Great short quotes - Page 315

Lois McMaster Bujold, "Memory", 1996

You try to give away what you want …

27 Apr , 2010  

You try to give away what you want yourself. Great short quote and quotation by: Lois McMaster Bujold, “Memory”, 1996 , US science fiction author

Johann von Neumann, on being phoned at 10:00 AM

You wake me up early in the morning…

27 Apr , 2010  

You wake me up early in the morning to tell me I am right? Please wait until I am wrong. Great short quote and quotation by: Johann von Neumann, on being phoned at 10:00 AM , US (Hungarian-born) computer scientist, mathematician (1903 – 1957)

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John von Neumann, on being phoned at 10 a.m.

You wake me up early in the morning…

27 Apr , 2010  

You wake me up early in the morning to tell me I am right? Please wait until I am wrong. Great short quote and quotation by: John von Neumann, on being phoned at 10 a.m. ,

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President Nixon, on the best wife for a president

You want a wife who is intelligent,…

27 Apr , 2010  

You want a wife who is intelligent, but not too intelligent. Great short quote and quotation by: President Nixon, on the best wife for a president ,

L. Ron Hubbard, Book: Child Dianetics

You want to raise your child in suc…

27 Apr , 2010  

You want to raise your child in such a way that you don?t have to control him, so that he will be in full possession of himself at all times. Upon that depends his good behavior, his health, his sanity. Great short quote and quotation by: L. Ron Hubbard, Book: Child Dianetics ,

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Euripides

You were a stranger to sorrow: ther…

27 Apr , 2010  

You were a stranger to sorrow: therefore Fate has cursed you. Great short quote and quotation by: Euripides, Alcestis, 438 B.C. , Greek tragic dramatist (484 BC – 406 BC)

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Australian Aboriginal Elder

You white people are so strange. We…

27 Apr , 2010  

You white people are so strange. We think it is very primitive for a child to have only two parents. Great short quote and quotation by: Australian Aboriginal Elder ,

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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

You will always find [hatred] stron…

27 Apr , 2010  

You will always find [hatred] strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture. Great short quote and quotation by: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe , German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 – 1832)

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Homer, The Iliad

You will certainly not be able to t…

27 Apr , 2010  

You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has given deeds of war, and to another the dance, to another lyre and song, and in another wide-sounding Zeus puts a good mind. Great short quote and quotation by: Homer, The Iliad , Greek […]

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Colette

You will do foolish things, but do …

27 Apr , 2010  

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. Great short quote and quotation by: Colette, in New York World-Telegram and Sun, 1961 , French novelist (1873 – 1954)

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Martin Routh

You will find it a very good practi…

27 Apr , 2010  

You will find it a very good practice always to verify your references sir. Great short quote and quotation by: Martin Routh ,

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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations

You will find rest from vain fancie…

27 Apr , 2010  

You will find rest from vain fancies if you perform every act in life as though it were your last. Great short quote and quotation by: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations , Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 AD)

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