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I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence of mine either out of its context or in juxtaposition to some incongruous matter which quite distorted my meaning , or destroyed it altogether.
-Alfred North Whitehead
English mathematician & philosopher (1861 - 1947)


A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.
-Brendan Francis

A man should not leave this earth with unfinished business. He should live each day as if it was a pre-flight check. He should ask each morning, am I prepared to lift-off?
-Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, All is Vanity, 1991

"Hey, whatever sinks the other guy's boat..."
-Me uhh...now

"The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience."
-Arthur Schopenhauer

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