The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money
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ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with...
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ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their ow...
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES [O]n the day after that happened, the beneficiary was George W. Bush. The Senate, the Congress unite...
LOUIS FARRAKHAN All day long you sit and sew,
Stitch life down for fear it grow,
Stitch life down fo...
EDITH SITWELL To walk into a modern-day bookstore is a little bit like studying a single photograph out of the inf...
NICOLE KRAUSS And when the day arrives I'll become the sky and I'll become the sea and the sea will come to kiss m...
TRENT REZNOR Great balls of fire. Don't bother me anymore, and don't call me sugar.
MARGARET MITCHELL We can count on the fact that this will be probed by the American public, particularly by the US Con...
KARSTEN VOIGT The last thing they want is Congress in their business,
JAY FRANKLIN ...and the great advantage of being a literary woman, was that you could go everywhere and do everyt...
HENRY JAMES Remembering something from the past? you are creating it right now as evidence for who you are now.
FREDERICK DODSON Dive into the river of the present, but don't thrash about, go with the flow.
JIM GENOVESE The power never to allow money change your character is by having strong determination never to allo...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The power never to allow money corrupt your mind is by learning not to revere money above people.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Money makes the wise more humble,but an opportunity for the fool to exhibit all his pride.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I can tell you that too much money is corrupting American politics. Don't blame the American pub...
PETER SINGER When you live in the present, the past is forgotten & the future takes care of itself.
MANDY HALE Quizá para ti hay un
mañana. Quizá para ti hay mil mañanas, o tres mil, o diez mil, tanto t...
LAUREN OLIVER In here, the human bosom -- mine, yours, everybody's -- there isn't just one soul. There's a lot of ...
SAUL BELLOW He believed that he must, that he could and would recover the good things, the happy things, the eas...
SAUL BELLOW Water flows because it's willing.
MARTY RUBIN Go with the flow even if there are rapids ahead.
JIM GENOVESE Don't resist life, flow with it.
JIM GENOVESE Life is more like dancing than wrestling if you follow its rhythm.
JIM GENOVESE The problem with compassion is that it is not photogenic.
SEBASTIAN HORSLEY Longing hearts could only stand so much longing.
MARGARET MITCHELL The two men had a conversation. Brief, cryptic, to the point. As though they had exchanged numbers a...
ARUNDHATI ROY Suddenly she felt strong and happy. She was not afraid of the darkness or the fog and she knew with ...
MARGARET MITCHELL What we want to achieve is to send a very strong message to the Senate, to the Congress in general a...
JAIME CONTRERAS For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
THOMAS PAINE I like to not have to be 'on' for anybody.
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE The Legend of Zorro,
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE Louis, Louis, Louis...Stil whining, Louis! Are you quite finished? I've had to listen to that for ce...
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE Louis: I'm flesh and blood, but not human. I haven't been human for two hundred years.
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE Louis: You see that old woman? That will never happen to you. You will never grow old, and you will ...
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE Follow the river and you will find the sea
FRENCH PROVERB The river seeking for the seaConfronts the dam and precipice,Yet knows it cannot fail or miss;You wi...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX The power to stop your beneficiaries from quarreling over the content of your will when you are gone...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Many corpses will be floating in the sea,
THAKSIN SHINAWATRA It's not about what it is, it's about what it can become.
DR. SEUSS And so castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually.
JIMI HENDRIX At the end of the day, it's all about money.
GARRY KASPAROV The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM You know all that money we spend on the military ever year -- trillions of dollars? Instead, if we u...
BILL HICKS Why live for the day,
when you know the next one
is going to be exactly the same.
HUGO SVENSSON A shower. Still equipped with warm, running water.” I say longingly.
I refuse to let up about...
TRACEY WARD For my generation, the bomber jacket is like a replacement for the suit jacket. It's a piece tha...
THE WEEKND I'm the most boring person to talk to.
THE WEEKND Fish die when they are out of water, and people die without law and order.
THE TALMUD He who promises runs in debt.
THE TALMUD For me, bomber jackets are smart, but they are also street and have a lot of attitude.
THE WEEKND Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not ...
THE BIBLE Who is a wise man? He who learns of all men.
THE TALMUD Who is wise? One who learns from all.
THE TALMUD The end result of wisdom is... good deeds.
THE TALMUD Starting a band is the easy part. Once you've formed the band, you have to tell a story, and tha...
THE EDGE Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.
THE TALMUD No labor, however humble, is dishonoring.
THE TALMUD If one man says to thee, Thou art a donkey, pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a saddle.
THE TALMUD Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, grow, grow.
THE TALMUD This is the punishment of a liar: he is not believed, even when he speaks the truth.
THE TALMUD Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms-giving proc...
THE KORAN When you teach your son, you teach your son's son.
THE TALMUD This is the sum of all -- righteousness. In causing pleasure or in giving pain, in doing good or inj...
THE MAHABHARTA The sun will set without thy assistance.
THE TALMUD A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed...
THE TALMUD Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend's friend has a friend; be discreet.
THE TALMUD Everyone whose deeds are more than his wisdom, his wisdom endures; and everyone whose wisdom is more...
THE TALMUD Loving kindness is greater than laws; and the charities of life are more than all ceremonies.
THE TALMUD The deeper the sorrow the less the tongue has it.
THE TALMUD A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
THE TALMUD To break an oral agreement which is not legally binding is morally wrong
THE TALMUD Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth - which goes with him only while goo...
THE TALMUD Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among
foxes.
THE TALMUD The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness;
carefulness into vigorousness; vigorousnes...
THE TALMUD Greater even than the pious man is he who eats that which is the fruit of his own toil; for scriptur...
THE TALMUD Sin is sweet in the beginning, but bitter in the end.
THE TALMUD A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
THE BIBLE Know Ye not ... that the spirit of God dwelleth within you?
THE BIBLE If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it hated] you.
THE BIBLE Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ru...
THE BIBLE Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. The words of a wise ma...
THE BIBLE A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
THE BIBLE Strength and honor are her clothing: and she shall rejoice in time to come.
THE BIBLE And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom...
THE BIBLE And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us while he talked with us by the way, a...
THE BIBLE But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are ...
THE BIBLE Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
THE BIBLE A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
THE BIBLE Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
THE BIBLE Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of...
THE BIBLE When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall pre...
THE BIBLE For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their...
THE BIBLE The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Wisdom is...
THE BIBLE So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou cri...
THE BIBLE Wisdom is the principle thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
THE BIBLE Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
THE BIBLE
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ALEXIS CARREL The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. ...
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ALEXIS OHANIAN Love making jewelry? Awesome! Find blogs that inspire you, follow people on social media who have gr...
ALEXIS OHANIAN Men marry to make an end; women to make a beginning.
ALEXIS DUPUY All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other peopl...
ALEXIS CARREL Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.
ALEXIS CARREL Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other people than to help himself.
ALEXIS CARREL Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.
ALEXIS CARREL To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know.
ALEXIS CARREL As to virtue . . . it is an act of the will, a habit which increases the quantity, intensity and qua...
ALEXIS CARREL Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.
ALEXIS CARREL The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. ...
ALEXIS CARREL To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must...
ALEXIS CARREL A few observations and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning lead ...
ALEXIS CARREL As to virtue . . . it is an act of the will, a habit which increases the quantity, intensity and qu...
ALEXIS CARREL All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need t...
ALEXIS CARREL If we can't begin to agree on fundamentals, such as the elimination of the most abusive forms of...
ALEXIS HERMAN The more storage you have, the more stuff you accumulate.
ALEXIS STEWART A supermodel needed to be able to be on 'Sports Illustrated,' to be able to walk runways, to...
KIM ALEXIS Really, the potential for, first of all, any college graduate today is enormously good. These are go...
ALEXIS HERMAN I think most people in the developed world would admit to carrying some sort of handheld device, whe...
ALEXIS DENISOF The white dogs with black spots were the worst. It wasn't so much their aggression; other dogs were ...
ANDRé ALEXIS Our efforts are to promote a healthy lifestyle, and smoking and tobacco use are the leading cause of...
ALEXIS WILLIAMS We are hoping to get more people to contribute money, so that we can do more things like this.
ALEXIS WILLIAMS We think it would as big benefit to people who lost their whole home or part of their home. For peop...
ALEXIS WILLIAMS It was fun, especially at the end when we got all down and dirty. Now I'm ready to go take a bath.
ALEXIS WILLIAMS I've been just waiting, waiting, waiting. We couldn't wait until state after last year, because we k...
ALEXIS WILLIAMS It's really hard. Not having someone that you do absolutely everything with everyday - there's not r...
ALEXIS WAGGONER We have buttons now that have his picture and the phone number that you call in case you know anythi...
ALEXIS WAGGONER It's very out of character for him. We're all very, very worried and we want to see him come home .....
ALEXIS WAGGONER I just want him to come home safe. I'm hoping that maybe he just was overwhelmed by things and maybe...
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