History is but the nail on which the picture hangs. – Alexandre Dumas, Catherine Howard Category: History
Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention concentrated on one individual gives a unity to the materials of which it is composed, which is wanting in general history. – Robert Hall Category: History
We are never completely contemporaneous with our present. History advances in disguise; it appears on stage wearing a mask of the preceding scene, and we tend to lose the meaning of the play. – Régis Debray, Revolution in the Revolution? Category: History
The relationship between the prophet and the President, the priest and the President, is a sacred one. – Jesse Jackson Category: relationship
A Bay Area Bisexual told me I didnt quite coincide with either of her desires. – Woody Allen Category: Sex
We need a sense of the value of time — that is, of the best way to divide ones time into ones various activities. – Arnold Bennett Category: Planning
Whoever said “laughter is the best medicine” never had gonorrhea. – Kat Likkel and John Hoberg, My Name Is Earl, “Robbed a Stoner Blind,” original a Category: Laughter