Mendacity And Politics Quotes & Sayings

In America, the rich man tries to pretend that the poor man is his equal in every respect but money, which is simply not true. — Donna Tartt

Among the many interesting objects which will engage your attention that of providing for the common defense will merit particular regard. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. — George Washington

Interferometry, like surfing, is a search for the perfect wave. But physicists don't have to paddle around and wait. — Ken Goldberg

Lord! when you sell a man a book you don't sell just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night - there's all heaven and earth in a book, a real book. — Christopher Morley

I have a fat head - I get freaked-out looking at pictures of me. — Rachael Ray

The dollar is the final term in almost every equation which arises in the practice of engineering in any or all of its branches, except qualifiedly as to military and naval engineering, where in some cases cost may be ignored. — Henry R. Towne

That doesn't necessarily mean they have to have an explicit proposal that they put forward that all Democrats sign up to, but I think they need to throw some ideas out that, at least directionally, point the way forward. — John Podesta

Orderliness readily slides to conformity over time. — Lionel Shriver

Science with its retorts would have put me to sleep; it was the opportunity to be ignorant that I improved. It suggested to me that there was something to be seen if one had eyes. It made a believer of me more than before. I believed that the woods were not tenantless, but choke-full of honest spirits as good as myself any day,
not an empty chamber, in which chemistry was left to work alone, but an inhabited house,
and for a few moments I enjoyed fellowship with them. — Henry David Thoreau

There is no best way to make art, but there are a lot of better ways. — Walter Darby Bannard

Characters are not created by writers. They pre-exist and have to be found. — Elizabeth Bowen