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To my three sons, Peter, Scott, and Alexander who pulled me from the 18th Century and back into the present on a regular basis and… — Joseph J. Ellis
May it not also be that the cause of civilization itself will be defended by the skill and devotion of a few thousand airmen? There… — Winston Churchill
In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army.… — Jean Paul
Wittgenstein's ruler: Unless you have confidence in the ruler's reliability, if you use a ruler to measure a table you may also be using the… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I hope we can get back to what I call the kitchen table. Everyday issues that people are really worried about and focused on. — Dick Gephardt
My songs examine and explore little specific emotions or situations or stories... They're kitchen table songs, like a conversation between me and one other person.… — KT Tunstall
In any new situation, whether it involves an elevator or a rocket ship, you will almost certainly be viewed in one of three ways. As… — Chris Hadfield
We should all remember... that throwing food away is like stealing from the tables of the poor, the hungry! I encourage everyone to reflect on… — Pope Francis
The poor of the United States and of the world are your brothers and sisters in Christ. You must never be content to leave them… — Pope John Paul II
Instruction tables will have to be made up by mathematicians with computing experience and perhaps a certain puzzle-solving ability. There need be no real danger… — Alan Turing
It's time for the bully pulpit of the White House to bring the gangstas in, put them around the table and let them know that… — Maxine Waters
If I had the money and the drinking capacity, I'd probably live at a roulette table and let my life go to hell. — Michael Ventura
One must be able to say at all times--instead of points, straight lines, and planes--tables, chairs, and beer mugs — David Hilbert
The pop artists did images that anybody walking down Broadway could recognize in a split second — comics, picnic tables, men’s trousers, celebrities, shower curtains,… — Andy Warhol
Spinach and champagne. Going back to the kitchens at the old Waldorf. Dancing on the kitchen tables, wearing the chef's headgear. Finally, a crash and… — Zelda Fitzgerald
If music is frozen architecture, then the potpourri is frozen coffee-table gossip... Potpourri is the art of adding apples to pears… — Arnold Schoenberg
The privileges of the side-table included the small prerogatives of sitting next to the toast, and taking two cups of tea to other people's one. — Charles Dickens
When I was in fourth grade, a novelist came to talk to my English class. She told us that being an author meant sitting at… — J. Courtney Sullivan
On the hob was a little brass kettle, hissing and boiling; spread upon the floor was a warm, thick rug; before the fire was a… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
If you had a table spread for a feast, and was making merry with your friends, you would think it was kind to let me… — George Eliot
The dinner table is the center for the teaching and practicing not just of table manners but of conversation, consideration, tolerance, family feeling, and just… — Judith Martin
Do not be afraid of simplicity. If you have a cold chicken for supper, why cover it with a tasteless white sauce which makes it… — Marcel Boulestin
When we haven't the time to listen to each other's stories we seek out experts to tell us how to live. The less time we… — Rachel Naomi Remen
If your kitchen table is like mine, you sit there at night before you put the kids to bed and you talk about what you… — Joe Biden
He who sups with the devil had better have a long spoon. The devilry of modernity has its own magic: The [believer] who sups with… — Peter L. Berger

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