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Quote by George Ade

“Early to bed and early to rise, and you'll meet very few of the best people.”

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George Ade was an American writer born on February 9, 1866, and died on May 16, 1944. He is one of the representatives of American humorous literature, known for his unique humorous style and satirical techniques. more

“My God, the suburbs! They encircled the city's boundaries like enemy territory and we thought of them as a loss of privacy, a cesspool of conformity and a life of indescribable dreariness in some split-level village where the place name appeared in the New York Times only when some bored housewife blew off her head with a shotgun.”

Source: John Cheever: Collected Stories and Other Writings

“It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.”

Giving Individual Mass Labor Salvation Noble Approval

Author:Dag Hammarskjold

“Note that both of these papers [the New York Post and the New York Daily News] are big sellers in a city whose residents like to go around saying they'd never live anyplace else on account of they'd miss the opera.”

Bigs Cities Modern Missing New York Paper News Accounts Notes Posts Opera Papers Modern Life Residents Sellers Daily News

Author:Dave Barry

“I'm gonna put all my money into taxes. They're sure to go up.”

Modern Taxes Modern Life

Book:You can say that again, Sam! The choice wit and wisdom of Sam Levenson

Source: You can say that again, Sam! The choice wit and wisdom of Sam Levenson

“Ecology is boring for the same reason that destruction is fun.”

Reason Fun Modern Destruction Boring Ecology Modern Life

Author:Don DeLillo

“I love to watch those old movies on late-night television, particularly when a couple get up from a champagne dinner in a posh restaurant and the hero hands the waiter $3. But the best part is when he says, "Keep the change."”

Hands Night Watches Modern Television Couple Hero Late Dinner Get Up Restaurants Modern Life Champagne Waiter Late Night Old Movie Posh

Author:Robert Orben

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