Evan Esar Quotes
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The most important fact is that gays have been here since day one. To say otherwise is a gross denial and stupidity. We played an enormous part in the history of America.
Larry Kramer
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Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
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In a world that's smarter than it used to be and, in some ways, smarter than it ought to be, stupidity has a way of making us seem all the more human.
Walter Kirn
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I am a student of stupidity. I am a political reporter.
P. J. O'Rourke
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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
Nas
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Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.
P. J. O'Rourke
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Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances.
Samuel E. Morison
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Taste is the common sense of genius.
Victor Hugo
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Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.
Edith Sitwell
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I believe in the Constitution - and I believe in common sense.
Taylor Sheridan
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I always thought that common sense would prevail. But on a game show, there is no common sense.
Wayne Brady
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Common sense will always prevail. America will advance the agenda for the greatest minds.
Safra A. Catz
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It's just not a good idea to drink and drive; that is just common sense. But common sense is not that common!
Madeline Zima
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The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is.
Samuel Butler
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Common sense will nearly always stand you in better stead than a slavish adherence to the conventions.
Mary Margaret ('Mollie') Kaye
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Yes, very sensible... People die of common sense, Dorian, one lost moment at a time. Life is a moment. There is no hereafter. So make it burn always with the hardest flame.
Oscar Wilde
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Although computer-generated artificial intelligence eludes us, artificial stupidity has been perfected.
P. J. O'Rourke
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A little science estranges a man from God; a lot of science brings him back.
Francis Bacon
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Most people's lives are a direct reflection of their peer groups.
Anthony Robbins
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No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will.
Barack Obama
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Flooding damage is not customary for New York, especially downstate.
Andrew Cuomo
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Moral result can only be produced by moral restraints.
Mahatma Gandhi
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There's only one kind of common sense but a thousand varieties of stupidity.
Evan Esar