Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the people and who, to say the most of them, are, taken as a mass, at least one long step removed from honest men
Abraham Lincoln
Related Professors of literature, who for the most part are genteel but mediocre men, can make but a poor de... YVOR WINTERS You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES I am of the opinion that all who can should vote for the most intelligent, honest, and conscientious... GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE It is to such men as Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson and Jackson and Franklin, all most lowly born, th... JOSEPH PULITZER For some reason, voters can be brainwashed, and they vote sometimes against their own best interests... JOYCE CAROL OATES The scientific method gives us
information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
can... LEWIS N. ROE The scientific method gives us
information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
can... LEWIS N. ROE There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exac... F. MURRAY ABRAHAM As far back as history records people thinking, thinking people
have been befuddled by the mysteries... LEWIS N. ROE I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Mountains have a decent influence on men. I have never met along the trails of the high mountains a ... WILLIAM ORVILLE DOUGLAS She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life... CHARLES BUKOWSKI So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Our listening interests are very different from the interests of the Central Valley or East Bay. BRUCE BAUM Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all men who would mount, but esp... BENJAMIN DISRAELI The wiser of men are those who learn from mistakes without actually making them. CHARLES M FORD II The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest... H. L. MENCKEN The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest... HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN Loving someone who never loved you, is like remembering a face you never saw. No matter how har... RATISH EDWARDS The Congress is virtually incapable of passing any reforms unless they first get permission from the... AL GORE Some anti-natalist positions are founded on either a dislike of children or on the interests of adul... DAVID BENATAR Corruption isn't a natural disaster. It is the cold, calculated theft of opportunity from the men, w... DAVID NUSSBAUM Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people. CHARLES DE SECONDAT I mean that at least 80% of the Russian people feel destitute. It's the people who had their past an... ALEKSANDR LEBED The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it. ANDREW CARNEGIE At every step of the way, George W. Bush has put the narrow interests of the few ahead of the intere... JOHN KERRY Most of the men and women who vote in Congress each year to continue subsidies have taken campaign d... BILL MCKIBBEN We die a day at a time BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Opinions have vested interests just as men have. SAMUEL BUTLER One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear ... ANNA COOPER Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almight... HAROLD HOLZER Men are often biased in their judgment on account of their sympathy and their interests. GEORGE WILLIAM NORRIS Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect ... THOMAS HARRIS One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear ... ANNA JULIA COOPER Donald Trump has courageously taken on the entrenched special interests who sought to suppress the w... PAUL NEHLEN The biggest problem that we have is that California is being run now by special interests. All of th... ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER For twelve honest men have decided the cause, Who are judges alike of the facts and the laws WILLIAM PULTENEY The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their pas... GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C. People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to ... MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to ... MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN The Arts, Hobbies, Interests and Pastimes, have served as a measurement of a civilized society over ... ALASTAIR R. AGUTTER I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone... I'm just saying that I'm one-of-a-kind. C LIONG I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone... I'm just saying that I'm one-of-a-kind. C LIONG Conservation is not without its critics and opposition. There are a lot of special interests that do... DOUGLAS TOMPKINS One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who have only interests. JOHN STUART MILL Even the most evil of men and women, if you understand their hearts, had some generous act that rede... ORSON SCOTT CARD I think most corporate executives are good honorable honest men and women who do good work. DON NICKLES Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shr... WASHINGTON IRVING The sweetest thing that can happen to a debtor is to see his debts fully paid SOTONYE ANGA Life is short, and that's why, I don't test people; because we all fail tests sometimes, but that is... C. JOYBELL C. Our Government is corrupted with politicians who make money off of the labor of honest men, so who i... ANTHONY I. LANE The men the American public admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest... H. L. MENCKEN Good men who exercise power are really the most fascinating of all people. JOHN KEEGAN Dedication and enthusiams are the greatest rewards for learning ISABEL RAMOS But then, he thought, most politicians are small and shabby, the sort of people who have been bullie... ANTHONY HOROWITZ I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES A tiny little baby!' says Tam. 'People look at me like I'm an animal. People who don't know me judge... JON RONSON Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought. KWAME NKRUMAH Aside from my work, my interests lie in the arts and in world affairs. TORSTEN WIESEL Always Be Ready For Anything that Comes: Bananas, Chips, College, an Opportunity, so when it does yo... DANIEL OJEDA There will be things I won't tell you ever , Then there will be things that you won't ever lis... RATISH EDWARDS I wish I could see you some day, Just for a moment, just see you, I wish I could h... RATISH EDWARDS It's natural to fear death, as a conscious, thinking being - it's the literal end of you. I'm not ev... EXO BOOKS To those who have neither public nor private affections, the excitements of life are much curtailed,... JOHN STUART MILL Our authors and scholars are generally men of business, and make their literary pursuits subservient... BENJAMIN RUSH Few men are of one plain, decided color; most are mixed, shaded or blended; and vary as much from di... PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little ... COCO CHANEL Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. The prison industrial complex is perhaps, at least domestically, the most striking example of us put... EUGENE JARECKI Wretched men, I was moved to cry, who, because they will not learn to be helpers of one another, are... EDWARD BELLAMY What is the Other?" they ask. The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ... PAULO COELHO Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them. ABRAHAM LINCOLN When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that's my religion. ABRAHAM LINCOLN These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people. ABRAHAM LINCOLN This leads to the further reflection, that no other human occupation opens so wide a field for the p... ABRAHAM LINCOLN We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot. ABRAHAM LINCOLN In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free -- honorable alike in what we give and... ABRAHAM LINCOLN What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself. ABRAHAM LINCOLN I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views so fast as they s... ABRAHAM LINCOLN Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never ... ABRAHAM LINCOLN He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence was about to be prono... ABRAHAM LINCOLN With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the... ABRAHAM LINCOLN Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be. ABRAHAM LINCOLN I do the very best I know how-the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the... ABRAHAM LINCOLN Let me not be understood as saying that there are no bad laws, nor that grievances may not arise for... ABRAHAM LINCOLN It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the g... ABRAHAM LINCOLN It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. ABRAHAM LINCOLN The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with ... ABRAHAM LINCOLN That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to in... ABRAHAM LINCOLN In this sad world of ours sorrow comes to all and it often comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief i... ABRAHAM LINCOLN Worse than traitors in arms are the men who pretend loyalty to the flag, feast and fatten on the mis... ABRAHAM LINCOLN Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and... ABRAHAM LINCOLN It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought h... ABRAHAM LINCOLN And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. ABRAHAM LINCOLN Things may come to those who wait...but only the things left by those who hustle. ABRAHAM LINCOLN These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people ABRAHAM LINCOLN If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax ABRAHAM LINCOLN The provision of the Constitution giving the war-making power to Congress was dictated, as I underst... ABRAHAM LINCOLN With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the... ABRAHAM LINCOLN I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come. ABRAHAM LINCOLN With malice toward none, with charity for all, ...let us strive on to finish the work we are in, ...... ABRAHAM LINCOLN A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. ABRAHAM LINCOLN