Pete's Quote Files: C

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Quotes by people associated with the letter 'C'

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.
-James Branch Cabell


God put me on this Earth to accomplish certain things. Right now, I am so far behind, I will never die.
-Calvin


I try to make everyones life a little more surreal.
-Calvin


It's not denial... I'm just very selective about the reality I accept.
-Calvin


Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.
-Calvin


The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog.
-Calvin


Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and just be my friend.
-Albert Camus


You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.
-Al Capone


If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would invite him to dinner, hear what he had to say, and make fun of him.
-Thomas Carlyle


I'm not prepared to pursue my line of inquiry any longer as I think this is getting too silly!
-John Cleese


I am always willing to learn, however I do not always like to be taught.
-Winston Churchill


When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.
-Winston Churchill, On formal declarations of war


We all are worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm.
-Winston Churchill


A pessimist see the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist see the opportunity in every difficulty.
-Winston Churchill


The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
-Arthur C. Clarke


I've sometimes thought of marrying, and then I've thought again.
-Noel Coward, 1956


Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it.
-Seymour Cray, commenting on virtual memory.