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"The man who knows governments most completely is he who troubles himself least about a definition which shall give their essence. Enjoying an intimate acquaintance with all their particularities in turn, he would naturally regard an abstract conception in which these were unified as a thing more misleading than enlightening."
"You know, I hate to give advice because my life has been so odd that almost nothing that's happened to me can apply."
"Black professors make more than white professors. That's because we are in demand. I'll tell you, give me two blacks in institutions of higher learning, one has a Ph.D. from an elite institution and has a certain publication record. You give me a white scholar with the same credentials, and I will take that black scholar."
"For instance, they [The Federal Narcotics Bureau ] give out that marijuana is a harmful and habit-forming drug, and it simply isn't. They claim that you can get addicted to opiates with one shot, and you can't. They over-estimate the physical bad effects, and so forth."
"Any belief in Creators or Purpose is wishful thinking. And when you point out that perhaps ALL thinking is wishful, reactions of intense irritation give evidence that we are not dealing with logic but with faith."
"Strip your psyche to the bare bones of spontaneous process, and you give yourself one chance in a thousand to make the Pass."
"If all individuals were conditioned to machine efficiency in the performance of their duties there would have to be at least one person outside the machine to give the necessary orders; if the machine absorbed or eliminated all those outside the machine, the machine will slow down and stop forever."
"Come give us a taste of your quality."
"Thou whoreson zed! Thou unnecessary letter! My lord, if you will give me leave, I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar, and daub the wall of a jakes with him. *all cheer for Shakespearean insults*"
"Well, God give them wisdom that have it; and those that are fools, let them use their talents."
"A rarer spirit never Did steer humanity; but you gods will give us Some faults to make us men."
"Give it an understanding, but no tongue."
"An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye; Give him a little earth for charity!"
"For the success, Although particular, shall give a scantling Of good or bad unto the general; And in such indexes, although small pricks To their subsequent volumes, there is seen The baby figure of the giant mass Of things to come at large."
"I have a kind soul that would give you thanks. And knows not how to do it but with tears."
"Words pay no debts, give her deeds."
"To fear the foe, since fear oppresseth strength, gives in your weakness strength unto your foe."
"Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much. Lady, as you are mine, I am yours: I give away myself for you and dote upon the exchange."
"The weary sun hath made a golden set And by the bright tract of his fiery car Gives token of a goodly day to-morrow."
"Speak to me as to thy thinkings, As thou dost ruminate, and give thy worst of thoughts The worst of words."
