We’re going to hammer guns on the anvil of relentless legislative strategy! We’re going to beat guns into submission!
CHARLES SCHUMERHe described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pit, his uncle had been down the pit, his brother had been down the pit, and of course he would go down the pit.
More Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn Quotes
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It took untold generations to get you where you are. A little gratitude might be in order. If you’re going to insist on bending the world to your way, you better have your reasons.
JORDAN PETERSON -
A coach, especially at a college level – much more at a college or high school level, than at a pro level – you’re more of a teacher than an actual coach.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY -
One who is in search of knowledge should give up the search of pleasure and the one who is in search of pleasure should give up the search of knowledge.
CHANAKYA -
There are two ways, one is right; the other is wrong. If your work is only about right, then it is wrong.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER -
He who understands Archimedes and Apollonius will admire less the achievements of the foremost men of later times.
GOTTFRIED LEIBNIZ -
The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
Everybody wants to enjoy heaven after they die, but they don’t want to be heavenly-minded while they live.
DWIGHT L. MOODY -
Tom Carnegie will never be replaced.
MARIO ANDRETTI -
I had a dream that I would be here this week, receiving something from the president, but I thought it would be the front door key.
BOB DOLE -
Judge talent at its best and character at its worst.
LORD ACTON -
You drew a bird that was here, a kind of sweet chanticleer. But with a terrible fear that the cage couldn’t tame
AIMEE MANN -
He who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world.
AL-GHAZALI -
Everyone longs to be loved. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving.
FRED ROGERS -
I still have my bad days when I think I’m not getting everything I deserve. But those pass quickly once my Mother gets on the phone and says, ‘listen, we used to eat rocks and walk 80 miles a day to school.’
BONNIE HUNT -
Isn’t it strange, it’s not that our body forgets to breathe but subconsciously we hold our breath.
BRYON MARTIN