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If I was asked to say what was the greatest invention of human beings, I would say the sentence. — John Banville
Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden beneath the difficulty of… — Jean Baudrillard
Never resist a sentence you like, in which language takes its own pleasure and in which, after having abused it for so long, you are… — Jean Baudrillard
You don't want another Enron? Here's your law: If a company, can't explain, in one sentence, what it does... it's illegal. — Lewis Black
Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question. — Niels Bohr
I was a journeyman chef of middling abilities. Whatever authority I have as a commenter on this world comes from the sheer weight of 28… — Anthony Bourdain
When I die, if the word 'thong' appears in the first or second sentence of my obituary, I've screwed up. — Albert Brooks
Like, What is the least often heard sentence in the English language? That would be: Say, isn't that the banjo player's Porsche parked outside? — Jackson Browne
If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence. — Charles Bukowski
'I am' is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that 'I do' is the longest sentence? — George Carlin
I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing; a… — Thomas Carlyle
Sentence first, verdict afterwards. — Lewis Carroll
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. — Miguel de Cervantes
Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. — Winston Churchill
Credibility in immigration policy can be summed up in one sentence: Those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are… — Barbara Jordan
I have devoted my whole life to the study of Nature, and yet a single sentence may express all that I have done. I have… — Louis Agassiz
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." This sentence alone would save mankind if all books and prophets were lost. This… — Swami Vivekananda
He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect than that of producing a… — Samuel Johnson
My father can not finish a sentence. When we were kids he would go, 'Girls the most important thing in life to remember is...' 'Daddy,… — Caroline Rhea
The gist of the matter is this: Every impression that comes in from without, be it a sentence which we hear, an object of vision,… — William James

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