Legibility Rubric Quotes & Sayings

Poverty never spoils a good man, but prosperity often does. It's easy to stand hard times, because that's the only thing you can do, but in good times the fool-killer has to do night work. — George Horace Lorimer

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave. — Dale Carnegie

We no longer have a government of, by, and for the people - representative democracy. We have government by plutocracy - the rule of the rich for the rich by the rich," Moyers — Thom Hartmann

For every poet it is always morning in the world; history a forgotten, insomniac night. The fate of poetry is to fall in love with the world in spite of history. — Derek Walcott

Because you're everything I've always wanted, and now that I have you I'm so afraid of losing you. — L.P. Dover

Perhaps the world progresses not by maturing, but by being in a permanent state of adolescence, of thrilled discovery. — Julian Barnes

Nothing but widespread suffering will produce any effect on Congress ... Our only safety is in pursuing a steady course of firm restriction - and I have no doubt that such a course will ultimately lead to restoration of the currency and the re-charter of the bank. — Nicholas Biddle

For me, any kind of thing that has stood for 100 years tells me of the health of that thing. So, cinema completing a hundred years in India just says that it is very healthy. — Anurag Kashyap

Somebody said, 'You may be a committee chair.' I don't think so. I don't think anybody would want me that much. — Angus King

A lot of international companies invest in the U.K. as a base for doing business with the rest of the European Union. — Tim Harford