Statement Quotes

"Absurdity, n.: A statement or b...

"Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion." — Ambrose Bierce
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I was wondering if I could receive help in finding a specific quote? The one I'm referring to cov...

I was wondering if I could receive help in finding a specific quote? The one I'm referring to covers hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic, ending with the statement that a German man had enough in his savings to purchase a train ticket home and a length of rope to hang himself. Could anybody help?
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"A question opens the mind, a statement closes the...

"A question opens the mind, a statement closes the mind. When you say I can't afford it, your mind shuts down, and you become what you say." -Robert Kiyosaki
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“Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at com...

“Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about about mission statements.” — Peter Gibbons
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“I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be pur...

“I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had—as I now think—vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done.” John Brown's statement before he was executed on December 2, 1859
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"If you are willing to look at another person’s behavior toward you as a reflection o...

"If you are willing to look at another person’s behavior toward you as a reflection of the state of their relationship with themselves rather than a statement about your value as a person, then you will, over a period of time cease to react at all." --Yogi Bhajan
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"If a 'religion' is defined to be a system of ideas that contains unprova...

"If a 'religion' is defined to be a system of ideas that contains unprovable statements, then Gödel taught us that mathematics is not only a religion, it is the only religion that can prove itself to be one." - John D. Barrow
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Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at comput...

Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about mission statements! —Peter Gibbons, Office Space
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“One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian e...

“One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive.” ― Hannah Arendt
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"The less one makes declarative sta...

"The less one makes declarative statements, the less likely one is to look foolish in retrospect." -Chester Rush
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"A question opens the ...

"A question opens the mind. A statement closes the mind." -Robert Kiyosaki
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"If you are willing to look at another person’s behavior toward you as a reflection o...

"If you are willing to look at another person’s behavior toward you as a reflection of the state of their relationship with themselves rather than a statement about your value as a person, then you will, over a period of time cease to react at all." - Yogi Bhajan
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"The opposite of a correct statement is a fals...

"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." — Niels Bohr
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We have not laid a secure foundation for any statement on ...

We have not laid a secure foundation for any statement on this subject unless we have made it clear that "women's rights" are identical with "human rights". -Catherine H. Dall, 1867
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Like my old grand daddy used to say, "The les...

Like my old grand daddy used to say, "The less a man makes declarative statements, the less apt he is to look foolish in retrospect" - Chester
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“The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots i...

“The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people don’t like that statement, but few can argue with it.” ― Carl Sagan
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"Think about this. There are billions of habitable earth like world's out there in the galaxy, ...

"Think about this. There are billions of habitable earth like world's out there in the galaxy, and yet we are alone. Think about this. There are billions of habitable earth like world's in the galaxy, we are not alone. There are others. One these of statements is true." Professor Brian Cox.
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"As my daddy used to say "The fewer declarative statem...

"As my daddy used to say "The fewer declarative statements a man makes the less likely he is to look foolish in retrospect."" Tarantino's character Chester in Four Rooms.
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"The opposite of a correct statement is a false...

"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. " ---Niels Bohr
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Those are both true statements, but...

Those are both true statements, but I don't like the way you're connecting them. —Eric Bemis, Santa Clarita Diet
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A statement of f...

A statement of fact cannot be insolent. —Orac, Blake's 7
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“The opposite of a true statement is a false...

“The opposite of a true statement is a false statement, but the opposite of a profound truth is usually another profound truth.” -Niels Bohr
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To 'explain' obesity by overeating is as illu...

To 'explain' obesity by overeating is as illuminating a statement as an 'explanation' of alcoholism by chronic overdrinking." Jean Mayer 1954
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“It was weird because hip-hop was becoming this force, then grunge music stopp...

“It was weird because hip-hop was becoming this force, then grunge music stopped it for one second, ya know? Those ‘hair bands’ were too easy for us to take out; when Kurt Cobain came with that statement it was like, ‘We got to wait awhile.'”
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"The opposite of a correct statement is a fals...

"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." - Niels Bohr
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"I dispute your statement that it took us long for that statement, because it is...

"I dispute your statement that it took us long for that statement, because it is us who determine the timing and agenda of our statements, nobody else. So I don’t know what is late [or] is early to you." - EU Commision spokesman Margaritis Schinas
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“A fit, healthy body—t...

“A fit, healthy body—that is the best fashion statement” ― Jess C. Scott
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"The most elementary and valuable ...

"The most elementary and valuable statement in science, the beginning of wisdom is, I do not know" - Mr. Data.
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