Willard van Orman Quine (1908–2000) American philosopher and logician
Quine's response in 1988 when asked his philosophy of life. (He invented the word "agid".) It makes up the entire Chapter 54 in Quine in Dialogue (2008).
1980s and later
“They that govern the most make the least noise.”
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Table Talk (1689)
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Fables (1668–1679)
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“In love, the heart makes noise everywhere.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: In amore, il cuore fa rumore in ogni dove.
Source: prevale.net
“The best government is that which governs least.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
Motto of United States Magazine and Democratic Review. First used in introductory essay by editor John L. O'Sullivan in the premier issue (October, 1837, p. 6 http://books.google.com/books?id=HGtJAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA6&dq=%22governs+least%22). Attributed to Jefferson by Henry David Thoreau, this statement is cited in his essay on civil disobedience, but the quote has not been found in Jefferson's own writings. It is also commonly attributed to Thomas Paine, perhaps because of its similarity in theme to many of his well-documented expressions such as "Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one." <br class="br">Misattributed <br class="br">Variant: "That government is best which governs least"; reported in Paul F. Boller, Jr., and John George, They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, & Misleading Attributions (1989), p. 56
“Likely as not, the child you can do the least with will do the most to make you proud.”
Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist
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