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Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.

Topics: Years, Long, Greed, Politicians And Politics, Funny Politician

quote politics it seems to me for years or all too long has been concerned with right or left richard armour Quotes

That money talks, I'll not deny, I heard it once: It said, 'Goodbye'.

Topics: Goodbye, Money, Good Bye, Money Talks, Armour

Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin skinned people.

Topics: Beauty, Beautiful, People, Skin Deep, Being Beautiful

It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then.

Topics: Inspirational, Letting Go, Now And Then, Armour

Libraries: Here is where people, one frequently finds, lower their voices, and raise their minds.

source: - Richard Armour (1961). “A Safari Into Satire”

Topics: Voice, People, Mind, Libraries And Librarians, Armour

Rockefeller made his money in oil, which he discovered at the bottom of wells. Oil was considered crude in those days, but so was Rockefeller. Now both are considered quite refined.

Topics: Oil, Made, Crude

Shakespeare, who never could think up a plot by himself, found this one [Macbeth] in Holinshed's Chronicles, changing it just enough so that no one would recognize the source. He didn't count on the resourcefulness of modern scholars, who have to discover things like this to become associate professors.

source: - Richard Armour, William Shakespeare (1957). “Twisted Tales from Shakespeare, in which Shakespeare's Best-known Plays are Presented in a New Light: The Old Light Having Blown a Fuse; Together with Introductions, Questions, Appendices, and Other Critical Apparatus Intended to Contribute to a Clearer Misunderstanding of the Subject”, new American Library of Canada

Topics: Thinking, History, Plot, Resourcefulness, Chronicles

Rather than earn money, it was Thoreau's idea to reduce his wants so that he would not need to buy anything. As he went around preaching this ingenious idea, the shopkeepers of Concord hoped he would drop dead.

Topics: Money, Ideas, Want, Shopkeepers

[Beowolf] is considered an epic because of its long speeches, its digressions, its repetition, and its being required.

Topics: Art, Epic, Long, Long Speeches

(Francis) Bacon's best known writings are his essays. They are loved for many reasons, such as their being so short.

Topics: Art, Writing, Entertainment

[John Foster Dulles] invented Brinkmanship, the most popular game since Monopoly.

Topics: Games, Monopoly

In such novels as This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald depicts the spirit of the hour which is usually about 4 a.m. His suave young men, always commuting between Princeton and The Plaza in Stutz Bearcats never sat still for long. It was too uncomfortable, with a large flask in the hip pocket.

Topics: Art, Men, Long, Suave, Commuting

The hand is quicker than the eye is, but somewhat slower than the fly is.