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Than Quotes by Bill Bryson
- I can't imagine there has ever been a more gratifying time or place to be alive than America in the 1950s. No country had ever…
- In a funny way, nothing makes you feel more like a native of your own country than to live where nearly everyone is not.
- More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to.
- Book tours are really kind of fun. You get to stay in nice hotels, you are driven everywhere in big silver cars, you are treated…
- There'd never been a more advantageous time to be a criminal in America than during the 13 years of Prohibition. At a stroke, the American…
- Open your refrigerator door, and you summon forth more light than the total amount enjoyed by most households in the 18th century. The world at…
More Than Quotes
- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes