H. L. Mencken Quotes
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
Quotes to Explore
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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Guinea pigs are quite difficult to draw, I think, because they're so furry.
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I played with Michy for Belgium. He is still young; he can finish and is very good. He just needs to adapt to English football, and he will. He is intelligent and a good player.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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There needs to be a place in the church or just outside - there needs to be a place where people feel free to ask questions without being put upon, where they feel free to ask difficult, challenging questions to voice their skepticism.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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I'm a machine man, and I head a machine.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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If you ask three people what it means to be Christian, you will get three different answers. Some feel being baptized is sufficient. Others feel you must accept the Bible as immutable historical fact. Still others require a belief that all those who do not accept Christ as their personal savior are doomed to hell.
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Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.
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Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation.
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I don't think paper will go away. I do believe that the value of paper will change, and Xerox is working on changing that value. Consider a color page. Actual life is in color, but you keep reproducing it in black and white. You remove value. It's a bad thing to do.
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I'm the sort of person that doesn't really have specific 'inspiration.' It probably comes more from my doubts and my desires.
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I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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I'm not embarrassed about who I am. I'm not apologetic.
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I am, of course, a frustrated rock star - I'd much rather be a rock star than a writer. Or own a record shop. Still, it's not a bad life, is it? You just sit at a computer and make stuff up.
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Oh, how strenuous is life! I know a little of it. Men "ought always to pray, and not to faint." How fierce the battle! I know something of the conflict, but I ought not to faint, because I can pray.
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What is it but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns?
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My mother studied English and drama at the University of Pennsylvania, where my father studied architecture. She was a great influence in all sorts of ways, a wicked wit.
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Ah, ah, thy beauty! like a beast it bites,Stings like an adder, like an arrow smites.
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You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
