A Death In The Family James Agee Quotes & Sayings

The cemetery is full of people who thought they could change themselves tomorrow. — Boonaa Mohammed

The shadow of an exit of Greece from the euro zone takes on ever clearer shape, repeated apparently final attempts to reach a deal are starting to make the whole process look ridiculous. There is an ever greater number of people who feel as if the Greek government is giving them the run-around. — Sigmar Gabriel

The greatest life is to live your greatest dream. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Posterity
the forlorn child of nineteenth century optimism
grows ever harder to conceive. — Mason Cooley

I'm pretty immature and get pretty embarrassed easily. I would check out once in a while certain shots to make sure that I felt OK because sometimes once you see it you realize it is fine. — Natalie Portman

There are a million boys growing up in the United States who have never seen a saloon, and who will never know the handicap of liquor and this excellent condition will go on spreading over the country when the wet press and the paid propogandists of booze are forgotten. The abolition of the commercialized liquor trade in this country is as final as the abolition of slavery. — Henry Ford

Socialist endeavour of the Fabian type would not have amounted to anything at any other time. But it did amount to much during the three decades preceding 1914, because things and souls were ready for that kind of message and neither for a less nor for a more radical one. Formulation and organization of existing opinion were all that was needed in order to turn possibilities into articulate policy, and this "organizing formulation" the Fabians provided in a most workmanlike manner. They were reformers. The spirit of the times made socialists of them. They were genuine socialists because they aimed at helping in a fundamental reconstruction of society which in the end was to make economic care a public affair. — Joseph Alois Schumpeter

Jefferson was relentless in pursuing and putting down threats to his vision of a republican nation. Whether they were Federalist judges and other officeholders - including the chief justice of the United States - or hostile newspapermen, Jefferson's foes faced spirited challenges from the President's House. — Jon Meacham

PROV 1.7. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. — Anonymous

It is not Sufism if it does not perform its function for you. A cloak is no longer a cloak if it does not keep a man warm. — Idries Shah

I understand, Catherine," he said.
What does he mean that he understands, Catherine wondered. Something I failed to hear, no doubt, she thought, though their words had been so few that she could not imagine what. But she quickly decided not to exasperate him ;by a question; she was sure of his kind intention, and deeply touched by it. — James Agee

Unlike Hillary Clinton, I am not afraid to answer questions about my track record or my accomplishments or my principles, — Carly Fiorina

Some people get where they hope to in this world. Most of us don't. — James Agee

Kids do better, frankly [when the economy is strong]. Jobs make great years for kids. — Edward Zigler