"Language is one of the greatest gifts man has devised for himself. It ranks, alongside the discovery of fire and the wheel, as a major influence in making modern man what he is today."

-- Edward R. Murrow

#Men Quotes #Fire Quotes #Discovery Quotes

“Mainstream economic theories popular in the last several decades have tended to downplay the government's role in markets and to increase skepticism about even that more limited role. Austerity, particularly in Europe, has added to the problem. It has not worked, even on its own terms.”
“[The reason a man has] so much trouble with the Senate is that there isn't a man in the Senate who doesn't think he is better suited to be President than the President, and thinks he might have been President except for luck.”
“If you are good for nothing else, you can still serve as a bad example.”
“If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all.”
“I just feel like I understand Cameron Diaz better than I ever have before, and I donâ€™t like it. I donâ€™t like to see everything I see. Itâ€™s like a magnifying mirror only soulful, and Iâ€™m not looking at her, Iâ€™m looking at us, you know? And our pores are huge.”
“I came up with more money, took all the footage, got a great editor and made this film [Dream of Life]. But I really didn't go into it with the intention of making a movie.”
“The conclusion I have reached is that, above all, dogs are witnesses.”
“I'd rather be wrong to set you free than be right to do you harm (162).”

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