What a pity, when Christopher Colombus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.

—Margot Asquith

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About Margot Asquith

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Emma Alice Margaret Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith, née Tennant (; 2 February 1864 – 28 July 1945), known as Margot Asquith, was a British socialite and author. She was married to British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith from 1894 to his death in 1928. Known for her wit,...

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A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.

—Milton Berle

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It is bad luck to be superstitious.

—Andrew W. Mathis

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I look at the politics of this country as a game that is played on the people, this illusion of choice. It's interesting that the important things have been reduced in number: oil companies, communications, pharmaceuticals, insurance, banking, accounting, all these firms have been merged and reduced. The choices are very limited. But if you want a bagel, we've got twenty-six flavors. There are four hundred kinds of mustard in this country. These are the illusions of choice. I don't really think choice is here to any substantive degree.

—George Carlin

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A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

—George Bernard Shaw

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In the next voyage of the Mayflower, after she carried the Pilgrims, she was employed in transporting a cargo of slaves from Africa.

—Nathaniel Hawthorne

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