Crossby Quotes & Sayings

I don't know how to explain Bob's love except to say it is utterly and delightfully devastating. You simply cannot live the same once you know him. — Bob Goff

I said in my inaugural address that I am not the Council's secretary, nor am I the Parliament's lackey. That can sometimes lead to conflicts, which are defused through dialogue. — Jean-Claude Juncker

My earliest memories of that school consist of the thrashing I received because I did not know the details of the exodus of the Jews from Egypt. At present there are many schoolmasters who would like to thrash me because I remember that exodus from Egypt too well."15 What might seem to be the young Herzl's indifference toward his nation's past takes on a completely different meaning in his account to Reuven Brainin, his first biographer: — Georges Yitzhak Weisz

The important point was that whatever errors America had made [in Vietnam] "we are so powerful [according to Secretary Kissinger] that Hanoi is simply unable to defeat us militarily" and must therefore eventually be forced to compromise. — William Shawcross

It's really important, obviously, for people to realize that it is a very small percentage, only 1 percent of our total economy, of our total budget, and I think that's important for people to know. But I also know that Americans are very generous and that many, many Americans are proud that their taxpayer dollar has saved lives in Africa through the president's malaria initiative or through PEPFAR, the emergency relief plan for AIDS. — Laura Bush

I think it is not only important that people go to the Anne Frank House to see the secret annex, but also that they are helped to realise that people are also persecuted today because of their race, religion or political convictions. — Otto Frank

The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all ... We have done terrible things, for the best of reasons, and that makes it worse. — Iain Pears

Speculator: One who bought stocks that went down. — Malcolm Forbes

It's very difficult to look at the World
and into your heart at the same time.
In between, a life has passed. — Jim Harrison

The gentle outlast the strong The obscure outlast the obvious Hence, a fish that ventures from deep water is soon snagged by a net A country that reveals its strength is soon conquered by an enemy — Lao-Tzu

Anne Shirley, how often have I told you never to let one of those Italians in the house! I don't believe in encouraging them to come around at all. — L.M. Montgomery

You have to count on living every single day in a way you believe will make you feel good about your life - so that if it were over tomorrow, you'd be content with yourself. — Jane Seymour

I'm very interested in how corruption works - and it's not necessarily the way one might expect. — Ronald Frame

I was nostalgic even as a young man. Preferred listening to Opera not Bing Crossby. — Ruskin Bond