Courtiers Def Quotes & Sayings

If you have not chosen me by secret ballot, neither have I gained office by any secret promises. I have not campaigned either for the Presidency or the Vice Presidency. I have not subscribed to any partisan platform. I am indebted to no man, and only to one womanmy dear wifeas I begin this very difficult job. — Gerald R. Ford

Human beings are endowed by nature with both selfish and unselfish impulses. — Reinhold Niebuhr

He who innovates will have for his enemies all those who are well off under the existing order of things, and only lukewarm supporters in those who might be better off under the new ... partly from the incredulity of mankind, who will never admit the merit of anything new, until they have seen it proved by the event. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Singletary arched an eyebrow then, after taking a look around the room, smiled a dubious but encouraging smile, the way you might smile at someone about to depress the ignition button on a homemade jetpack. — Michael Chabon

Intuition makes much of it; I mean by this the faculty of seeing a connection between things that in appearance are completely different; it does not fail to lead us astray quite often. — Andre Weil

People are starting to go on about my weight but I'm not going to change my size because they don't like the way I look. — Adele

Sure
love is cruel
and selfish
and totally obtuse
at least, blinded by the light,
young love is. — William Carlos Williams

The scientist should treasure the riddles he can't solve, not explain them away at the outset. — Roberto Unger