- Galileo Galilei
(02/15/1564 – 01/08/1642)
Italian scientist, astronomer
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"I am the Roman emperor, and am above grammar."
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"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use."
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"As to the evil which results from censorship, it is impossible to measure it, because it is impossible to tell where it ends."
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"Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less."
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"Men do not fail; they give up trying."
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"The total absence of humor from the Bible is
one of the most singular things in literature."
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"You don't develop good teeth by eating mush."
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"English humor resembles the Loch Ness Monster in that both are famous but there is a strong suspicion that neither exists."
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"Most of us women like men, you know; it's just that we find them a constant disappointment."
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"Samuel Beckett once said: 'Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.' On the other hand, he SAID it."
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"Even though I make those movies, I find myself wishing that more of those magic moments could happen in real life."
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"I pledge impertinence to the flag waving, of the unindicted co-conspirators of America, and to the republicans for which I can't stand, one abomination, underhanded fraud, indefensible, with Liberty and Justice... Forget it."
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"In the land of the skunks he who has half a nose is king."
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