Neither a borrower, nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend; And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. William Shakespeare
Polonius in Hamlet Act I Scene 3.
Category Archives: Quotations Freedom
Freedom has a thousand charms to show that slaves, howe’er contented …
Freedom has a thousand charms to show that slaves, howe’er contented cannot know. William Cowper
William Cowper (1731-1800)
But it is necessary to know well how to disguise this characteristic […
But it is necessary to know well how to disguise this characteristic [the prince (leader) as both beast and man in ruling], and to be a great pretender and dissembler; and men are so simple, and so subject to present necessities, that he who seeks to deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived. Nicolo Machiavelli
The Prince, written in 1505, published in 1515.
We just think it [price caps
We just think it [price caps] is a very short-sighted kind of approach, and I know there are a lot of people out there who want to try it, have argued for it, but I firmly believe it’s exactly the wrong way to go. … Vice President Dick Cheney
On energy price caps, June 26, 2001, Investor’s Business Daily
is a very short-sighted kind … ]
Marriage isn’t a word… it’s a sentence. King Vidor in …
Marriage isn’t a word… it’s a sentence.
King Vidor
in the 1928 film, The Crawl
If men of wisdom and knowledge, of moderation and temperance, of patience, …
If men of wisdom and knowledge, of moderation and temperance, of patience, fortitude and perseverance, of sobriety and true republican simplicity of manners, of zeal for the honour of the Supreme Being and the welfare of the commonwealth; if men possessed of these other excellent qualities are chosen to fill the seats of government, we may expect that our affairs will rest on a solid and permanent foundation. Samuel Adams
(1722-1803) – American revolutionary
We just think that that’s a mistake, to go with price …
We just think that that’s a mistake, to go with price caps. It seems to offer short-term relief, but, in fact, what happens is that when you set the price cap in the short term to provide short-term relief, you don’t get as much conservation as would otherwise occur and you also, at the same time, don’t get as much additional production. Vice President Dick Cheney
June 26, 2001, Investor’s Business Daily
There was a time when empires were defined by land mass, subjugated …
There was a time when empires were defined by land mass, subjugated peoples, and military might. But the United States is unique because we are an empire of ideals. For two hundred years we have been set apart by our faith in the ideals of democracy, of free men and free markets, and of the extraordinary possibilities that lie within seemingly ordinary men and women. We believe that no power of government is as formidable a force for good as the creativity and entrepreneurial drive of the American people. Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan, 1992 Republican Convention
I feel financially raped. Rhonda Friedman Regarding paying alimony to her ex-…
I feel financially raped.
Rhonda Friedman
Regarding paying alimony to her ex-husband, Wall Street Journal, April 1, 2008.
The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is …
The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby. Natalie Wood