It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.
JIMMY CARTERI had more clothes than I had closets, more cars than garage space, but no money.
More Jr., Sammy Davis Quotes
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Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.
CATHERINE OF SIENA -
Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
BENJAMIN RUSH -
If you don’t play to win don’t play at all.
TOM BRADY -
You can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal.
BETTY WHITE -
I’d love to remain a secret and still work, but I also want people to see the movies I’m in and get a higher profile because of that. I like to think that as long as you continue choosing diverse roles, you can avoid becoming predictable.
CHRISTIAN BALE -
Carry your most important goal in your wallet.
JACK CANFIELD -
The shows need youth. All of our comics are getting too famous to do the show regularly. The people who are regulars five years ago, a lot of them have moved on and can’t do the show anymore. We can’t really get Jim Gaffigan anymore, we can’t get Nick Swardson anymore.
B. J. PORTER -
History — its what those bitter old men write.
JACKIE KENNEDY -
An excuse which, if carried to its legitimate conclusion, would leave our business men weeping on one another’s shoulders over human frailty, while they picked one another’s pockets.
IDA TARBELL -
If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can’t survive.
BRENE BROWN -
It’s too good to be true things are bound to go terribly wrong at some point – whenever things are going good for a while.
CARMEN AMADOS -
Baby girl, don’t ever mistake what you are given for what you are worth.
BRAD NEATON -
Take them out onto the verandah and beat them with a cricket bat…. Be intellectually rigorous. Identify your biases, your prejudices, your privilege.
TIM MINCHIN -
President Obama inherited a one trillion dollar deficit courtesy of George Bush and turned it into a three trillion dollar deficit courtesy of Karl Marx!
MICHAEL SAVAGE -
The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
DOROTHY PARKER