Evan Esar Quotes
Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.
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I don't think the federal government has any business keeping a list of law-abiding Americans who exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
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Lately, I've been doing a lot of tuning in and impatiently tuning out. As a longtime fan of talk radio, I don't think this bodes well for the long-term broad appeal of the medium.
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What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.
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I think I tried to separate indoors and out. And so when he beat me indoors, I did not see that as letting anybody down, I saw it as a good head to head competition, and so it was. It was fine.
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No, I don't think my generation got into this dinosaur thing.
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But I guess the lesson is this: If you don't have confidence in yourself and think that you are worth hiring, or whatever it is, you can't expect anyone else to.
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I love Winston Churchill; I think he had the grace of coming and the grace of leaving - when things were hard he was there, and when it was time to leave, he left.
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I don't think I'm going to become Brad Pitt overnight, but I presume if walk down Oxford Street, there is a chance someone might clock me.
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I've always been interested in how people think, how they react to challenges in their lives - what makes people tick. I've also always been passionate about social issues and causes, and I wanted to make films that addressed important issues in very human terms.
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Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.
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I'm going to start a new career as a singer, I think. I'm going to go the way of Russell Crowe.
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I think Steve Jobs is a historic figure. He's not only a historic figure in business, but really in America.
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I think poetry's always a kind of faith. It is the kind that I have.
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I think a lot of people think I'm doing kind of a character onstage, but what you're really getting is just me.
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When I'm in the U.K. – and I'm here more than people would think – I tend to keep a very low profile.
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I don't think fashion is evil.
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I think Yahoo is a great company, with great assets.
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I think we can all learn things if we really want to. It's fascinating how that can get expedited when you have a support system around you.
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I used to think the press was a necessary evil and now I don't think it is. I think it's something you choose.
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With every thought we think, we either summon or block a miracle. It is not our circumstances, then, but rather our thoughts about our circumstances, that determine our power to transform them.
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Don't let the secret recipe die with the inventor.
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Looking at acting, in the movies or the theater, and the way I like to look at it, it's just an extension of childhood play... Kids play and imagine in a very intense fashion and they don't need any director telling them, 'You really have to believe in it.' They believe in it completely.
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My voice has always been kind of distinct - even when I was four years old, my mom told me that people would be like, 'Why does your daughter always sound like a chain smoker?' I've always had this deep, raspy voice.
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Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.
