It seems to me that the whole of human life can be summed up in the one statement that man only exists for the purpose of proving to himself every minute that he is a man and not an organ. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The cause of all our personal problems and nearly all the problems of the world can be summed up in a single sentence:Human life is very deep, and our modern dominant lifestyle is not. - Bo Lozoff
The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private liberty. - A.E. Samaan
Crime and punishment can be summed up in two classifications: there are bad people and there are people who get into bad situations. The lines for liberation and rehabilitation should first begin with the people who get into bad situations. - Johnnie Dent Jr.
The history of the failure of war can almost be summed up in two words: too late. - Douglas MacArthur
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. - Aristotle
The foreign policy aim of ants can be summed up as follows: restless aggression, territorial conquest, and genocidal annihilation of neighboring colonies whenever possible. If ants had nuclear weapons, they would probably end the world in a week. - Bert Hölldobler, Edward Wilson
The entire road trip could be summed up as one giant attempt to keep from crashing the car during fits of rage and fits of hysteria. - Kari Martindale
A sympathetic Scot summed it all up very neatly in the remark, "You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing." - Sir Arnold Bax
Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,--'Wait and hope'. - Alexandre Dumas
The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. - Ronald Reagan
My whole career can be summed up with 'Ignorance is bliss.' When you do not know better, you do not really worry about failing. - Jeff Foxworthy
Any flights would be taken business class, since Roger thought that the whole point of having money, if it had to be summed up in a single point, which it couldn't, but if you had to, the whole point of having a bit of money was not to have to fly scum class. - John Lanchester
Who says only long tedious novels are good to read when all that can be summed up in one line - Priyansh Shah
When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss; his accusations of himself are always believed; his praises never. - Michel de Montaigne