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As has often been said, a ship is like a lady's watch, always out of repair.

Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (2001). “Two Years Before the Mast”, p.15, Digital Scanning Inc

I have often said that I am a passionate Darwinian when it comes to explaining why we exist.

"Religion and Atheism". "Q&A" with Tony Jones, www.abc.net.au. April 9, 2012.

One of our statesmen said, "The curse of this country is eloquent men."

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.38, Harvard University Press

The unsaid part is the best of every discourse.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred R. Ferguson (1965). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume V: 1835-1838”, p.51, Harvard University Press

Nothing before you counts,” he said. “And I can’t even imagine an after.

Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell Collection: Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, Landline, and Carry On”, p.213, St. Martin's Griffin

Even God is said to be unable to use force against necessity.

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

The trees are coming into leaf Like something almost being said.

Philip Larkin (2012). “Philip Larkin: Letters to Monica”, Faber & Faber

Why did you choose to stay here?" (...) "I don't know," he said. "It's as if there's more oxygen here.

Paolo Giordano (2009). “The Solitude of Prime Numbers”, p.283, Random House

What is said of man is nothing; the point is, who says it.

Oscar Wilde (1999). “De Profundis: The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Writings”, p.102, Wordsworth Editions

I have always said, in my own rise in the leadership, please don't ever ask anybody to vote for me because I'm a woman.

"Nancy Pelosi on her own glass ceiling and Hillary Clinton’s". "PBS NewsHour" with Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. July 26, 2016.