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It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.

It has been said that the reason we establish relationships is to assure ourselves of a witness to our lives.

It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.

It has been said that England invented the phrase, 'Her Majesty's Opposition'.

It has been said that the body is like an automobile - it's yours, but it isn't you.

It has been said that there is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

It has been said that the immortality of the soul is a grand peut-tre -but still it is a grand one. Everybody clings to it -the stupidest, and dullest, and wickedest of human bipeds is still persuaded that he is immortal.

It has been said: The whole is more than the sum of its parts. It is more correct to say that the whole is something else than the sum of its parts, because summing up is a meaningless procedure, whereas the whole-part relationship is meaningful.

I think being condemned to death is the only real distinction," said Mathilde. "It is the only thing which cannot be bought.

I think Bret Easton Ellis has said that he doesn't completely identify with his characters. And I think he has referred to them as immoral before.

I think," he said, "I think, if you want thousands, you have to fight for one.

I think I can safely conclude that there is not a lot to be said for playing chess while on Valium.

I think I’ll just go take a shower,” I said. It wasn’t until Samuel stiffened that I remembered I’d just come out of the shower. So much for playing normal.

I think . . . I said things to Silas. He'll be angry.' 'If he didn't care about you, you couldn't upset him,' was all she said.

I think it holds up pretty good because more and more women are coming to the forefront in all areas, and back then they said that nobody would care about women's friendship.

I think it was Freud who said that we're all arrested at a certain age. For me, it was always 13.

I think it was Fran Lebowitz who said that there are no writing prodigies. You have to have something to write about.

I think maybe I know why,' she finally said. 'Why?' 'Maybe all the strings inside him broke,' she said.

I think Paul Martin doesn't mean what he says. He said he would clear this sort of thing up and he didn't do it.

I think...she said finally, "that all of us have got our ghosts.

I think there's something to be said for developing the disposition to own stocks without fretting.

I think that Freud understood absolutely nothing about women - as he himself said.

I think theres a lot to be said about just enjoying your work. It can be very contrived when people say their work is for the good of mankind.

I think there is a great quote - and I feel horrible that I don't know who said this - but it was a great quote, it says, "The only difference between all of us are the ones who are loved and the ones who are not.

I think they're here because I thought they ought to be here," Gansey said. Blue replied sarcastically. "Okay, God.

I think this was a change election, as David Axelrod said. It was a primal scream by many who feel that a discredited elite failed them, economically and politically.

I thought of something my old coach at Staunton had often said: 'We win some, we lose some, and some get rained out; but we always suit up.'

I thought you said scrying was a bad idea.” “It's like vodka,” Calla said. “It really depends on who's doing it.

I thought you couldn't make it here until morning," I said. "I hurried.

I thought you'd like it," he said, seeming hurt. "You look very pretty.

I thought you said you were the one in charge!" Ce'Nedra exclaimed. I lied." Silk said. "It's a vice I have.

I thought you were sane," I said, "but you're just as crazy as the rest of them.

It is a curious thing, but I have been right in everything I have done and said in my life.

It is a great good fortune, as Stendhal said, for one "to have his passion as a profession.

It is always said that Europe is a project of the elite. That's incorrect.

It is almost always wrong that the time isn't ripe to decide something. That is always said of difficult problems.

It is an extraordinary act of courage,' said Tulas Shorn, 'to come to know a stranger's pain.

...'I thought the rule was that all monks were shaved.' 'Oh, Soto says he is bald under the hair,'said Lu Tze. 'He says the hair is a separate creature that just happens to live on him.

It is either coincidence piled on top of coincidence," said Hollus, "or it is deliberate design.

It is easier to say new things than to reconcile those which have already been said.

It is far more comforting to think God listened and said no, than to think that nobody’s out there.

It is better to be nothing than a follower of other painters. The wise man has said when one follows another one is always behind.

It is delightful some times to sit with an ingenious friend, He understands you before you having said anything.

It is difficult to thinkof any circumstances where learning may be said to be impossible.

It is hard to find a friend,' I said. 'It is the hardest thing in this world,' he agreed.

It is important to say all the great thoughts again, without knowing that they have already been said.

It is important to keep protesting, to keep forcing a conversation in the public arena. In any case, when you know what the right thing to do is, or that something must be said, it can be immoral and dangerous not to act.

It is my opinion that this day will never come to an end," said Prince, with a yawn that nearly rent him assunder.

It is often said that Leonardo drew so well because he knew about things; it is truer to say that he knew about things because he drew so well.

It is not everyone,” said Elinor, “who has your passion for dead leaves.