“The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.”
“What I'm not saying is that all government spending is bad. It's not - far, far from it, but there is no free lunch, as a former colleague of mine used to say. There is no public tooth fairy. Father Christmas does not work on the Treasury staff this year. You can never bail someone out of trouble wi”
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| Hermann Ebbinghaus, Psychologist (1850) |
| Adrian Edmondson, Actor (1957) |
| Gennifer Flowers, Celebrity (1950) |
| John Garamendi, Politician (1945) |
| David Gerrold, Writer (1944) |
| Gianni Agnelli, Businessman (2003) |
| William Barclay, Theologian (1978) |
| Martin Delany, Soldier (1885) |
| Rebecca Latimer Felton, Writer (1930) |
| David Gill, Scientist (1914) |
| Winston Churchill, Statesman (1965) |