Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes
A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.
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Man's shortcomings and sins are all due to substance of the body and not to its form, while all his merits are exclusively due to his form.
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I knew the moment it happened, it was a miracle. I could have been kissing her when she threw up. It would have scarred me for life. I may never have recovered.
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I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
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I think that Richard Nixon is a great man and that he is very dedicated to what he does. I had the pleasure of meeting him when I attended the Republican National Convention in Miami. You can really tell that he is willing to go out of his way to help the American people.
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I just knew that God wasn't there. He was a man on a throne in Heaven, so he was easy to forget.
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How can you not love a man banging on the drums? He knows how to keep a rhythm.
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The history of philosophy is not, like the history of the sciences, to be studied with the intellect alone. That which is receptive in us and that which impinges upon us from history is the reality of man's being, unfolding itself in thought.
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The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.
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I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music.
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You've heard me call myself a bluesman and a blues singer. I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man. Well, that's because there's been so many can do it better'n I can, play the blues better'n me. I think a lot of them have told me things, taught me things.
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I have one. I may get another during the off-season, I might get my son's name but I'm not sure yet. The one I have is my Hebrew name, which I share with my grandfather, and it's not the best tattoo.
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Your man Flavor Flav is living!
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Necessity makes an honest man a knave.
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However careful a tramp may be to avoid places where there is abundant work, he cannot always succeed.
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We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how are we to mourn a random man killed in a terrorist attack while sitting in a cafe? How do you mourn a housewife who got on a bus and never returned?
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They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'
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Mankind must be positively and constructively wary of mankind, of their fellow man, of their families, of the members of their faith community, of their fellow-citizens.
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If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
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As an actor you can't build up proper relationships with the people you work with, because after six months, you're done.
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The armored cars of dreams contrived to let us doso many a dangerous thing.
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People can also change the timing of when they earn and receive their income in response to government policies.
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My pleasure was to copy, not to create.
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The connoisseur of painting gives only bad advice to the painter. For that reason I have given up trying to judge myself.
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A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.
