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No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise, they grow careful.
—Ernest Hemingway
Write drunk. Edit sober.
—Ernest Hemingway
All I’m gonna do is just go on and do what I feel.
—Jimi Hendrix
If I’m free, it’s because I’m always running.
—Jimi Hendrix
The cabin of a small yacht is truly a wonderful thing; not only will it shelter you from a tempest, but from the other troubles in life, it is a safe retreat.
—L. Francis Herreshoff
A gun in the hands of a bad man is a very dangerous thing. A gun in the hands of a good person is no danger to anyone except the bad guys.
—Charleton Heston
Always take a stand for what is right. And if you end up standing alone, then dammit, stand alone.
—James Hilton / Cowboy
The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.
—Augustine Hippo
The only way to get a good crew is to marry one.
—Eric Hiscock
I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.
—Christopher Hitchens
There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies.
—C. a. R. Hoar
Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.
—Babs Hoffman
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes
None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after thought. Eat the delicious food. Walk in the sunshine. Jump in the ocean. Say the truth that you’re carrying in your heart like hidden treasure. Be silly. Be kind. Be weird. There’s no time for anything else.
—Anthony Hopkins
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
—Vernon Howard
It seems like the less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag.
—Kin Hubbard
And then we have political correctness, which is a joy that is the other side of health and safety: health and safety is the small oppression of our physical movement, and so we can't do anything without permission from the state. And political correctness is the oppression of our intellectual movement, so no one says anything anymore, in case somebody else gets offended.
—Steve Hughes
The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior ‘righteous indignation’ — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.
—Aldous Huxley
To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.
—Aldous Huxley
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
—Aldous Huxley
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