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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
All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly,… — Charles A. Beard
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'm a pretty decent writer. It comes easy to me. I don't agonize over sentences. I write like I talk. I try to make them… — Anthony Bourdain
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
My sentences tend to be very short and rather spare. I'm more your paragraph kind of gal. — Geraldine 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
From a sequence of these individual patterns, whole buildings with the character of nature will form themselves within your thoughts, as easily as sentences. — Christopher Alexander
I sum up the prospects for 1967 in three short sentences. We are back on course. The ship is picking up speed. The economy is… — James Callaghan
'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
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. — Miguel de Cervantes
I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences. — Miguel de Cervantes

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