The commonest mistake in history is underestimating your opponent; it happens at the poker table all the time. – Shoup, David #quote
Category: Random Quotes
As we grow older, our capacity for enjoyment shrinks, but not our appetite for it. – McLaughlin, Mignon #quote #Quotes
As we grow older, our capacity for enjoyment shrinks, but not our appetite for it. – McLaughlin, Mignon #quote
Few really believe. The most only believe that they believe or even make believe. – Spalding, John Lancaster #quote https://t.co/u5pRvEub7p #Quotes
Few really believe. The most only believe that they believe or even make believe. – Spalding, John Lancaster #quote https://t.co/u5pRvEub7p
Dreams have only one owner at a time. That’s why dreamers are lonely. – Bombeck, Erma #quote https://t.co/fAzv3NqP43 #Quotes
Dreams have only one owner at a time. That’s why dreamers are lonely. – Bombeck, Erma #quote https://t.co/fAzv3NqP43
Exaggeration misleads the credulous and offends the perceptive. – Cook, Eliza #quote https://t.co/Qgy22XjrnB #Quotes
Exaggeration misleads the credulous and offends the perceptive. – Cook, Eliza #quote https://t.co/Qgy22XjrnB
Never undertake anything for which you wouldn’t have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven. – Lichtenberg, G.C. #quote #Quotes
Never undertake anything for which you wouldn’t have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven. – Lichtenberg, G.C. #quote
QOTD: The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. – Proverb, Chinese https://t.co/kfUJCLwrXY #Quotes
QOTD: The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. – Proverb, Chinese https://t.co/kfUJCLwrXY
Courtship to marriage is as a very witty prologue to a very dull play. – Congreve, William #quote #Quotes
Courtship to marriage is as a very witty prologue to a very dull play. – Congreve, William #quote
Vegetarian – that’s an old Indian word meaning “lousy hunter.” – Rooney, Andy #quote https://t.co/0gfEjgrL2Z #Quotes
Vegetarian – that’s an old Indian word meaning “lousy hunter.” – Rooney, Andy #quote https://t.co/0gfEjgrL2Z
The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated. – Irving, Washington #quote #Quotes
The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated. – Irving, Washington #quote
Falling in love is so hard on the knees. – Aerosmith #quote #Quotes
Falling in love is so hard on the knees. – Aerosmith #quote
A brother is a friend given by Nature. – Legouve, Jean Baptiste #quote #Quotes
A brother is a friend given by Nature. – Legouve, Jean Baptiste #quote
If you want to ruin the truth, stretch it. – Unknown, Author #quote #Quotes
If you want to ruin the truth, stretch it. – Unknown, Author #quote
Time! the corrector when our judgments err. – Byron, George Gordon #quote #Quotes
Time! the corrector when our judgments err. – Byron, George Gordon #quote
I am old enough to see how little I have done in so much time, and how much I have to do in so little. – Kaye-Smith, Sheila #quote #Quotes
I am old enough to see how little I have done in so much time, and how much I have to do in so little. – Kaye-Smith, Sheila #quote
Sometimes I wish I had a terrible childhood, so that at least I’d have an excuse. – Fallon, Jimmy #quote https://t.co/HX7OEcPTbG #Quotes
Sometimes I wish I had a terrible childhood, so that at least I’d have an excuse. – Fallon, Jimmy #quote https://t.co/HX7OEcPTbG
The historian must serve two masters, the past and the present. – Stern, Fritz #quote #Quotes
The historian must serve two masters, the past and the present. – Stern, Fritz #quote
Benjamin Franklin on Freedom and Security #Quotes
“He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.” Benjamin Franklin
Woodrow Wilson on Equality #Quotes
“There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with.” Woodrow Wilson
George Burns on Politics #Quotes
“Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.” George Burns US actor & comedian (1896 – 1996)
William Shakespeare on Peace #Quotes
“A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.” William Shakespeare
Aristotle on Democracy #Quotes
“If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.” Aristotle
Napoleon Bonaparte on Politics #Quotes
“He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.” Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte on Politics #Quotes
“In politics, absurdity is not a handicap.” Napoleon Bonaparte French general, politician and emperor (1769 – 1821)
Paul Valery on Politics #Quotes
“Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.” Paul Valery, Tel Quel 2 (1943) French critic & poet (1871 – 1945)
Bernard Baruch on Politics #Quotes
“Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing.” Bernard Baruch
Douglas Adams on Politics #Quotes
“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.” Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 – 2001)
Madeleine L’Engle Cynical Quote #Quotes
“It takes too much energy to be against something unless it’s really important.” Madeleine L’Engle US juvenile science fiction novelist (1918 – )
Johnny Carson on Politics #Quotes
“Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn’t grow up can be vice president.” Johnny Carson US comedian & television host (1925 – 2005)
John Ciardi on Politics #Quotes
“The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.” John Ciardi US poet (1916 – 1986)
Caskie Stinnett on Diplomacy #Quotes
“A diplomat… is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.” Caskie Stinnett, Out of the Red (1960)
John F. Kennedy on Politics #Quotes
“The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were.” John F. Kennedy
Laurence J. Peter on Politics #Quotes
“Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.” Laurence J. Peter
Franklin Pierce Adams on Politics #Quotes
“Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.” Franklin Pierce Adams US journalist (1881 – 1960)
Richard J. Daley on Politics #Quotes
“Good government is good politics.” Richard J. Daley
George Bernard Shaw on Politics #Quotes
“Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.” George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)
Robert Frost on Law #Quotes
“A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.” Robert Frost, (attributed) US poet (1874 – 1963)
Jay Leno on Politics #Quotes
“If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.” Jay Leno US comedian & television host (1950 – )
Thomas Jefferson on Politics #Quotes
“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.” Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)
Margaret Thatcher on Politics #Quotes
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.” Margaret Thatcher
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