Dirksen Senate Quotes & Sayings

The world has always been the same; and there is always as much good fortune as bad in it. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Caddy smelled like trees in the rain. — William Faulkner

When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies. — Everett Dirksen

His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Right and wrong, good and bad, the lines are blurred when it comes to matters of the heart. Anyone who has never felt that has no right to judge, and anyone who ever has won't have to. — Megan Hart

In response to whatever Alice was struggling with, whatever had caused her to withdraw from him, he had chosen the arms of another woman instead of relying on his own fortitude, as if he'd somehow deserved more comfort than Alice herself had been able to give, or not. Which was part of marriage, after all, part of the vows: enduring those times. And this sense of entitlement seemed to him an even greater sin than infidelity. — Adam Ross

I want to touch your boob any time I see you and talk to you. It doesn't matter the topic of conversation." I — Tijan

Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace. — Irene Dunne

The U.S. Senate - an old scow which doesn't move very fast, but never sinks. — Everett Dirksen

Was Du erlebst, kann keine Macht der Welt Dir rauben. (What you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you.) Not only our experiences, but all we have done, whatever great thoughts we may have had and all we have suffered, all this is not lost, though it is past; we have brought it into being. Having been is a kind of being, and perhaps the surest kind. — Viktor E. Frankl

Despite the long-term reduction in familial roles and functions, we believe that parents are still the world's greatest experts about the needs of their own children. Virtually any private or public program that supports parents, effectively supports children. This principle of supporting family vitality seems to us preferable to any policy that would have the state provide children directly with what it thinks they need. — Kenneth Keniston

Many people are so poor because the only thing they have is money. — John Spence

When our thoughts are born,
Though they be good and humble, one should mind
How they are reared, or some will go astray
And shame their mother. — Jean Ingelow

Conceit is thinking you're great; egotism is knowing it. — Bobby Darin

Never get so attached to a poem that you forget truth that lacks lyricism. — Joanna Newsom

According to the 'food waste pyramid,' ensuring that food is eaten by people is the top priority. Failing that, the next best thing is to feed it to farm animals. — Tristram Stuart

There is no word more "dangerous" than liberalism, because to oppose it is the new "unforgivable sin." — Fulton J. Sheen