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Saying of the Week, and other Famous Quotes

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“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached,
don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” - Confucius
 
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“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world” - C.S. Lewis
 

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Great quotes .....

She said, "If you were my husband I'd give you poison," and he said, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it." -
Exchange between Churchill and Lady Astor

A member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease." "That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "on whether I embrace your policies or your mistress." -
Disraeli

"He had delusions of adequacy." -
Walter Kerr

"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." -
Winston Churchill

"A modest little person, with much to be modest about." -
Winston Churchill

"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
Clarence Darrow

"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the Dictionary." -
William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).

"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"
- Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)

"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it."
Moses Hadas

"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know."
Abraham Lincoln

"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." -
Mark Twain

"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." -
Oscar Wilde

"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend.... If you have one." -
George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill

"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... If there is one." -
Winston Churchill, in response.

"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." -
Stephen Bishop

"He is a self-made man and worships his creator." -
John Bright

"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial."
- Irvin S. Cobb

"He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others." -
Samuel Johnson

"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." -
Paul Keating

"There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure." -
Jack E. Leonard

"He has the attention span of a lightning bolt." -
Robert Redford

"They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge." -
Thomas Brackett Reed

"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily."
Charles, Count Talleyrand

"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." -
Forrest Tucker

"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" -
Mark Twain

"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." -
Mae West

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." -
Oscar Wilde

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts.. . For support rather than illumination. " -
Andrew Lang (1844-1912)

"He has Van Gogh's ear for music." -
Billy Wilder

"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening but this wasn't it." -
Groucho Marx
 
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“You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile.” - C.S. Lewis
 

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Quotable quotes!

"If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed."

Mark Twain



"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress .... But then I repeat myself."

Mark Twain



I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

Winston Churchill



A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

George Bernard Shaw



A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.

G Gordon Liddy



Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.

James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)



Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.

Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University



Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian



Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.

Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)



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 (1986)



I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.

Will Rogers



If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!

P.J. O'Rourke



In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.

Voltaire (1764)



Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!

Pericles (430 B.C.)



No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.

Mark Twain (1866)



Talk is cheap ... except when Congress does it.

Unknown



The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.

Ronald Reagan



The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.

Winston Churchill



The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.

Mark Twain



The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.

Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)



There is no distinctly Native American criminal class ... save Congress.

Mark Twain



What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.

Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)



A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.

Thomas Jefferson
 
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"Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is..." - C.S. Lewis
 
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“If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.” - James Nova
 
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“You try, You fail, You try, You fail, But the real failure is when you stop trying!” - Walt Disney
 
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“What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what kind of a person you are” - C.S. Lewis
 
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"When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends." - Japanese Proverb
 
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“The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.” - Peter Drucker
 
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"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln
 
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"Human beings are human beings. They say what they want, don't they? They used to say it across the fence while they were hanging wash. Now they just say it on the Internet." - Dennis Miller
 
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"If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do." - Lucille Ball
 
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“To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone.” - Harry Truman
 
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“Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low, could still be saved; the bitterest enemy and also he who was your friend could again be your friend; love that has grown cold can kindle” - Soren Kierkegaard
 

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There are moments in life when you miss
someone
So much that you just want to pick them from
Your dreams and hug them for real!

When the door of happiness closes, another opens
But often times we look so long at the
Closed door that we don't see the one
Which has been opened for us.

Don't go for looks: they decieve
Don't go for wealth: even that fades away
Go for the someone who makes you smile
Because it takes only a smile to
Make a dark day seem bright
Find the one that makes your heart smile

Dream what yo want to dream
Go where you want to go
Be what you want to be
Because you have only one life
And one chance to do all the things
You want to do

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet
Enough trials to make you strong
Enough sorrow to keep you human and
Enough hope to make you happy

The happiest of everything
They just make the most of
Everthing that comes along their way

The brightest future will always
Be based on a forgotten past
You can't go forward in life untill
You let go of your past failres and heartaches

When you were born, you were crying
And everone around you was smilling
Live your life so at the end
You're the one who is smiling and everyone
Around you is crying...

Don't count the years
Count the memories........
 
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“Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.” - C.S. Lewis
 
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"You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake." - Bob Hope
 
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