Since we have literally targeted our enemies, the Pentagon assumes that, sooner or later, rogues will take out our cities, presumably from spaceships.
GORE VIDALTheoretically, there is nothing that can stop the government from taxing 100 per cent of income so long as the people get benefits from the government commensurate with their income which is taxed.
More Barack Obama, Sr. Quotes
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Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.
BARBARA KRUGER -
Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint.
TONY CURTIS -
I’ve been trying to watch my weight a bit, but when I come to Las Vegas, all bets are off. I get enough healthy food in L.A. where the food is the size of a quarter and costs $40 – when I’m in Vegas, I want a steak!
BILLY GARDELL -
Excellence does not begin in Washington.
RONALD REAGAN -
Love makes everything complicated, and emotions always go wild in the beginning. But when it’s real, you should hold on tight.
NICHOLAS SPARKS -
I was taken in the Spirit to the burning bush on Mount Horeb, Moses’ “first ascension,” and allowed to witness the encounter he had with the Lord there. Throughout the visitation, I was enabled to know and feel the thoughts and emotions of Moses’ inner being. …
BOB HARTLEY -
Truth is found neither in the thesis nor the antithesis, but in an emergent synthesis which reconciles the two.
GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL -
The soul takes flight to the world that is invisible but there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise.
PLATO -
To this end, nothing is to be more carefully consulted than plainness. In a lady’s attire this is the single excellence; for to be what some people call fine, is the same vice, in that case, as to be florid is in writing or speaking.
JOSEPH ADDISON -
Part of me is afraid to get close to people because I’m afraid that they’re going to leave.
MARILYN MANSON -
Whenever you feel authentic and genuine, you are headed in the right direction.
JAMES CLEAR -
Each of us has his own rhythm of suffering.
ROLAND BARTHES -
It doesn’t matter how old you are, or what you do in your life, you never stop needing your mom.
KATE WINSLET -
I get to know my regular fans, and they inspire me.
PALOMA FAITH -
The retouching is excessive. I do not look like that and more importantly, I don’t desire to look like that.
KATE WINSLET -
In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others.
JOSEPH PRIESTLEY -
I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.
WARREN BUFFETT -
Magicians can do more by means of faith than physicians by the truth.
GIORDANO BRUNO -
There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
AALIYAH -
If I have a show at night, I like to spend the whole day alone in silence. I know that might be crazy.
TRIXIE MATTEL -
He informed me that knowledge is a light, And the light of Allah is not given to a sinner.
AL-SHAFI'I -
Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You’ll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness and we can truly be happy.
AJAHN CHAH -
I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn’t.
ALBERT CAMUS -
It’s easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you’re a winner, when you’re number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you’re not a winner.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
I was interested in the question of the power of religious organizations to effect public policy in a negative way.
BARRY W. LYNN -
The idea came like a flash of lightning and in an instant the truth was revealed.
NIKOLA TESLA