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Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.

Quote by Aristophanes about intelligence, wine, mind

If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem.

Quote by M. H. Abrams about body

Everything happens quickly, everyone's on the phone. He's hot, and then, He's not.

Quote by Kevin Bacon

Everyone's quick to blame the alien.

Quote by Aeschylus about opinion

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Quote by Aristotel about friendship, work

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

Quote by Aristotel about people, youth, hope

It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue.

Quote by George W. Bush

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.

Quote by George W. Bush about dictatorship, nation, peace

And yet a little tumult, now and then, is an agreeable quickener of sensation; such as a revolution, a battle, or an adventure of any lively description.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about adventure, revolution

Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about man, nothing, world

Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.

Quote by Iulius Cezar about wish, man

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

Quote by Jane Austen about life

When I started working the Houdini vein, very quickly I realized that escapism is always a charge leveled against comics: why would one want to waste time reading them? It all belonged together.

Quote by Michael Chabon about time

Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse.

Quote by Charles Dickens about man, life

I could produce spurts of speed and after taking up athletics I found myself running quite quickly over 400m.

Quote by Michael East about speed

You have to have your wits about you and think quickly on your feet.

Quote by Michael East

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak French, so there was little chance of us getting involved in any boring conversations - that's why we got married really quickly.

Quote by Sean Connery about wife, chance

Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so exciting.

Quote by Bill Gates about wealth, help, day