Affable Define Quotes & Sayings

The victory is not gained by the men at arms, who manage the pike and the sword; but by the trumpeters, — David Hume

You don't get tired of muffins. But you don't find inspiration in them — George Bernard Shaw

I think that presidents don't give up power that has accrued to them by the precedent of previous presidents. Even when they say they would like to, I think once they get there they don't give it up. — Rachel Maddow

I am not unaware that I have the mindset, as contradictory as it may sound, to discover in the world what I am in fact looking for. Perhaps the best pictures are a seamless hybrid of discovery and construction. — Richard Misrach

The best writers tend to look the roughest in photos. At least that's the excuse I use for why I look so bad in mine. — R.D. Ronald

Why ruin a young girl's life when you can make an older women SO very happy ! — Benjamin Franklin

incremental development can be disconcerting for teams and management who aren't used to it because it front-loads the stress in a project. — Steve Freeman

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. — John Quincy Adams

I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally Conservative. I believe that to be so obvious and undeniable a fact that I hardly think any hon. Gentleman will question it.
[John Stuart Mill, in a Parliamentary debate with the Conservative MP, John Pakington, May 31, 1866.] — John Stuart Mill

I do not feel that we should allow a shortage of funds to prevent cities from financing needed projects. — Hubert H. Humphrey

As far as missile defense is concerned, a very thorough consultation process is underway. — Gerhard Schroder

The struggle for the right to become politicians in itself made women into politicians. — Eleanor Rathbone

I've been trying to learn how to not be so conflicted about things like my own anger. I've always had a place in my music for my anger as a way of compensating for not having a mechanism to express it in my everyday life. So I've been trying to be more true to myself, and that helps me to chill out a little bit. But politically, uh-uh. No. — Ani DiFranco

Satan like a fisher, baits his hook according to the appetite of the fish. — Thomas Adams