1928 Famous Quotes & Sayings

If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia. — Margaret Atwood

I have always liked lionesses. Female lions have always seemed like the best. They were really strong and took care of their babies and are beautiful. — Brooke Shields

Excessively precise economic analysis can lead to assessing everything in terms of its easily measurable melt value - the value that thieves get from stealing copper wiring from isolated houses, that vandals got from tearing down Greek temples for the lead joints holding the marble blocks together, that shortsighted timber companies get from liquidating their forests. The standard to insist on is live value. What is something worth when it's working? — Stewart Brand

You can spend your life chitchatting with someone - even a good friend - but spend even an hour moving over a rocky path, breathing in pine-scented air, and I guarantee you the chitchat will turn to something else. — Scott Jurek

It so happens that I'm pro choice. — Arlen Specter

As long as these blood brothers are our leaders, and as long as your party officials are Jewish lackeys, you will be no threat to the big money men. — Julius Streicher

For when the law doth give any thing to one, it giveth impliedly whatsoever is necessary for the taking and enjoying of the same. — Edward Coke

When you leave this world, will you be known as one who accumulated treasures on earth that you couldn't keep? Or will you be recognized as one who invested treasures in heaven that you couldn't lose? — Randy Alcorn

I was really inspired by photos of the "Forgotten Man" during the Depression, when men were wearing the last suit that they had at the time, just trying not to starve to death. It's the kind of suit that is worn in the rain and shrinks on the body and becomes a second skin, which is different than someone who willfully dropped out. — Autumn De Wilde

Hereditary wealth is in reality a premium paid to idleness. — William Godwin

Keep all your eggs in one basket, but watch that basket closely. — Warren Buffett