You know, everybody makes mistakes when they are president.
WILLIAM J. CLINTONPrivacy is absolutely essential to maintaining a free society. The idea that is at the foundation of the notion of privacy is that the citizen is not the tool or instrument of government – but the reverse… If you have no privacy, it will tend to follow that you have no political freedom.
More Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. Quotes
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A lot of African American women wanted to emulate white women. But I said in my mind, rationally thinking, there is no way you are going to get your hair that straight, especially in the summer.
CLAUDETTE COLVIN -
You don’t have to be stupid to be a Christian, but it probably helps.
AMBROSE BIERCE -
I think the word of the United States has been as good as gold in its international dealings and its agreements.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
The girls are beautiful in Hollywood – and enough silicon to caulk a sink.
ADAM FERRARA -
You must not only have competitiveness but ability, regardless of the circumstance you face, to never quit
ABBY WAMBACH -
You can’t dig a different hole by digging the same one deeper.
EDWARD DE BONO -
The problem with growing up is that once you’re grown up, the people who aren’t grown up aren’t fun anymore.
LEV GROSSMAN -
The idea that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of those pleasant falsehoods, which most experience refutes. History is teeming with instances of truth put down by persecution. If not put down forever, it may be set back for centuries.
JOHN STUART MILL -
Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
HENRY WARD BEECHER -
Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.
MICHAEL JORDAN -
Love passed, the Muse appeared, the weather of mind got clarity new-found; now free, I once more weave together emotion, thought, and magic sound.
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN -
If you’re going to make an emotional connection with somebody, whether it’s in the story or in the world, there’s a certain amount of self-acceptance that is required.
GEORGE SAUNDERS -
When Cameron’s Conservatives come to power it will be a golden age for cyclists and an Elysium of cycle lanes, bike racks, and sharia law for bike thieves. And I hope that cycling in London will become almost Chinese in its ubiquity.
BORIS JOHNSON -
Listen as I promise, you deserve everything, especially to love again.
COURTNEY PEPPERNELL -
I got involved with classical music when I was in high school and it’s followed me throughout my entire life and probably had a profound effect on my life.
BENJAMIN CARSON







