aalto
I think vestigially there's a synesthete in me, but not like a real one who immediately knows what colour Wednesday is. — A. S. Byatt
One's family is the most important thing in life. I look at it this way: One of these days I'll be over in a hospital… — Robert Byrd
The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out in… — David Byrne
That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit? — David Byrne
All the Chinese have to do is fly around the Moon and back, and they'll appear to have won the return to the Moon with… — Buzz Aldrin
I've been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and take a picture. I've learned to resist that. — David Byrne
If anything, a lot of electronic music is music that no one listens to at home, hardly. It's really only to be heard when everyone's… — David Byrne
One of the benefits of playing to small audiences in small clubs for a few years is that you're allowed to fail. — David Byrne

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