Quotes from the Past 
Diogenes the Cynic, a native of Sinope, was the son of Hicesius, a public banker responsible for minting coins. Diogenes remains a …
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In his 1986, film sensation, Crocodile Dundee, Paul Hogan who played the eponymous character said: “That’s incredible. Imagine seven million people all …
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In the 1949 film noir classic, The Third Man, Orson Welles as Harry Lime said: “Holly, I’d like to cut you in, …
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“Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious,” is a quote from George Orwell’s 1939 review of …
Read moreSometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.
Orwell actually wrote: “You are free to be a drunkard, an idler, a coward, a backbiter, a fornicator; but you are not …
“Political language – and with variations, this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists – is designed to make …
Russell made the following comments about his time in prison for political activism: “I found prison in many ways quite agreeable. I …
Read more“I found prison in many ways quite agreeable.” ~ Bertrand Russell