Those Quotes

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

I'm sure that there are reasonable people that had some reasonable projections about the future of New Orleans, but none of those could include not trying to rebuild the city and make it better than it was before.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

What we're also doing is helping police forces in terms of issues like procurement and IT, so that savings can be made in those areas which I think is the sort of thing that everybody is going to want us to be doing.

Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

There seems to be more opportunities for old guys like me to do a little fighting and running because the lead characters also require a bit of depth and maturity and gravitas that one is likely to acquire doing drama all those years.

It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.

I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love.

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

The real problem that I think those of us who are evangelicals and Democrats have to face up to is that the political right controls the religious media.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

If you wanna know how not secure you are, just take a look around. Nothing's secure. Nothing's safe. I don't hate technology, I don't hate hackers, because that's just what comes with it, without those hackers we wouldn't solve the problems we need to solve, especially security.

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.

There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed.

It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.

Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.

I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time - those two companions without whom no journey can yield us anything.

I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset.

Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire.

How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.

We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

In those days he was wiser than he is now - he used frequently to take my advice.

Show interest in all people, not just those from whom you want something. Making people feel important and good about themselves is just the right thing to do.

The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.

Insisting that we must tax and take and demonize those who have already achieved the American Dream. That may turn out to be a good re-election strategy for President Obama, but is a demoralizing message for America.

We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure.

Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor; they are here for what they get out of our cheap and abundant labor, and they should know that they are buttressing one of the most vicious systems.