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A family can define itself as family through mutual...

A family can define itself as family through mutual feelings, not necessarily through a blood connection.

Quote by Mag. Cornelia Klappacher about family, feelings, blood

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever...

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about truth, impossible

Things are not quite what they seem always. Don't start...

Things are not quite what they seem always. Don't start me on class, otherwise you'll get a four-hour lecture.

Quote by Michael Caine about things

When words become unclear, I shall focus with...

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.

Quote by Ansel Adams about truth, concentration, silence, word

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are...

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Quote by Joseph Addison about hope, happiness, love, life

Never injure a friend, even in jest.

Never injure a friend, even in jest.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

When you stand at your counter for hours on end and then...

When you stand at your counter for hours on end and then go to break, that's when the customer comes and rings the bell for help.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about customers, help, end

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

Quote by George Herbert

If I was in charge of the movies I wouldn't let them put...

If I was in charge of the movies I wouldn't let them put any of those reveals or tricks on the DVDs because I hate them.

Quote by Michael Caine about hate

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, ...

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

Quote by Winston Churchill about politics, war

Am I a romantic? I've seen Wuthering Heights ten times....

Am I a romantic? I've seen Wuthering Heights ten times. I'm a romantic.

Quote by Johnny Depp

I am one of those people who quite enjoys responsibility.

I am one of those people who quite enjoys responsibility.

Quote by Stuart Pearce about people

The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.

The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about proudness, vanity, knowledge

No art that is not in the end understood by the People...

No art that is not in the end understood by the People can live or ever did live a single generation.

Quote by Frank Norris about art, magic, end, people

The real being of language is that into which we are...

The real being of language is that into which we are taken up when we hear it - what is said.

Quote by Hans-Georg Gadamer about language, real estate, being

I'm just having a wonderful time. It's an interesting thing that I'm very comfortable with this material and I don't know why. Maybe it's because I did MacBeth.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about things, time

There's only one me. And you know, they've tried to get...

There's only one me. And you know, they've tried to get others.

Quote by Whoopi Goldberg

Plays have been made of my comics.

Plays have been made of my comics.

Quote by Harvey Pekar

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about slavery, death

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and...

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

Quote by Jane Austen about obstacles, man

I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case...

I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.

Quote by Herodotus

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, ...

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about knowledge

The set of ideas that lead a culture, a religion, a court...

The set of ideas that lead a culture, a religion, a court to endorse same-sex marriage are simply not sustainable over the long haul.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about culture, marriage, religion, sex

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

Quote by Albert Camus

It's not so much about what you ask as what you don't ask.

It's not so much about what you ask as what you don't ask.

Quote by Michael Parkinson

Alarm clocks can make the most passive of us fall into a...

Alarm clocks can make the most passive of us fall into a violent rage.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about fall

If on Monday morning you don’t wake up thinking you have...

If on Monday morning you don’t wake up thinking you have to get somewhere, then you’re either a loser or life’s been treating you too kindly.

Quote by Cătălin Pînzaru about action, thinking, life

The three grand essentials of happiness are: something to...

The three grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.

Quote by Alexander Chalmers about happiness, hope, love

They think my life is glamourous. It's not true. I obviously get to come in and do radio interviews. That's the glamour. But other than that, I eat and sleep and that's it. Eat, sleep and do shows.

Quote by Adam Garcia about opinion, sleep, life

What you do as a policeman might be the right thing to...

What you do as a policeman might be the right thing to do, but it's not entertaining. I left that behind me.

Quote by Dennis Farina about rightness, things

Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or...

Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about poets, creation, poetry, mind, work

When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.

When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about art, magic

We must beware of needless innovations, especially when...

We must beware of needless innovations, especially when guided by logic.

Quote by Winston Churchill about logic

He would make a lovely corpse.

He would make a lovely corpse.

Quote by Charles Dickens

To listen to your own silence is the key to comedy.

To listen to your own silence is the key to comedy.

Quote by Elayne Boosler about film, comedy, silence

The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little.

Quote by Ray Bradbury about television, night, people

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