Repablikan Quotes & Sayings

Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no seducing me from the path. I shall be a litterateur, at least, all my life; nor would I abandon the hopes which still lead me on for all the gold in California.
EDGAR ALLAN POE TO FREDERICK WILLIAM THOMAS
FEBRUARY 14, 1849 — Andrew Barger

If you're a short-seller, that's a cacophony of negative reinforcement. You're basically told that you're wrong in every way imaginable every day. It takes a certain type of individual to drown that noise and negative reinforcement out and to remind oneself that their work is accurate and what they're hearing is not. — James Chanos

There has got to be more to life than being a really, really, ridiculously good actor. — Gary Busey

I turned over, and those big hands got to work on my back. I stifled a whimper in the pillow, because Marco's idea of a massage bore no resemblance whatsoever to the relaxing spa variety. There was no lavender oil, no soothing music, no hot towels. Just an all-out assault on cramped muscles, until they cowered in surrender and turned to Jell-O. — Karen Chance

Everyone runs, one escapes and one survives after all. — Deyth Banger

A society is measured by the treatment of its prisoners — Winston S. Churchill

Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much. — Richard M. Nixon

Give yourself a break. Stop beating yourself up! Everyone makes mistakes, has setbacks and failures. You don't come with a book on how to get it right all the time. You will fail sometimes, not because you planned to, but simply because you're human. Failure is a part of creating a great life. Stand up to it and handle it with grace. Because, you can. — Les Brown

Children can be happy when their parents are miserable. But a parent is never happier than her unhappiest child. — Laura Lippman

Freedom of conscience is the core of all freedom — Pope Benedict XVI

Get on top of the obstacles
and they become vantage points. — Tom Althouse

You never know how much a man can't remember until he is called as a witness. — Will Rogers

The greatest words you hear in college basketball are Ohio State advances. (The Iowa upset) is amazing. But again, it's all the proof you need that there's no guarantee. — Thad Matta