Misattributed Quotes

There is nothing like a retired KGB agent.

I have taken England with both my hands.

Well, what do you think? Am I he?

Stick to your own grammar, my lord, for it is much better.

I sent my ships against men, not against the seas.

I would carry the wood to burn my own son with, were he as wicked as you.

I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm than a man who knows everything.

I know of no other single thing that does so much to broaden the mind and enlarge the understanding as travel.

I can do a tremendous lot of work in a short time if I want to.

In the 21st century, the most important skill will be the ability to learn, unlearn, and relearn.

If one day, my words are against science, choose science.

We are not shooting enough professors.

A great nation is like a great man: When he makes a mistake, he realizes it. Having realized it, he admits it. Having admitted it, he corrects it. He considers those who point out his faults as his most benevolent teachers. He thinks of his enemies a…

He who recognizes the One Lord through all, is a true Brahmin.

Let those who have been serving as mercenaries for small pay now obtain the eternal reward.

People condemned to the games or the mines should be branded in the hands or calves, not the face, which is formed in the image of the heavenly Son.

God wanted to tell us don't be surprised when people are traitors to you.

There may be babblers, wholly ignorant of mathematics, who dare to condemn my hypothesis, upon the authority of some part of the Bible twisted to suit their purpose. I value them not, and scorn their unfounded judgment.

When a liberal is abused, he says, 'Thank God they didn't beat me.' When he is beaten, he thanks God they didn't kill him. When he is killed, he will thank God that his immortal soul has been delivered from its mortal clay.

Who created light and darkness? Who created sleep and waking?