Anonymous Quotes

909 Sourced Quotes

May the earth rest lightly on you.

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A-roving! A-roving!
Since roving's been my ru-i-n
I'll go no more a-roving
With you fair maid.

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Out of the earth I sing for them a Horse nation... I sing for them the animals.

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Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat, Please to put a penny in the old man's hat; If you haven't got a penny, a ha'penny will do, If you haven't got a ha'penny, God bless you!

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There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world; and that is an idea whose time has come.

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The situation in Germany is serious but not hopeless; the situation in Austria is hopeless but not serious.

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Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet,
Eating some curds and whey.
Along came a spider,
And sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet away.

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Her photographs are among the most beautiful X-ray photographs of any substance ever taken.
Obituary of the English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin

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Lord, through this hour Be Thou our Guide,
So by Thy power
No foot shall slide.

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A fundamental feminist principle is that the means are the ends; that how we do something is what we get.

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Let those love now, who never loved before:
Let those who always loved, now love the more.

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Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we.'

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The fault is great in man or woman
Who steals a goose from off a common;
But what can plead that man's excuse
Who steals a common from a goose?

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Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir,
Three bags full:
One for my master,
And one for my dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.

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Gold and love affairs are difficult to hide.

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As I was a-walking one morning for pleasure, I spied a cowpuncher a-riding along.

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Great Chatham with his sabre drawn
Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan;
Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em,
Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham.

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O Death, where is thy sting-a-ling-a-ling,
O grave, thy victory?
The bells of Hell go ting-a-ling-a-ling
For you but not for me.

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Though I yield to no one in my admiration for Mr Coolidge, I do wish he did not look as if he had been weaned on a pickle.

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Time is a vindictive bandit to steal the beauty of our former selves. We are left with sagging, rippled flesh and burning gums with empty sockets.

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Standing around in the rain and cold is what they pay me for. The acting I do for free.
Variant: The sitting around on the set is awful. But I always figure that's what they pay me for. The acting I do for free.

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Nothing is easier than spending money—nothing is harder to accumulate.

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When asked how he was different from the average person, Einstein replied: "When asked to look for a needle in a haystack, the average person would search until he found the needle; whereas I would look for all needles."
Einstein never really said that though

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Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means.

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For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
Often attributed to Hemingway

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