All of us encounter, at least once in our life, some individual who utters words that make us think forever. There are men whose phrases are oracles; who can condense in one sentence the secrets of life; who blurt out an aphorism that forms a character, or illustrates an existence. Benjamin Disraeli
British Prime Minister (1874-1880), author, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1804-1881
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A million dollars [of your own money
A million dollars [of your own money] in our society today is not real money. Sam Donaldson
[perhaps for people like Sam] Sam Donaldson of ABC News, CPAC 1993, February 20, 1993
in our society today is … ]
America, in this young century, proclaims liberty throughout all the world and …
America, in this young century, proclaims liberty throughout all the world and to all the inhabitants thereof. George W. Bush
January 20, 2005
Medicare, let’s remember, is a handout… Holman W. Jenkins Jr. On …
Medicare, let’s remember, is a handout…
Holman W. Jenkins Jr.
On Medicare ‘Reform’, July 9, 2003, Wall Street Journal.
Don’t get divorced Charlie. I mean you’re going to lose …
Don’t get divorced Charlie. I mean you’re going to lose half your stuff, half your money and no matter what, your wife is still going to find a way to yell at you. Gary
Gary Unmarried, November 2008
Poverty is not a mortgage on the labor of others – misfortune is …
Poverty is not a mortgage on the labor of others – misfortune is not a mortgage on achievement – failure is not a mortgage on success – suffering is not a claim check, and its relief is not the goal of existence – man is not a sacrificial animal on anyone’s altar nor for anyone’s cause – life is not one huge hospital. Ayn Rand
Apollo 11, The Objectivist, (1905-1982)
It can be of no practical use to know that pi is …
It can be of no practical use to know that pi is irrational, but if we can know, it surely would be intolerable not to know. E.C. Titchmarsh
Mathematician
Surprising what you can dig out of books if you read long …
Surprising what you can dig out of books if you read long enough, isn’t it? Rand Al’Thor
Wheel Of Time
Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! For I ne’…
Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night. William Shakespeare
Romeo & Juliet, Act i. Sc.5
In a free society, the government’s job is simply to protect …
In a free society, the government’s job is simply to protect liberty – the people do the rest. Let’s not give up on a grand experiment that has provided so much for so many. Let’s reject the police state. Ron Paul
June 27, 2002 (Rep, R- Texas)