You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

Douglas Adams

Mostly Harmless

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Learning from mistakes Mistakes

Author

Douglas Adams

Source

Mostly Harmless

Medium

Novel

Genre

Science fiction

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Adams, Douglas. Mostly Harmless. William Heinemann/Harmony Books, 1992, ch. 11.

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Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other.

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Learning from mistakes Mistakes Life experience Learning Fools

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Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
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Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1743 1740s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1743.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1743." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices to be found only in the minds of men.

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Power of ideas Ideas
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Narrator (Twilight Zone)
Actor
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Source
The Twilight Zone
Medium
TV program
Genre
Science fiction (TV) Science fiction
Language
English
Time
1960 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street." The Twilight Zone, written by Rod Serling, directed by Ron Winston, season 1, episode 22, Cayuga Productions and CBS Television Network, 1960.

Another quote of the following type Joke

I've always wanted to be somebody. But I see now I should have been more specific.

Lily Tomlin

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

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Lily Tomlin

Author

Jane Wagner
Source
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
Medium
Play
Genre
Comedy (play)
Statement Type
Joke
Language
English
Time
1985 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Wagner, Jane. "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe." Performed by Lily Tomlin. 1985, Plymouth Theater, New York City, NY, USA.