I studied the lives of great men and famous women; and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.
Harry S Truman
Related I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with... HARRY S TRUMAN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Today the same thing over. I've got it up the tree again. MARK TWAIN The definition of woman's work is shitwork GLORIA STEINEM A weapon men use against women is the refusal to take them seriously. DAVID MITCHELL Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows, marriage does. JACKIE MASON Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other ... BAUDELAIRE I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home, which answer the same purpose ... MARIE CORELLI I married beneath me. All women do. CHER For a male and female to live continuously together is...biologically speaking, an extremely unnatur... COTY PERFUME AD There are three things men can do with women: love them, suffer for them, or turn them into literatu... STEPHEN STILLS Some men are born with cold feet; some acquire cold feet; and some have cold feet thrust upon them. ANONYMOUS Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman! HONORE DE BALZAC My mother-in-law broke up my marriage. My wife came home from work one day and found me in bed with ... LENNY BRUCE Study to be quiet, and to do your own business. [1 Thessalonians 4:11]. BIBLE If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam. CHEKHOV Epperson's law: When a man says it's a silly, childish game, it's probably something his wife can be... ANONYMOUS In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved. JOHNNY CARSON Marriage is like a violin. After the music is over, you still have the strings. ANONYMOUS Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot. ANONYMOUS Marriage is like a box of chocolates. You have to squeeze a few bottoms to make sure you like what y... ANONYMOUS Marriage is bliss. Ignorance is bliss. Ergo... ANONYMOUS Marriage is a romance in which the hero dies in the first chapter. ANONYMOUS It's not as great a day for the bride as she thinks. She's not marrying the best man. ANONYMOUS He believes that marriage and a career don't mix. So after the wedding he plans to quit his job. ANONYMOUS All marriages are happy. It's living together afterwards that is difficult. ANONYMOUS A little girl at the wedding afterwards asked her mother why the bride changed her mind. "What do yo... ANONYMOUS A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes in it. ANONYMOUS Marital Freedom: The liberty that allows a husband to do exactly that which his wife pleases. ANONYMOUS Every mother generally hopes that her daughter will snag a better husband than she managed to do...b... ANONYMOUS Compromise: An amiable arrangement between husband and wife whereby they agree to let her have her o... ANONYMOUS Be tolerant of the human race. Your whole family belongs to it -- and some of your spouse's family d... ANONYMOUS In the past decade or so, the women's magazines have taken to running home-handyperson articles sugg... ROBERT BRIFFAULT Honolulu, it's got everything. Sand for the children, sun for the wife, sharks for the wife's mother... ENGLISH PROVERB An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets the more interested he is ... HONORE DE BALZAC If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee. LENNY BRUCE Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother. LIN YĆ¼-TANG I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate. LADY NANCY ASTOR Marriage is an adventure, like going to war. S. T. COLERIDGE Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try to give their best qualiti... JOAN BAEZ Women like silent men. They think they're listening. MARCEL ARCHARD My wife organized the Jewish Women's Caucus boycott of Moses..
wait.. ! I am receiving a correction ... JOHN C LEHMAN Mistress: Something between a mister and a mattress. JIM BACKUS She is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one. EDMUND BURKE If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing... MARY FRANCES BERRY Woman was God's second mistake. ARISTOTLE ONASSIS No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in lo... ROGERS The most happy marriage I can imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman. IRWIN COREY It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. BASKINS I feel like Zsa Zsa Gabor's sixth husband. I know what I'm supposed to do, but I don't know how to m... DAVID BISSONETTE The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong. HENRY BROOKS ADAMS On one issue, at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women. H. L. MENCKEN A woman's head is always influenced by heart; but a man's heart by his head. -Lady Marguerite Bless... LADY MARGUERITE BLESSINGTON If it's a woman, its caustic; if it's a man, it's authoritative. -Barbara Walters. BARBARA WALTERS A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman. EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON There is nothing enduring in life for a woman except what she builds in a man's heart. JUDITH ANDERSON They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in congress you know that the filibuster was i... CLARE BOOTH LUCE When women go wrong, men go right after them. -Mae West. MAE WEST The society of women is the element of good manners. JONATHAN S. HAAS Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry. PAULINE THOMASON I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years. F. M. KNOWLES Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures. SAM KINISON Bigamy is one way of avoiding the painful publicity of divorce and the expense of alimony. JOHN HEYWOOD I'd marry again if I found a man who had 15 million and would sign over half of it to me before the ... MADAME DE RIEUX Is it better for a woman to marry a man who loves her than a man she loves. AMY BLOOM A husband is a guy who tells you when you've got on too much lipstick and helps you with your girdle... POOR JIMMY'S ALMANAC Never tell. Not if you love your wife... In fact, if your old lady walks in on you, deny it. Yeah. J... MARY BUCKLEY Ah Mozart! He was happily married - but his wife wasn't. ANNE BRADSTREET A small family is soon provided for. MARVIN KITMAN Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a lit... ALEXANDER HAMILTON An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. SPANISH PROVERB To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old ... THOMAS B. ALDRICH I require three things in a man: He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid. BETTE-JANE RAPHAEL I have always dressed according to certain Basic Guy Fashion Rules, including: * Both of your socks ... JILLY COOPER Eternal boyhood is the dream of a depressing percentage of American males, and the locker room is th... DAVE BARRY Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. NAVAHO SAYING He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows. THOMAS FULLER When a man brings his wife flowers for no reason, there's a reason. MOLLY MCGEE The mandate for equal opportunity doesn't dictate disregard for the differences in candidates' quali... TIM III ELLIS We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive v... SIDNEY J. HARRIS Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn... CLARE BOOTHE LUCE Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. -Timothy Leary. TIMOTHY LEARY I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is; I only know that people call m... REBECCA WEST Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women's denigration of themselves. ... BETTY FRIEDAN When women go wrong, men go right after them. CHARLOTTE WHITTON If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them... SACHA GUITRY Women see better than men. Men see lazily, if they do not expect to act. Women see quite without any... JANE GOODSELL Why did Nature create man? Was it to show that she is big enough to make mistakes, or was it pure ig... MARGO KAUFMAN Marriage isn't a word... it's a sentence. WEDDING TOAST To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties. SCOTTISH PROVERB To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you're wrong, admit it; whene... CESARE PAVESE There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriag... PHYLLIS MCGINLEY Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe. JAMES HOLT MCGAVRAN Marriage is a lottery, but you can't tear up your ticket if you lose. STEPHEN LEACOCK Love is blind and marriage is the institution for the blind. LEWIS GRIZZARD Thank heaven. A bachelor's life is no life for a single man. JAMES GRAHAM Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage. FRENCH SAYING A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The ... SYDNEY SMITH There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marria... JOHN LYLY I think every woman is entitled to a middle husband she can forget. BILLY SUNDAY
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The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything. HARRY S TRUMAN If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. HARRY S TRUMAN When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship. HARRY S TRUMAN The buck stops here! HARRY S TRUMAN Ive said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representativ... HARRY S TRUMAN People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo. HARRY S TRUMAN They said we were soft, that we would not fight, that we could not win. We are not a warlike nation.... HARRY S TRUMAN I got very well acquainted with Joe Stalin, and I like old Joe! He is a decent fellow. But Joe is a ... HARRY S TRUMAN The Buck Stops Here HARRY S TRUMAN Shortly after I was elected, in Nineteen Hundred and Forty-eight, I made up my mind that I would not... HARRY S TRUMAN Whenever the press quits abusing me I know Im in the wrong pew. I dont mind it because when they thr... 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TRUMAN All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it. HARRY S TRUMAN In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves...sel... HARRY S TRUMAN Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here. HARRY S TRUMAN But we are only termites on a planet and maybe when we bore too deeply into the planet there'll be a... HARRY S. TRUMAN The atom bomb was no great decision. It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteo... HARRY S TRUMAN How do you live a long life? Take a two-mile walk every morning before breakfast. HARRY S TRUMAN Intense feeling too often obscures the truth. HARRY S TRUMAN I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell. HARRY S TRUMAN If that's art, I'm a Hottentot! HARRY S TRUMAN Within the first few months I discovered that being president is like riding a tiger. A man has to k... 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HARRY S TRUMAN Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society sta... HARRY S TRUMAN I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell. HARRY S TRUMAN If you can't convince them, confuse them. HARRY S TRUMAN We can never tell what is in store for us. HARRY S TRUMAN How do you live a long life? "Take a two- mile walk every morning before breakfast." HARRY S. TRUMAN Whenever the press quits abusing me I know I'm in the wrong pew. I don't mind it because when they t... HARRY S TRUMAN I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell. HARRY S TRUMAN All the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing an... HARRY S TRUMAN It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours. HARRY S TRUMAN I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell. HARRY S TRUMAN Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only on... HARRY S TRUMAN It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. HARRY S TRUMAN If you cannot convince them, confuse them. HARRY S TRUMAN I learned that a great leader is a man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't... HARRY S TRUMAN I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona. It says: 'Here lies Jac... HARRY S TRUMAN Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive. And don't ever ... HARRY S TRUMAN Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. HARRY S TRUMAN Conceit is God's gift to little men. HARRY S TRUMAN I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then adv... HARRY S TRUMAN If you want to get elected, shake hands with 25, 000 people between and November 7. HARRY S TRUMAN When a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me. HARRY S TRUMAN It is amazing how much you can accomplish when it doesn't matter who gets the credit. HARRY S TRUMAN carry the battle to them. HARRY S TRUMAN It sure is hell to be president. HARRY S TRUMAN Men make history and not the other way around. HARRY S TRUMAN I was the only calm one in the house. You see I've been shot at by experts. HARRY S TRUMAN Well, I wouldn't say I was in the 'great' class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be gre... HARRY S TRUMAN I've had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up HARRY S TRUMAN If I'd known how much packing I'd have to do, I'd have run again. HARRY S TRUMAN It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time... HARRY S TRUMAN The best way to give advise to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to d... HARRY S TRUMAN Why, this fellow don't know any more about politics than a pig knows about Sunday. HARRY S TRUMAN To me party platforms are contracts with the people HARRY S TRUMAN A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15... HARRY S TRUMAN We're going to be buried out here. I like the idea because I may just want to get up some day and st... HARRY S TRUMAN It is terrible-and I mean terrible-nuisance to be kin to the president of the United States. HARRY S TRUMAN This is the day we have been waiting for since Pearl Harbor. This is the day when Fascism finally di... HARRY S TRUMAN When you've done the best you can, you can't do any better HARRY S TRUMAN The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members HARRY S TRUMAN Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustic... 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HARRY S TRUMAN Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registerin... HARRY S TRUMAN Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads. HARRY S TRUMAN You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook. HARRY S TRUMAN The White House is the finest prison in the world. HARRY S TRUMAN I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious futur... HARRY S TRUMAN To hell with them. When history is written they will be the sons of bitches - not I. HARRY S TRUMAN You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little pl... HARRY S TRUMAN The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remai... HARRY S TRUMAN Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Tita... HARRY S TRUMAN Do you know why they call it 'PMS'? Because 'Mad Cow Disease' was already taken. HARRY S TRUMAN Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film. HARRY S TRUMAN Borrow money from a pessimist - they don't expect it back HARRY S TRUMAN There Are Three Kinds of People - Those Who Can Count and Those Who Can't HARRY S TRUMAN I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure HARRY S TRUMAN The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will r... HARRY S TRUMAN Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both si... HARRY S TRUMAN The atom bomb was no ''great decision.'' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of rig... HARRY S TRUMAN Our conference in 1945 did much more than draft an international agreement among 50 nations. [We] se... HARRY S TRUMAN Don't hate yourself in the morning. Sleep till noon. HARRY S TRUMAN I'm not insensitive, I just don't care. HARRY S TRUMAN I have read your lousy review of Margaret's concert. I've come to the conclusion that you are an eig... HARRY S TRUMAN A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it. HARRY S TRUMAN The 'C' students run the world. HARRY S TRUMAN When a leader is in the Democratic party he's a boss; when he's in the Republican party he's a leade... HARRY S TRUMAN My favorite animal is the mule. He has more horse sense than a horse. He knows when to stop eating -... HARRY S TRUMAN People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo HARRY S TRUMAN I have never met you but if I do, you'll need a new nose, a lot of beefsteak for black eyes, and a s... HARRY S TRUMAN Whenever I make a bum decision, I go out and make another one HARRY S TRUMAN Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same tim... HARRY S TRUMAN Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it. HARRY S TRUMAN That precedent should continue-not by a Constitutional amendment but by custom based on the honor of... HARRY S TRUMAN Start slow and taper off. HARRY S TRUMAN America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and unbeatable determin... HARRY S TRUMAN I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representati... HARRY S TRUMAN If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog HARRY S TRUMAN Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day. HARRY S TRUMAN All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it HARRY S TRUMAN Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever a... HARRY S TRUMAN If I want to be great I have to win the victory over myself... self-discipline. HARRY S TRUMAN I learned that a great leader is a man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't... HARRY S TRUMAN I don't want it torn down. I think it's the greatest monstrosity in America. HARRY S TRUMAN If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a ... HARRY S TRUMAN