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

On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in. ~Bill Budge
#quotes #bill-budge #boring #interesting

A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs

We are focused on doing the things that make the economy perform well, and as you do that, reduce deficits, for one, very important; secondly, keep growth rates high, very important. ~John W. Snow
#quotes #john-w-snow #economy

Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
#proverbs #government #mercy

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #humor #speaking

By keeping most tax rates at present levels, Obama and the Democrats will claim that they have championed tax cuts for the middle class. ~John Podhoretz
#quotes #john podhoretz #government #taxation

Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
#proverbs #portuguese-proverbs #guests

As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints. ~Charles Caleb
#quotes #charles-caleb-colton #saints #hypocrisy

Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
#proverbs #zen-proverbs #buddhism #mind

It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
#quotes #jane-austen #laziness #work

Christians were regarded as separated from society and therefore destructive of the Greco-Roman way of life. ~Kenneth Scott Latourette
#quotes #kenneth-scott-latourette #christianity #society

Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
#proverbs #italian-proverbs #loss

The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
#proverbs #welsh-proverbs #justice

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

Hardest job in America is being a single mom. There are a lot of them and a lot of them in Baltimore and I think that they absolutely do their best. They can't keep continue to do their best if businesses flee the city. ~Dana Perino
#quotes #dana-perino #mother #business

Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
#proverbs #mind #heart

Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
#quotes #tommy-franks #war

What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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What is so real as the cry of a child? A rabbit's cry may be wilder but it has no soul. ~Sylvia Plath
#quotes #sylvia-plath #children