Bertrand Russell declared that, in case he met God, he would say to Him, "Sir, you did not give us enough information." I would add to that, "All the same, Sir, I'm not persuaded that we did the best we could with the information we had. Toward the end there, anyway, we had tons of information.
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CORRIE TEN BOOM A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON We had less than 72 hours from the time he notified us to when he posted information [about the vuln... MIKE SCHROEPFER The Bible consistently and directly indicates that when we give generously, we're serving, honoring,... CRAIG GROESCHEL We'll do our best to get the right information out. We would not want to mislead the public. EILEEN LARKIN We dream that we're all different. The reality is that we're all not. ANTHONY T. HINCKS There was no further comment on air at that point in time because we did not have further informatio... CAMERON BLANCHARD Everybody had pieces of information, but nobody had all the information. We have to do a better job ... KATHY KLEIN I've been intrigued by this question of whether we could evolve or develop a sixth sense - a sen... PATTIE MAES We hypostatize information into objects. 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WIMAR WITOELAR That would be useful information so we could judge whether the sensitivity programs that the law-enf... DANICA JAMISON When we had highly sensitive information, the DNA on the dress, that was held within our office and ... KEN STARR We received information that he was in the Roosevelt Homes where he frequents. Our officers went the... CAPT. LENZIE STEWART We mostly feel fearful because we feel powerless. We feel powerless, I contend, because of a style o... PATRICIA SUN We know that there are people out there with specific information about this crime that could crack ... MARSH MYERS He was gone and did not have time to tell him what I had just now realized: that I forgave him, and ... JOHN GREEN It's something we didn't know about, but he came forward with the information, so I commend him for ... BILLY BEANE He used our computer a couple of times. We did give that up so they can see if they can't get any ty... LEO STUDABAKER Well, he did what he had to do. Whatever Kurt feels good about tonight. I wouldn't have done that to... MATT KENSETH We had information, lab tests, showing that cement kiln dust did not leach. Only through time and ex... BOB WAGNER At that point in time (last year), the mayor had no information about these allegations. We were not... GEORGE TWIGG Most of all, we remain focused on our Rock that never moves. CRAIG GROESCHEL We were able to stop him and attempted to ID him. The information he gave us was false. WILLIAM HARPER All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD The work of Christ on the cross did not influence God to love us, did not increase that love by one ... A.W. TOZER He (Lester Russell) did more there to keep the place up than we asked him to. BARRY BELL We had information that the items from the burglary were taken back to that residence. DETECTIVE DAWN NEER The misconception is that the management does not care about the shareholders, and if they did, they... JASON SCHROTBERGER I sat with him for three hours and we did not exchange a single word. At the end he handed me, as he... EVA BRAUN I could have shared with all of the trustees that we had a deficit but (at that moment) we didn't ha... DEBBIE CAVALIERE He would always tell us to never let our guard down. At times, we would tell him, 'You're so uptight... KATE ACHTER Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but... KURT VONNEGUT We are not living in information age, we are living in the age of information overload. LALIT BHOJWANI Carpenter did an amazing job, ... We all knew he had had a couple of bad outings. But there was no d... REGGIE SANDERS I'm already gone. I died that night on the side of that road with my sister. TRISHA LEAVER Perfection isn't everything," she said as she turned and walked away. "I think the flaws are what ma... TRISHA LEAVER With her I'd buried myself, every memory of who I was now, six feet under with the sister I'd put th... TRISHA LEAVER We may not get to choose how we die, but we can chose how we live. The universe may for... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. Unlike memories, which are fossils, long ... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON We hate Simple Minds. They were no.1 in our Top Five Bands or Musicians who will have to be shot com... NICK HORNBY So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. CRAIG GROESCHEL The debate is not finished. 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KURT VONNEGUT There was a still life on Billy's bedside table-two pills, an ashtray with three lipstick-stained ci... KURT VONNEGUT The book was Maniacs in the Fourth Dimension, by Kilgore Trout. It was about people whose mental dis... KURT VONNEGUT There is one other book, that can teach you everything you need to know about life... it's The Broth... KURT VONNEGUT All this happened, more or less. KURT VONNEGUT Here's the news: I am going to sue the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company, manufacturers of Pall... KURT VONNEGUT Only in books do we learn what’s really going on. KURT VONNEGUT The truth is, we know so little about life, we don't really know what the good news is and what the ... KURT VONNEGUT Life is no way to treat an animal. KURT VONNEGUT A saint is a person who behaves decently in a shockingly indecent society. KURT VONNEGUT To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it. KURT VONNEGUT In case you haven't noticed, as the result of a shamelessly rigged election in Florida, in which tho... KURT VONNEGUT I wanted all things To seem to make some sense, So we could all be happy, yes, Instea... KURT VONNEGUT Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transve... KURT VONNEGUT Do you realize that all great literature is all about what a bummer it is to be a human being? Isn't... KURT VONNEGUT I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different. KURT VONNEGUT And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'I... KURT VONNEGUT Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got t... KURT VONNEGUT If somebody says 'I love you' to me, I feel as though I had a pistol pointed at my head. What can an... KURT VONNEGUT All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist. 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