- Edward Gibbon
(05/08/1737 – 01/16/1794)
English historian
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"A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted."
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"The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful."
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| "By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong." |
"Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day."
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"An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support."
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| "All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely." |
"Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders."
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"When you enter a room, you have to kiss his ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket."
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| "A boxing match is like a cowboy movie. There's got to be good guys and there's got to be bad guys. And that's what people pay for—to see the bad guys get beat." |  |
"No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film."
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| "A career is a series of comebacks." |  |
| "And all writing is creating or spinning dreams for other people so they won't have to bother doing it themselves." |  |
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| Died 05/07 | Died 05/08 | Died 05/09 | Death Dates |