"It is in fact no exaggeration to say that we live in terror that Senator McCarthy will one day make some irreparable blunder that will play directly into the hands of our common enemy and discredit the whole anti-Communist effort for a long while to come."

-- Whittaker Chambers

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“God is silent. Now if only man would shut up.”
“In time of war, the loudest patriots are the greatest profiteers.”
“I find the world and all it contains extremely fascinating. Is this sinful?”

Source : Robert Silverberg (2004). “Phases of the Moon: Stories of Six Decades”, Subterranean
“In high school, my desire for friendship far outweighed my talent for it.”
“Once a week, I like to slip into a deep existential depression where I lose all my sense of oneness and self-worth.”
“Modern music is three farts and a raspberry, orchestrated.”

Source : Of modern music. Quoted in M Kennedy Barbirolli, Conductor Laureate (1971).
“Whatever I feel, I say frankly.”
“Whenever you correct someone's grammar just remember that nobody likes you.”

Source : FaceBook post by Jim Gaffigan from Apr 24, 2012

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