Recent Thoughts
Eisenhower is my choice as the American of the 20th Century. Of all the men I've studied and written about, he is the brightest and the best.
Stephen AmbroseOur happiness usually is conditioned by the kind of home, job, car, clothes, etc., we have, which in a way makes us slaves to matter.
Gary WrightThe alternative minimum tax was designed to prevent the very wealthiest Americans from overusing certain tax benefits to avoid most of their tax burden.
Richard NealThere are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.
Robert FrostKnow, thou, that the lines that live are turned out of a furrowed brow.
Herman MelvilleEvery luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.
Cesare PaveseOne can easily classify all works of fiction either as descendants of the Iliad or of the Odyssey.
Raymond QueneauIf I am no longer disturbed myself, I will deal less with disturbed people, but I don't regret having concerned myself with them because I think most of us are disturbed.
Tennessee WilliamsI also had a brother who was like me a musician and a composer. A man of great talent, far more gifted than I. He died very young... he killed himself in the prime of his life.
Gustav MahlerI put a bullet into the back of the crocodile's neck just behind the head, thus killing it. If a crocodile is hit in any other part of its anatomy it disappears into the water and is irrecoverable.
Louis LeakeyIt is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.
Desiderius ErasmusIf the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.
Ralph Waldo EmersonBut it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially healthy or than is necessary for maximum efficiency.
Barney FrankI think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older.
Jeanette WintersonWhen you find him
ShakespeareA reminder to keep your chin up
ShakespeareDNA wasn't as beat orientated as other bands. It's more like thrash metal music than rock music- it was very fast and the songs were very short.
Ikue MoriI've been very honest rather than allowing it to come here and meet a veto, part of it or all of it, when it's fundamentally a good bill.
Christine GregoireSpeak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.
Benjamin FranklinIt pays to get drunk with the best people.
Joe E. LewisDon't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open to you.
Jules RenardMy songs are like my kids.
Billy JoelIt has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges are. So I think lawyers sometimes exaggerate their role in winning and losing. Lawyers do have a role, and a major role, but they're not the only players in this game.
Floyd AbramsHe is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.
Thomas FullerLetters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
Samuel Butler
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