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Old men, for the most part, are like old chronicles that give you dull but true accounts of times past, and are worth knowing only on that score. -- Alexander Pope
MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people's beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later. -- Ambrose Bierce
It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena. -- William Whewell
If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers. -- Doris Day
I believe that evolution is a true account of nature, but I think we should try to escape it or transcend it in our society. -- Peter Thiel
True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of the people in the tale. -- Harold Brodkey
In America, we no longer have an institutionalized, organized way of calling business to task - of taking them to account for what they've done - and this is especially true in the cultural realm. -- Thomas Frank
This Department of Treasury, run by this administration, using the same tried and true accounting methods that every business in America uses, cast new light on the fiscal severity that our Nation is facing, what some would call a mess. -- Jim Costa
We represent people, and any good congressperson wants to know how their people at home feel about issues. I can tell you for sure in our office that is taken into account, and that is true for any congresspersons I know. -- Charlie Norwood
Evolution was far more thrilling to me than the biblical account. Who would not rather be a rising ape than a falling angel? To my juvenile eyes, Darwin was proved true every day. It doesn't take much to make us flip back into monkeys again. -- Terry Pratchett
The rich pay more in total taxes now than ever before - ever. It's true. Just like it's true that when the rich are convinced they're going to be taxed more, they spend less. And when the top few percenters don't spend, there goes all your spending, because they account for half of all retail spending. -- Neil Cavuto
Put them in position to make their wishes come true, so they can have multiple accounts that gain interest over night. -- Ludacris
That Book, the Bible, accounts for the supremacy of England. England has become great & happy by the knowledge of the true God through Jesus Christ. -- Queen Victoria

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