"Cod is more responsible for the discovery of……" — Graydon Carter
"Cod is more responsible for the discovery of the New World than almost anything else. Drove the Vikings across the North Atlantic, and John Cabot discovered America by looking for cod."
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77 Quotes by Graydon Carter
Graydon Carter has 77 quotes on this site.
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Arrogance, ignorance, and incompetence. Not a pretty cocktail of personality traits in the best of situations. No sirree. Not a…
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People think they have to be ambitious. But at a certain age, all you want is to be around nice,…
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Many men think they're playboys, but they invariably land wide of the mark. Surrounding yourself with champagne, fast friends, and…
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Branding experts believe that just because they have rethought a company's image or name, the rest of us will automatically…
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Life is all about seating and lighting.
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We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits: empathy, self-awareness, and social intelligence.…
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After the collapse of Wall Street in the 1920s, the culture stopped being all about money, and the country survived…
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As a father of five, I sometimes feel I've spent a lifetime watching Disney musicals.
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As you get older and fatter, good clothes can hide a lot.
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Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer, and a troublemaker, and to those who knew him well, he was a…
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Conservatives define themselves more by their hatred of liberals than anything else, and, conversely, liberals by their distaste for conservatives.
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Every man in the back of their minds would like to own a bar or a racehorse.
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