"Think of what would happen to us in America if there were no humorists; life would be one long Congressional record."

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“Prohibition may be a disputed theory, but none can complain that it doesn't hold water.”

“No brain is stronger than its weakest think.”

“Happiness is the feeling we experience when we are too busy to be miserable.”

“Hamlet is the tragedy of tackling a family problem too soon after college”

““Be yourself” is about the worst advice you can give some people.”

“If you want to be a flaming youth, you must have money to burn.”

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"Now they saw it — its newness, its raw crudeness, and its strength — and turned their shuddering eyes away. "Give us back our well-worn husk," they said, "where we were so snug and comfortable." And t…"

— Thomas Wolfe

Literature1900–1938

#leadership

"We do not know our true identity as souls, as brothers and sisters of the Kingdom of Souls. Maitreya has come, with His group of Masters, to teach us how to live correctly, as brothers and sisters of …"

— Benjamin Creme

Art1922–2016

#justice

"It is to deny, what the history of the world tells us is true, to suppose that men of ambition and talents will not continue to spring up amongst us. And, when they do, they will as naturally seek the…"

— Abraham Lincoln

Politics1744–1786

#philosophy

"I rolled my eyes at Rose, but she returned the look with a scowl which suggested that, if we ever got out of this alive, she would have some issues to address with myself and my polaroid camera."

— Ben Croshaw

Journalism1983

#life