The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole. ~Arthur Capper
#quotes #arthur-capper #people #goodness

Life is tough, but it is tougher when you are stupid. ~John Wayne
#quotes #john-wayne #life #education

Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #flattery #truth

Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #happiness

Yes, but I think if you look at it with a sort of gay sensibility and want everything to be positive about gay life, it could be interpreted as antigay. ~John Schlesinger
#quotes #john-schlesinger #homosexuality

As tough as things have been, I am convinced you are tougher. I've seen your passion and I've seen your service. I've seen you engage and I've seen you turn out in record numbers. I've heard your voices amplified by creativity and a digital fluency that those of us in older generations can barely comprehend. I've seen a generation eager, impatient even, to step into the rushing waters of history and change its course. ~Barack Obama
#quotes #barack-obama #politics

I think there's a side of me that's trying to compete with Lucas and Spielberg. I don't usually admit this publicly, because I tend to think that they only go so far, and their view of the world is rather simplistic. What I want to do is take whatever cinema is considered normal or successful at a particular time and play around with it, to use it as a way of luring audiences in. ~Terry Gilliam
#quotes #terry-gilliam #movies

Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #faith

I am sitting in a cage with my eye upon the clock. ~Ray Davies
#quotes #ray-davies #time

I need to be in a stable environment right now in my career. What I mean by that is a place where I can play and not have too much pressure on me and a place I can develop. Monaco wanted me and did whatever they could to get me so I feel very very good about that. ~Freddy Adu
#quotes #freddy-adu #environment #career #monaco

If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
#proverbs #korean-proverbs #anger

The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
#proverbs #persian-proverbs #kindness #hurt

Challenge America grants go to the towns and hamlets of this sprawling country, where big touring companies will rarely go, and major actors, actresses, writers and artists may never appear in person. ~Louise Slaughter
#quotes #louise-slaughter #challenge-america

There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
#quotes #john-coltrane #feelings

The present can try to bury the past, an operation that is most atrocious when it is most successful. ~Mary McCarthy
#quotes #mary-mccarthy #present #past #memories

Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverb #anger

The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon... has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right. ~James Madison
#quotes #james-madison #communication #free-speech

What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations. ~Harry A. Blackmun
#quotes #harry-a-blackmun #individual

I'm at the age where I want two girls. In case I fall asleep they will have someone to talk to. ~Rodney Dangerfield
#quotes #rodney-dangerfield #children #humor

I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them. ~Phyllis Diller
#quotes #phyllis-diller #children #family

Cyberbullying is an issue that affects all of us and demands that Canadians work together to put an end to it. This national public awareness campaign is an important step in protecting our children online. Along with our government's introduction of Bill C-13, the Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act, we are taking clear action to tackle cyberbullying. ~Peter MacKay
#quotes #peter-mackay #internet

I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal. ~Benjamin Carson
#quotes #benjamin-carson #leadership #talent #recognition

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ~Milton Friedman
#quotes #milton-friedman #taxation

Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
#quotes #david-ives #writing #comedy

Neglect starts out as an infection then becomes a disease. ~Jim Rohn
#quotes #jim-rohn #disease