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- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
- It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who…
- In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
- People will then often say, 'But surely it's better to remain an Agnostic just in case?' This, to me, suggests such a level of silliness…
- You can't possibly be a scientist if you mind people thinking that you're a fool.
- If God allows proof that he exists he robs people of faith and without faith what is God? Nothing.
- Bypasses are devices that allow some people to dash from point A to point B very fast while other people dash from point B to…
- The Hollywood process is like trying to grill a steak by having a succession of people coming into the room and breathing on it.
- Plenty of people did not care for him much, but then there is a huge difference between disliking somebody - maybe even disliking them a…
- I say what it occurs to me to say when I think I hear people say things. More I cannot say.
- A nerd is someone who uses a telephone to talk to other people about telephones.
- Yes, I think I use the term radical rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as atheist some people will say, Don't you…
- The moment at which two people, approaching from opposite ends of a long passageway, recognize each other and immediately pretend they haven t. This is…
- Bypasses are devices that allow some people to dash from point A to point B very fast while other people dash from point B to…
- Can't stand all these poisonous creatures, all these snakes and insects and fish and things. Wretched things, biting everybody. And then people expect me to…
- Life... is like a grapefruit. Well, it's sort of orangey-yellow and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside,…
- Ahenny (adj.) - The way people stand when examining other people's bookshelves.
- It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in.…
- This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much…
- And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to…
- The Universe, as has been observed before, is an unsettlingly big place, a fact which for the sake of a quiet life most people tend…
- Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people…
- If the Universe came to an end every time there was some uncertainty about what had happened in it, it would never have got beyond…
- Nobody got murdered before lunch. But nobody. People weren't up to it. You needed a good lunch to get both the blood-sugar and blood-lust levels…
- People who need to bully you are the easiest to push around.
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle