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TV program · Crime (TV) · Drama (TV) · Crime · Drama

You come at the king, you best not miss.

Omar Little

The Wire · 2002

★ 7.7

Speech · Presidential farewell address · Political speech

This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience... We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

1961

★ 6.9

Scripture · Religious literature

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Jesus

Matthew 7:15 · 60

★ 5.5

Scientific literature · Psychological literature

If the only tool you have is a hammer, it is tempting to treat everything as if it were a nail.

Abraham Maslow

The Psychology of Science · 1966

★ 5.2

Play · History (play) · Tragedy (play)

If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.

William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar · 1599

★ 4.0

Novel · Children's literature · Adventure novel

Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.

Mark Twain

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · 1884

★ 3.9

Play · History (play)

You tread upon my patience.

William Shakespeare

Henry IV, Part 1 · 1597

★ 3.6

Children's literature

Don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your father had an accident there, he was put into a pie by Mrs. McGregor.

Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Peter Rabbit · 1902

★ 2.9

Novel · Children's literature

You’ll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that.

Roald Dahl

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator · 1972

★ 2.0

Play · History (play) · Tragedy (play)

Beware the ides of March.

William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar · 1599

★ 1.9

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