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.
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Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.
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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.
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I am a student of stupidity. I am a political reporter.
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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.
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Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances.
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Taste is the common sense of genius.
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Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.
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I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.
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I believe in the Constitution - and I believe in common sense.
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I always thought that common sense would prevail. But on a game show, there is no common sense.
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Common sense will always prevail. America will advance the agenda for the greatest minds.
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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!
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The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is.
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Common sense will nearly always stand you in better stead than a slavish adherence to the conventions.
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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.
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Although computer-generated artificial intelligence eludes us, artificial stupidity has been perfected.
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There two things that are infinite, human stupidity and the universe, I don't know about the universe.
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Many brief follies--that is what you call love. And your marriage puts an end to many brief follies, with a single long stupidity.
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Obviously, off the court, he's had some issues. He would be the first to say, 'Why? Why did I do that?' But one, his players graduate; two, they learn how to be men; and three, they learn how to contribute in life. Look at all those Indiana graduates contributing to society.
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Literature and the other arts play with pattern - our brains understand our world by recognizing patterns - and with possibility. The arts harness our sharpest senses, sight and sound, and our richest ways of understanding, in language and narrative. They were our first schools before schools were ever invented. They develop our imaginations, extend our possibilities, and deepen what we can all share.
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It's as if all identity has been stolen from them, except their identity as slaves.
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There's only one kind of common sense but a thousand varieties of stupidity.
