14 Midwestern Quotes & Sayings

[Kirk] Johnson throws some heavy punches and is a knockout fighter. This is what people want to see. They want to see a fight, they want to see punches and they want to see action. — Lennox Lewis

The only analogy I have before me is Socrates. My task is a Socratic task, to revise the definition of what it is to be a Christian. For my part I do not call myself a "Christian" (thus keeping the ideal free), but I am able to make it evident that the others are still less than I. — Soren Kierkegaard

We want the happiness of the Philippines, but we want to obtain it through noble and just means. If I have to commit villainy to make her happy, I would refuse to do so, because I am sure that what is built on sand sooner or later would tumble down. — Jose Rizal

The worst state of affairs is when science begins to concern itself with art. — Paul Klee

They called Bill Parcells 'conservative' when he was winning two Super Bowls. — Jim Finks

Johnny Carson was a big influence on me - all of those shows I did with him over the years, like, 100 of them, they made a bit of a name for me at the time, so that part of my life was very good. — Don Rickles

Forget the past - the future will give you plenty to worry about. — George Allen, Sr.

What is ugly about life is that it so often only provides uneasy half solutions that are so seldom pure and tragic ones. — Harry Graf Kessler

Gastronomical perfection can be reached in these combinations: one person dining alone, usually upon a couch or a hill side; two people, of no matter what sex or age, dining in a good restaurant; six people ... dining in a good home. — M.F.K. Fisher

I am fed up with a system which busts the pot smoker and lets the big dope racketeer go free. — George McGovern