Anton Chekhov Quotes

When in a serious mood, it seems to me that those people are illogical who feel an aversion toward death. As far as I can see, life consists exclusively of horrors, unpleasantnesses and banalities, now merging, now alternating.

Anton Chekhov

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• My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.

  

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• There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.

  

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• I think we have to pay attention to the Arab masses not just in the Gulf States, but also in the hinterlands.

  

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• The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.

  

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• Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.

  

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• At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.

  

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• Although the evidence at this trial shows that Charles Manson was the leader of the conspiracy to commit these murders, there is no evidence that he actually personally killed any of the seven victims in this case.

  

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• In Los Angeles, I'm always in Fred Segal. It's become a ritual. I have lunch and then buy lots of things I don't need. Usually tons of clothes for the kids that they grow out of in 10 seconds.

  

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• I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn't know anything about food.

  

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• Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.

  

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• We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

  

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• The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on.

  

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• Maybe it will be a great thing when the Baby Boomers finally die out. In real life, it's not a matter of the good guys or the bad guys. Rather, it's big numbers and small numbers that do the counting.

  

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• You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.

  

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• I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.

  

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• I have great admiration for the way the Americans do business. They drive a hard bargain, but once they do it, they stick to their contracts.

  

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• The most satisfactory thing in all this earthly life is to be able to serve our fellow-beings-first, those who are bound to us by ties of love, then the wider circle of fellow-townsmen, fellow-countrymen, or fellow-men. To be of service is a solid foundation for contentment in this world.

  

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• When in a serious mood, it seems to me that those people are illogical who feel an aversion toward death. As far as I can see, life consists exclusively of horrors, unpleasantnesses and banalities, now merging, now alternating.

  

  Anton Chekhov
  • People
  • Life
  • Death