Original Quotes

"To create man was a fine and original idea; but to add sheep was a tautology."
-Mark Twain

"Humanity takes itself too seriously. It's the world's original sin. If the caveman had known how to laugh, history would have been different."
-Oscar Wilde

"Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience and rebellion that progress has been made."
-Oscar Wilde

"Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everybody I've ever known."
-Chuck Palahniuk

"A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times."
-Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions."
-Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats."
-Howard Aiken

"In short, intelligence, considered in what seems to be its original feature, is the faculty of manufacturing artificial objects, especially tools to make tools, and of indefinitely urging the manufacture."
-Henri Bergson

"Version 3.0 of the M2 Resource CD is like the Business Class M2 product line itself: it's a great improvement on an industry-leading original."
-Jonathan Randall

"With The Closer leading the charge this summer, TNT has firmly established itself as one cables top player in the original series arena."
-Steve Koonin

"I was told I had an overabundance of original sin."
-Susan Sarandon

"Mutants have always been dear to the heart of Devo. One of our earliest influences was the original Island of Lost Souls , ... The whole thing was frightening and unnatural and disturbing."
-Mark Mothersbaugh

"The layout of the original home was confining in the sense that each room could not be expanded to gain square footage. Building up was the only option."
-Jim Kuhn

"The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards."
-Arthur Koestler

"The original goal of the committee was to clarify the existing language."
-Rep Kathleen Curry

"Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills."
-David Mamet

"I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being original, is the very thing that's making me successful."
-Shania Twain

"I lost a copy of the Beatles' White album on vinyl with the original release date."
-Stephanie Regan

"We're going to restore the original part of the building, not so that it is historically correct, but for other uses."
-Michael Chetcuti

"Give yourself an even greater challenge than the one you are trying to master and you will develop the powers necessary to overcome the original difficulty."
-William Bennett

"Hiring consultants to do these studies seems to have nothing to do with the original purpose of the panel. We're concerned about the direction the panel is taking."
-Barbara Ward

"It is better to be good than to be original."
-Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

"Refreshingly original, bracingly adult, and thoroughly delightful, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES is like the answer to a TV prayer you didn't know you'd made."
-Robert Bianco

"She's the original stealth candidate. It was a shrewd choice for Bush. If you can't ram somebody through who's got a higher profile, you do an end run around the opposition."
-Ross Baker

"So hackers start original, and get good, and scientists start good, and get original."
-Paul Graham

"Our original fans really had a hard time. But then we gained a whole slew of brand-new fans that outweighed the initial fans."
-Neal Schon

"In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation. A jazz musician, if he plays someone else's song, has a responsibility to make a distinct and original statement."
-Todd Boyd

"The chapter issued a new charter from SAE. They were also presented with the original charter [used before the suspension]. The men in the chapter now are listed as the Founding Fathers in the charter."
-Buck Cooke