"A monarchy is like a man-of-war--bad shots between wind and water hurt it exceedingly; there is danger of capsizing. But democracy is a raft. You cannot easily overturn it. It is a wet place, but it is a pretty safe one."

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Source : Joseph Cook (1880). “Labor, with Preludes on Current Events”

Joseph Cook

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“The irrationality of disgust suggests it is unreliable as a source of moral insight. There may be good arguments against gay marriage, partial-birth abortions and human cloning, but the fact that some people find such acts to be disgusting should carry no weight.”

Source : "To urgh is human" by Paul Bloom, www.theguardian.com. July 21, 2004.
“You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor film.”

Source : Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.
“Don't chase women, they will chase you. They are like horses in a pasture: if you don't go drooling over her, she is going to want to know why.”

Source : Piers Morgan (2013). “Shooting Straight: Guns, Gays, God, and George Clooney”, p.144, Simon and Schuster
“Don't confuse facts with reality.”
“No one comes to my shows so they'll feel safe and comfortable.”
“If happiness were easy, everybody would feel it all the time, and it wouldn't seem like such an elusive prize.”
“Paranoia plays into all of us. Trust is a terrifying idea of not knowing who we can rely on.”

Source : Source: www.moviesonline.ca
“The studio system collapsed only when Elizabeth Taylor charged $1 million for Cleopatra.”

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