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Famous quotes containing the word lowest:

    We are put there beside the three thieves
    for the lowest of us all
    deserve to smile in eternity
    like a watermelon.
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    Great abilites are not requisite for an Historian; for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent. He has facts ready to his hand; so there is no exercise of invention. Imagination is not required in any degree; only about as much as is used in the lowest kinds of poetry. Some penetration, accuracy, and colouring, will fit a man for the task, if he can give the application which is necessary.
    Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    When you’re right in the market, it’s the best high you can imagine. It’s a high without any alcohol. When you’re wrong, it’s the lowest low you can imagine.
    Michelle Miller (b. c. 1950)