If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
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William Howard Taft80 quotes“If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain.”
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William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not, he has no conception of the powers and duties of the office.
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William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft The game of baseball is a clean, straight game.
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I have better use for my brain than to poison it with alcohol. To put alcohol in the human brain is like putting sand in the bearings of an engine.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison All beauty comes from beautiful blood and a beautiful brain.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman You’ve got to love what’s loveable and hate what’s hateable. It takes brains to see the difference.
Robert FrostRobert Frost Logic is using the front part of the brain, that’s all.
Hayao MiyazakiHayao Miyazaki You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the one who’ll decide where to go.
Dr. SeussDr. Seuss Brains first and then Hard Work.
A. A. MilneA. A. Milne Don’t try to make intelligent decisions when your brain is hyped.
AeschylusAeschylus You can exist without your soul, you know, as long as your brain and heart are still working. But you’ll have no sense of self anymore, no memory. There’s no chance at all of recovery. You’ll just exist as an empty shell. And your soul is gone forever, lost.
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