Quote of the Day

“The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken.”
– Homer

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“One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull but also just stupid.” – J. D. Watson

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“Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.”
– Gordon R. Dickson

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“As we say in science, England couldn’t hit a cow’s arse with a banjo.”
– Stephen Hawking [on England’s luck in soccer shootouts]

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“The Baptists’ basic theology is that if you hold someone under water long enough, he’ll come around to your way of thinking. It’s a ritual known as ‘Bobbing for Baptists’.”
– A. Whitney Brown

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“It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.”
– H. L. Mencken

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“Harry Potter is about confronting fears, finding inner strength and doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend.”
— Stephen King

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