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I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke, and I am suspicious of those who aren't


Alfred North Whitehead

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DANNEL MALLOY Moreover, I have heard that those who are fond of praising men to their faces are also fond of damni...
ZHUANGZI I am fond of them, of the inferior beings of the abyss, of those who are full of longing.
RICHARD WAGNER Those who are truly grateful are deeply moved by the privilege of living.
OSCAR AULIQ-ICE Those who are truly grateful are deeply moved by the privilege of living.
AULIQ-ICE Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
I ARE The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.
CAROL RYRIE BRINK I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - This is a somewhat new kind of religion
ALBERT EINSTEIN I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - This is a somewhat new kind of religion
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EARL CAMPBELL The gods too are fond of a joke.
ARISTOTLE The gods too are fond of a joke.
BERTOLT BRECHT The gods too are fond of a joke
ARISTOTLE The gods too are fond of a joke.
EDWARD ALBEE I am fond of music I think because it is so amoral. Everything else is moral and I am after somethin...
HERMANN HESSE I have family and friends who will probably want to attend matches so, just like everyone else, I ne...
CHRIS DEHRING I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art.
EDITH SITWELL I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art.
DAME EDITH SITWELL I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the highest flights of art
DAME EDITH SITWELL I could just sit back and get someone to spin my achievements, I suppose, but when I see others do i...
SIMON COWELL Who am I? I am that. Nothing can change that. Words, intellect and concepts can never reach that. It...
AMIT RAY None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a s...
CHARLES CALEB COLTON Always flat front. You've got to be deeply suspicious of a man who consciously goes with pleats....
MIKE ROWE I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Real people are places to me as much as persons: I want to see them, as I want to see the places I a...
LEONARD ALFRED GEORGE STRONG I am always suspicious of those who impose 'rules' on child rearing. Every child is differen...
SIRI HUSTVEDT To the extent that I come from a deeply religious tradition and have been contending with those begi...
CHAIM POTOK I am aware that by many persons, it is considered in the nature of a joke to to become a candidate a...
SAMUEL JOHNSON I always noticed that the actors are always better looking than I am or ever was.
PAT CONROY I was very deeply saddened to hear that Alfred Anderson had died.
PRINCE CHARLES Two things you should know about me; The first is that I am deeply suspicious of people in general. ...
VERONICA ROTH You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently.
Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m...
SARAH J. MAAS I am deeply concerned about the situation of those dogs that are taken home by owners who only think...
ZHOU MIN I have kept a diary,
WITHNAIL AND I Religious organizations exist to foster the interests of persons subscribing to the same religious f...
RUTH BADER GINSBURG I am not fond of the idea of my shrubberies being always approachable.
JANE AUSTEN I don't know if I have a favorite color.
KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl.
KATE MIDDLETON I am truly honored that the Blues have elected to retire my number, and I'm flattered to join the li...
AL MACINNIS I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and ear...
CONFUCIUS I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still men.
H.P. LOVECRAFT The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison
SARAH J. MAAS I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you.
SARAH J. MAAS He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain...
SARAH J. MAAS Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You do what you love, what you need
SARAH J. MAAS I turned.
Rhysand leaned against the archway into the sitting room, arms crossed, wings nowhere...
SARAH J. MAAS I don't have examples in my life of people who are all good or bad; I have deeply loved many peo...
EDIE FALCO We've been on him all year. We expect a lot of our Alfred because he has so much potential. And I do...
ANDRE COOK When I was younger, I was impressed by those who were educated, accomplished, successful, and applau...
DIETER F. UCHTDORF Mr. Speaker, I am deeply concerned that many regions of this world are suffering from the effects of...
ALCEE HASTINGS For the first time in my life, I am truly angry with my local government. Unfortunately my feelings ...
JANET JOHNSON Always remember, there are two types of people in this world. Those who come into a room and say, We...
FREDERICK L. COLLINS Always remember there are two kinds of people in this world: those who come into a room and say 'Wel...
FREDERICK L. COLLINS You are the ultimate freedom, peace and bliss - free from the trace of desire, fear and doubts.
AMIT RAY I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom; I am one who is fond of olden times and intense ...
GUSTAVE COURBET The Nobel Peace Prize has always been a joke - albeit a grim one. Alfred Bernhard Nobel famously inv...
P. J. O'ROURKE I am jealous of those who think more deeply, who write better, who draw better, who ski better, who ...
SYLVIA PLATH I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market res...
JOHN LAHR I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of tho...
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU I don't want food that comes from animals that are caged up and fed antibiotics. I am really sus...
ALICE WATERS His soul sat up. It met me. Those kinds of souls always do - the best ones. The ones who rise up and...
MARKUS ZUSAK Sauces or peppers that arent hot, are like books that dont entretain (or vice versa).
JAIME TENORIO VALENZUELA I believe in evolution, scientific inquiry, and global warming; I believe in free speech, whether po...
BARACK OBAMA I am not fond of Money but what i have to do in order to get it, i am fond of what i get in exchange...
SACHIN KUMAR PULI Those who are fond of settling things to rights have no great objection to seeing them wrong.
WILLIAM HAZLITT This kind of tasteless and trivial portrayal of God does a disservice to the millions of American te...
NIHAD AWAD It is taboo in our society to criticize a persons religious faith... these taboos are offensive, dee...
SAM HARRIS I can tell you we are aware of those kind of allegations, and we have seen claims where we view the ...
BILL MELLANDER Having this inaugural event at MIS is a testimony to those living with brain injuries. I am truly ap...
ERNIE IRVAN She made a fence of phrases, which seemed a treachery to herself.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR You are the blood of the dragon. You can make a hat.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN [PASS THE PEAS.] I think I am the only one in the band who enjoys [black-eyed peas], ... When I am h...
FERGIE I have made terrible mistakes that have hurt the people that I cared about the most, and I am terrib...
ANTHONY WEINER I am kind; I am humane. I open to you my fatherly arms. Come, all of you; I will receive you all - n...
TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE I've never gotten up in front of a Muslim congregation and played the role of a religious leader...
KEITH ELLISON The emotions that sustain religious belief are all, in fact, deeply ordinary and deeply recognisable...
FRANCIS SPUFFORD I like to read Bengali novels and short stories. I am not that fond of reading English books, as I d...
ARIJIT SINGH I am fond of children--except boys.
LEWIS CARROLL I am fond of children - except boys
LEWIS CARROLL I am not over fond of animals.
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH So I am one of those bass players who can do something and musically, it was back then and now it is...
MIROSLAV VITOUS I was always attracted by the European way of life, but I am deeply Swedish.
LASSE HALLSTROM I am suspicious of all the things that the average people believes.
H.L. MENCKEN Men the most infamous are fond of fame, And those who fear not guilt, yet start at shame.
CHARLES CHURCHILL I am always most religious upon a sunshiny day...
LORD (GEORGE GORDON) BYRON I want to share this bed with you, though," I breathed. "I want you to hold me."
Stars flicker...
SARAH J. MAAS We are all affected by the time we are born into, and of course that feeds into your work. Society i...
DOUG AITKEN Those who are devoted to amusements; who love the society of those who love pleasure, have an aversi...
ELLEN G. WHITE Life had taught him to be profoundly suspicious of coincidence, and it had similarly taught him to v...
DONNA LEON I have always noticed that a man who gives the most for the money, gets the most business.
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COLSON WHITEHEAD Ultimately, the teams will help us to develop a truly compelling design for the World Trade Center s...
JOHN WHITEHEAD Under the English legal system you are innocent until you are shown to be Irish.
TED WHITEHEAD A firefly blinked into existence, drew half a word in the air. Then gone. A black bug secret in the ...
COLSON WHITEHEAD memory has a palette and broad brush.
COLSON WHITEHEAD in the slow motion that is the speed of humiliation.
COLSON WHITEHEAD Two people, two hands, and two songs, in this case "Big Shot" and "Bette Davis Eyes." The lyrics of ...
COLSON WHITEHEAD Life! What Inscrutable Card Shall Ye Throw Next Upon the Soft Felt of Our Days?
COLSON WHITEHEAD He told me three weeks ago not to send anything else.
PAUL WHITEHEAD Yet we still have no idea what happened or where it even started, not even a description of a suspec...
KIMBERLEY WHITEHEAD Older cars had those old vacuum windshield wiper systems, and when they went bad it was almost impos...
ROBBY WHITEHEAD Tonight came down to the last whistle and we are fortunate to have advanced. We had our hands full t...
TIM WHITEHEAD We didn't want to cry wolf. But I don't think the public generally realizes the predicament we're in...
RONALD WHITEHEAD I can't blame modern technology for my predilection for distraction, not after all the hours I've sp...
COLSON WHITEHEAD He might have been the best player among both teams. He is so strong on the puck. He's great at keep...
TIM WHITEHEAD And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all. The white race believes--believes with all...
COLSON WHITEHEAD There will be no redemption because the men who run this place do not want redemption. They want to ...
COLSON WHITEHEAD