He drew a circle that shut me out- Heretic , rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle and took him In ! From the poem " Outwitted
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Edwin Markham
I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer
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Douglas Adams
I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.
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G.k. Chesterton
Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common.
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Dorothy Parker
The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Ambrose Bierce
More Quotes By Ian M. Banks
Perhaps it is different for humans, dear prince, " she said, sounding sad, "but we have found that the underdisciplined child will bump up against life eventually and learn their lesson that way - albeit all the harder for their parents' earlier lack of courage...
Things mean pretty much what we want them to mean.
The ship told you the guilty systems recognizes no innocents. I'd say it does. It recognizes the innocence... only to violate it.
Those who are most sincere are also the most morally suspect, as well as being incapable of producing or appreciating wit.