Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rick Perlstein

I think that all politicians who aspire to the presidency are a little nuts, but for different reasons. What kind of person aspires to be the most powerful person in the world? The answer is someone with an internal drive that is so dynamic and so determined.

Robert Walpole

Admitting, however, for the sake of argument, that I am prime and sole minister in this country, am I, therefore, prime and sole minister of all Europe? Am I answerable for the conduct of other countries as well as for that of my own?

Theodore Tilton

Life is done, but what is death?" Then, in answer to the King, Fell a sunbeam on his ring, Showing by a heavenly ray, "Even this shall pass away

Patricia Fripp

Life is a series of sales situations, and the answer is no if you don't ask.

Henry Hyde

Let me be clear about this, ... We are not here today to decide whether or not to impeach Mr. Clinton. We are not here to pass judgment on anyone. We are here to ask and answer this one simple question: based upon what we now know, do we have a duty to look further, or to look away?

Jack Rio

Let me answer that with the words from the hit Steely Dan song 'Do it Again,' ... You go back, Jack, do it again. Wheel turnin' 'round and 'round. You go back, Jack, do it again.

Liam Fox

lied and broke the law and he must answer for that.

Shaun Cassidy

Lost' has changed the climate for shows that don't answer all your questions by the end of every episode.

Douglas Gresham

Many people ask, 'Why are they coming back?' The answer is that these books never went away,

Alexandra Fuller

This is not a full circle. It's life carrying on. It's the next breath we all take. It's the choice we make to get on with it.

Ray Evernham

Scott has shown he can be a winner in NASCAR's Busch and Craftsman Truck series and we look forward to getting him to the winner's circle next season in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series in the No. 10 Valvoline Dodge Charger.

Bob Schultz

So far, we've been hitting to circles on the ground, so it's really difficult to tell what is happening at this point, but so far the kids seem to be doing well.

Bill Smith

Mr. Ross moves in different circles than coal miners. That's been evident since he formed ICG, and it remains evident today.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Friends, you and me... you brought another friend... and then there were three... we started our group... our circle of friends... and like that circle... there is no beginning or end.

Vicente Fox

If we keep wasting time, if we keep running in circles ... we will keep having more poverty,

James Moran

I happened to be in Dupont Circle already, so it was easier for me to stop by their office. Security is difficult these days in the Hill,

Kelly Anderson

She told me once, 'Being in the circle is a lot harder than shooting free throws'.

Bob Newhart

I wasn't the class clown. I wasn't that obvious. There would be a circle of guys, and they're watching the class clown. And I'm standing in the back, and I turn to the guy next to me and I say something funny to him, and he starts to laugh. And the guy next to him says, 'What did he say?'

Charles Spurgeon

Be deaf, be blind, be dead to gossip, and it will grow disgusted with you and select a more sensitive victim.

Edgar Allan Poe

Those who gossip with you will gossip about you.

Eleanor Robson Belmont

There is a vital force in rumor. Though crushed to earth, to all intents and purposes buried, it can rise again without apparent effort.

Elbert Hubbard

History: gossip well told.

Elbert Hubbard

Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously

Eleanor Roosevelt

It is curious how much more interest can be evoked by a mixture of gossip, romance and mystery than by facts.

Charles Caleb Colton

There are male as well as female gossips.

Chogyam Trungpa

While you're meditating, all kinds of thoughts arise... You don't find your thoughts threatening or particularly helpful. They just become the general gossip of your thoughts. This traffic of your thoughts and the verbosity of your mind are simply part of the basic chatter that goes on in the universe. Just let it go through.

Dennis Miller

I find it shocking that anybody can be brought down in D.C. for gossip, ostensibly. I thought that was the coin of the realm there. That's like getting hit with lightning on a cloudless day.

Cassandra Gash

I don't know where the responsibility lies, but I know I've done everything I can do.

Ed Garland

His oath should have been, 'I Tony Harwood swear to lie, I say you should reject Tony Harwood 100 percent. Throw him out. He ain't worth nothing.

Mark Twain

I am different from Washington. I have a higher, grander standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie, but I won't.

Helen Gahagan

In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable.

Tom Nalen

Playing doesn't lie, you've got to go out there and get it done. And if you do, it doesn't matter how you got there, they'll find a place for you to play.

Georges Bernanos

The worst, the most corrupting of lies, are problems poorly stated,

Mark Koenig

I don't know if it was a mistake or a lie.

Ahmed Bedier

He's spreading lies, slandering individuals. These are vigilantes.

Alexander Haig

That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical misrepresentation.