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There is nothing so wrong as accepting a thing merely because men who have done things say it should be so.

The injury which may possibly be done by defeating a few good laws, will be amply compensated by the advantage of preventing a number of bad ones.

If I had been a member of the academic establishment, I could have done other experiments.

How can he possibly be humble? He hasn't done anything yet.

Somebody has to have the last word. If not, every argument could be opposed by another and we'd never be done with it.

Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers. Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn't done too badly.

In all the horror films that I have done, all of those women were strong women. I don't feel I ever played the victim, although I was always in jeopardy.

Ten thousand times I've done my best and all's to do again.

I was always told from the hat-makers that you should have your hair up because it shows the hat more. It feels more 'done' when your hair is up.

Leave undone whatever you hesitate to do.

There are three levels of service. The highest level is that of one who performs good deeds the whole day and yet feels that he has not acheived anything. The second level is someone who, though he has not done anything, knows that he has not corrected anything in this world. This is good, and there is hope for him that he might correct his ways. However, someone who is righteous in his own eyes deceived himself all his life; his good deeds will be lost.

Nothing was ever done so systematically as nothing is being done now.

Defeat will help you. I've been there and done that. I shook it off and came back stronger. It's nothing to be scared about.

Just to paint is great fun ... Try it if you have not done so - before you die.

If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well. It were done quickly.

When an action is once done, it is right or wrong for ever; no accidental failure of its good or evil fruits can possibly alter that.

I had this thought a while ago, "My darling cannot understand What I have done, or what would do In this blind bitter land." And I grew weary of the sun

Some tribes of birds will relieve and rear up the young and helpless, of their own and other tribes, when abandoned.

Not only I lost what I had in the ship, but from the captain and the company generally what was good or worth the taking was carried away; all which was done unknown to the emperor.

Wherever men do things, other men will arise who will explain to them how things should be done.

I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done.

I've turned down a lot of arena dates because I've done the big-arena thing. Now, I want to do something where people can feel me and I can feel them.

Las Vegas and I both grew up together, and all of a sudden I was doing things that no performer had ever done before.

We hear so many records these days that are done with click tracks, as opposed to a drummer.

If you gave me $100 billion and said take away the soft drink leadership of Coca-Cola in the world, I'd give it back to you and say it can't be done.