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John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson The noblest search is the search for excellence.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson Jerry Ford is so dumb he can’t walk and chew gum at the same time. He’s a nice fellow, but he spent too much time playing football without a helmet.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson The Russians feared Ike. They didn’t fear me.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but to stand there and take it.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson In a nation of millions and a world of billions, the individual is still the first and basic agent of change.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson Light at the end of the tunnel? We don’t even have a tunnel; we don’t even know where the tunnel is.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson I am going to build the kind of nation that President Roosevelt hoped for, President Truman worked for, and President Kennedy died for.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson …International education cannot be the work of one country. It is the responsibility and promise of all nations. It calls for free exchange and full collaboration…The knowledge of our citizens is one treasure which grows only when it is shared.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson While you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson Doing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson No national sovereignty rules in outer space. Those who venture there go as envoys of the entire human race. Their quest, therefore, must be for all mankind, and what they find should belong to all mankind.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson If you let a bully come in and chase you out of your front yard, he’ll be on your porch and the next day he’ll rape your wife in your own bed.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson Lincoln was right about not fooling all the people all the time. But Republicans haven’t given up trying.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson
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Our only limitation is that we only believe what is visible to our eyes and audible to our ears.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel Some days, you will be close to the finish line and still not make it.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
Bell HooksBell Hooks I separated someplace for each person in my heart, But she claimed to be the owner of it.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Modern-day love stories are born not out of love, but a tired mind and a restless heart.
Puneet MehraPuneet Mehra Forcing things only creates more tension in the mind. Let go.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase It doesn’t take courage to find peace in the arms of destiny. It takes faith.
Anamika GargAnamika Garg I can’t wait to collect memories from every corner of the earth to splash in the vastness of this beautiful world.
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Mitch HedbergMitch Hedberg I want to get a vending machine, with fun sized candy bars, and the glass in front is a magnifying glass. You’ll be mad, but it will be too late.
Mitch HedbergMitch Hedberg When I was a boy, I laid in my twin-sized bed and wondered where my brother was.
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