Quote by Raymond Chandler
Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can fin

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency. – Raymond Chandler

Other quotes by Raymond Chandler

It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There is more than one way to conquer a country. – Raymond Chandler

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Advertising
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Your rat tail is all the fashion now. I prefer a bushy plume, carried straight up. You are Siamese and your ancestors lived in trees. Mine lived in palaces. It has been suggested to me that I am a bit of a snob. How true! I prefer to be. – Raymond Chandler

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Cats
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Ability is what youre capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. – Raymond Chandler

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Attitude
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Other Quotes from
Intelligence
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Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Intelligence

There is a lot of strength and intelligence in Hollywood. – Fay Wray

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Intelligence

To the man-in-the-street, who, Im sorry to say, is a keen observer of life. The word Intellectual suggests straight away. A man whos untrue to his wife. – W. H. Auden

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Intelligence

Legislation passed in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 enhanced our intelligence capabilities and strengthened our national defense, but until now our nations immigration policies have not adapted to the needs of a post-September 11th world. – Chris Chocola

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Intelligence

Random Quotes

Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you. – Rupert Brooke

Category:
Admiration

Two things are bad for the heart — running up stairs and running down people. – Bernard Baruch

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Heart

Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience. – Mother Theresa

Our siblings. They resemble us just enough to make all their differences confusing, and no matter what we choose to make of this, we are cast in relation to them our whole lives long. – Susan Scarf Merrell

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Sisters