Lenny Bruce Quotes

If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses.

Lenny Bruce

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: comedian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 13, 1925 - August 3, 1966

Topics

ChildrenSchoolYearsLittleBeen

When I look back, I can see why people thought I was aggressive. My first single, 'Do It Like A Dude,' resulted in a lot of misconceptions about me. I'm confident - but I'm not arrogant.

Jessie J

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I love where I'm from. I love the landscape because it is so beautiful, and I also love the people of my community, the people whose stories I'm trying to tell.

Jesmyn Ward

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I've always been the long-term relationship, go-home-and-meet-mom girl.

Sophia Bush

GirlRelationshipAlwaysLong-Term

Radical Islam has been the foe of Christendom for centuries.

Tom Tancredo

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There is an interesting scientific dispute about realism and optimism. Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out.

Martin Seligman

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Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

Denis Diderot

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Everyone is a proponent of strong encryption.

Dorothy Denning

StrongEveryoneEncryptionProponent

Whether it's t-shirt and jeans or full monster suit, I'm still an actor underneath it all, and a good director is going to know that.

Doug Jones

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People say the 'Lost Generation' in a romantic sense, but I think it was tragic. They were really lost.

Corey Stoll

RomanticPeopleThinkGenerationSay

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

Chuck Jones

CharacterMeEachTraitResides

I have always felt that it's a little artificial to divide the sciences and the arts on college campuses.

Anthony Doerr

CollegeAlwaysLittleArtsDivide

When we get together and rehearse, which is always living with each other, we always talk about what would make it better, what would mean more, what would say more. So we're always improving and growing.

Alice Cooper

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