"Bore : A fellow who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours."

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Laurence J. Peter

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“[John Foster Dulles] invented Brinkmanship, the most popular game since Monopoly.”
“Cravats grow higher, as if they mean to protect the throat. The highest cravats in public life will be worn by Citizen Antoine Saint-Just, of the National Convention and the Committee of Public Safety. In the dark and harrowing days of '94, an obscene feminine inversion will appear: a thin crimson ribbon, worn round a bare white neck.”
“Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny.”
“What we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College.”
“The culture that's going to survive in the future is the culture that you can carry around in your head.”
“Education is not something to prepare you for life; it is a continuous part of life.”
“So efficient are the available instruments of slavery; fingerprints, lie detectors, brain washings, gas chambers; that we shiver at the thought of political change which might put these instruments in the hands of men of hate.”
“In 1986, Tanton published an article in which he argued: `To govern is to populate ... Will the present majority peaceably hand over its political power to a group that is simply more fertile? ... As Whites see their power and control over their lives declining, will they simply go quietly into the night? Or will there be an explosion?'”

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