127 Reference Quotes

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn.

A few days ago I was in Eisenach and stood on top of the Wartburg, where a great German [Martin Luther] once translated the Bible.

This was for years the standard translation of Aristotle. It was reprinted in Great Books of the Western World (1952).

Brief biography at Kirjasto (Pegasos)

Charles Moore in his Introduction to George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation (1926), edited by Charles Moore, xi-xv.

Why Not the Best? (1975) [ISBN 0553101986]

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre, the source work from which most of these quotations are taken. This is a newly edited and updated version for ease of online reading, with fully restored typography conventions and author's phrasing to accurately reflect intended meaning of the original published work. Hyperlinks to external references have been introduced to help clarify unfamiliar terminology and offer background context about key personalities and events mentioned in the text.

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The End of Faith (2004), page 25[2]

The End of Faith (2004), page 16[2]

Letter to a Christian Nation (2006), page 23[8]

'Killing the Buddha' (2006)[9]

The End of Faith (2004), page 15[2]

The End of Faith (2004), page 21[2]

Letter to a Christian Nation (2006), pages 11-12[8]

The End of Faith (2004), page 17[2]

Letter to a Christian Nation (2006), page xii[8]

~Nina Burleigh, 'Forget About Christ, Get God out of Christmas First' (2005)[13]

Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.

'Mathematics and the Love of God: An Introduction to the thought of Simone Weil' by Scott Taylor (a PDF document)

Allen, Steve. Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion, and Morality (1990). ISBN 0879756381.

Allen, Steve. More Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion, & Morality (1993). ISBN 0879757361.

'Archbishop Huxley and Professor Manning'

Thomas Jefferson, letter to Benjamin Waterhouse, (June 26, 1822). Published in The Works of Thomas Jefferson in Twelve Volumes, Federal Edition, Paul Leicester Ford, ed., New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1904, Vol. 12, pp. 241-243.

Thomas Jefferson: Writings: Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / Addresses / Letters (1984, ISBN 0-940450-16-X) Library of America edition; see discussion of sources at [3]. There are numerous one-volume collections; this is perhaps the best place to start.

Jefferson, Thomas. Notes on the State of Virginia (1787), London: Stockdale. This was Jefferson's only book.

Smith, James Morton, ed. The Republic of Letters: The Correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, 1776-1826, 3 vols. (1995).

As quoted in 'Scots Are So Stylish.. And Ewan Mcgregor Looks Fab In A Kilt' by Maria Croce in The Daily Record (19 September 2007)

Dr. Frank Crane, Everyday Wisdom, (New York: Wm. H. Wise & Co., Copyright, 1927, Dr. Frank Crane).

Page 80.

Alexander V. Suvorov: Russian Field Marshal, 1729-1800

As quoted in Seeds of Peace : A Catalogue of Quotations (1986) by Jeanne Larson, Madge Micheels-Cyrus, p. 244

Allan-Olney, Mary. The private Life of Galileo: Compiled primarily from his correspondence and that of his eldest daughter, Sister Maria Celeste, (nun in the Franciscan convent of St. Matthew, in Arcetri), 1870, Boston : Nichols and Noyes. - Google Books

Brilliant Careers - 'Germaine Greer' profile at Salon

David Lindholm & Peter Svard, Sigmund Ringeck's Knightly Art of the Longsword, Paladin Press (2003), ISBN 1-58160-410-6

Richard Anthony Proctor, Astronomical Essays (1872), 'Sir John Herschel', p.1

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Rizal, Jose (1891, Ghent) El Filibusterismo (The Reign of Greed). English translation by Charles Derbyshire published 1912, Philippine Education Co., Manila.Etext available at Project Gutenberg

Zaide, Gregorio (2003), Jose Rizal: Life, Works and Writings of a Genius, Writer, Scientist and National Hero. National Bookstore, Manila. ISBN 9710805207

Biography, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Quoted in Representative Men: Uses of Great Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson

RichardBehar.com - Richard Behar's official home page

During the Famous 'Beer Truck' Episode of Raw before w:Wrestlemania XV, March 1999

Animal Crackers

Book III, ch. 2

Book II, ch. 16

Book II, ch. 17

Book II, ch. 13

Book II, ch. 12

The Dark Tower series

Watchmen # 1

Good Will Hunting (1997)

Duck Soup

See Moby-Dick

from 'Nam Hu':

Dudley Boyz

Book I, ch. 14

Book I, ch. 7

Book I, ch. 39

Book I, ch. 26

Book I, ch. 25

As quoted by Thomas Carlyle in 'Novalis' (1829)

Ali Khamenei

Tupac Resurrection (2003)

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