1668 Quotes & Sayings

To maintain peace in the future it is necessary to be prepared for war. — Ulysses S. Grant

What Reason weaves, by Passion is undone. — Alexander Pope

The theologian Meric Casaubon argued - in his 1668 book, Of Credulity and Incredulity - that witches must exist because, after all, everyone believes in them. Anything that a large number of people believe must be true. — Carl Sagan

Collecting and hoarding seem to be about the loss of others, while philanthropy and de-accessioning are more about the impending loss of self. (Whoever dies with the most toys actually loses.) — Douglas Coupland

The hate directed against the colored people here in St. Louis has always given me a sad feeling because when I was a little girl I remember the horror of the East St. Louis race riot. — Josephine Baker

I was actually raised around a lot of children. So, I'm very comfortable around children. — Nick Cannon

All the nightmares that had ever plagued a woman alone in the dark loomed in her mind. — Nora Roberts

She wanted to crawl into his pocket and be safe forever. — F Scott Fitzgerald

By a twist of fate rather than anything approaching journalistic enterprise, I did the last major interview with Johnny Carson. — Tom Shales