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Josh Billings Quotes

The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: american
Birth: April 21, 1818 - October 14, 1885

Topics

People Trouble Know Much

I'd always been on the giving end of music and creating.

Music End Giving Creating Always

Taxation is probably one of the biggest problems this state is facing, especially in Cook County. I think Cook County is one of the counties a lot of people don't want to live in anymore.

Live People Problems Think Want

Do we have to regulate derivatives? Yes, we do. 'Cause when I did this in my investments, frankly, no one knew who could pay who. But derivatives have an important place in our economy.

Place Important Economy Pay Yes Who

Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.

Life Live Morning End Look Dream

My past makes me an insider, but my profession makes me an outsider. A writer always stands outside to report on reality.

Past Me Reality Outside Always

If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters... nobody except me.

Steve Prefontaine

Good Day Good Day Me Nobody Race

It's a bit weird; everybody is trying to be different, but then they're exactly the same as whatever mob they hang out with.

Be Different Weird Trying Whatever

The fact that wealthy people or people from privileged backgrounds may wind up in a violent terrorist organization is not new.

People Wind Organization New Up May

You can look at history of these things, and Social Security wasn't devised to be a system that supported you for a 30-year retirement after a 25-year career... So there will be things that, you know, the retirement age has to be changed, maybe some of the benefits have to be affected, maybe some of the inflation adjustments have to be revised.

Lloyd Blankfein

Age History Retirement You Look

We all need to take a deep breath and think about being a Bush daughter and having that cross to bear. I'd go out and have a couple of drinks too.

Daughter Deep Think Go Bear Need

Pena Nieto is a product of the two television networks that groomed him for power and then propelled him to the presidency.

Power Television Product Him Two

I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to be a model.

Actress Model Wanted

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