Heck by the time a man scratches his behind, clears his throat, and tells me how smart he is, we’ve already wasted fifteen minutes.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONI have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one’s wife happy. First, let her think she’s having her own way. And second, let her have it.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.
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There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.
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Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
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No member of our generation who wasn’t a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.
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Let us close the springs of racial poison. Let us pray for wise and understanding hearts. Let us lay aside irrelevant differences and make our nation whole.
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Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
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Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.
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Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
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While you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.
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I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one’s wife happy. First, let her think she’s having her own way. And second, let her have it.
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The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources–because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.
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Our understanding of how to live with one another is still far behind our knowledge of how to destroy one another.
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Our objective in South Vietnam has never been the annihilation of the enemy. It has been to bring about a recognition in Hanoi that its objective – taking over the South by force – could not be achieved.
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Republicans simply don’t know how to manage the economy.
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You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
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