Stoddert Quotes & Sayings

It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion. — Adam Smith

I remember it was a damn funny thing for a stranger to say," Stephen said. "Old Ones, we Old Ones. With capital letters
you could *hear* them. — Susan Cooper

You can be in control of your life ... if you really want to be! Change your thoughts ... keep them clean & happy and then you will Change your life — Timothy Pina

In order for us to learn to love, first ourselves and the others, we must accept Jesus' love for us in the deepest parts of our hearts. — Sara Dormon

History is always best written generations after the event, when clouded fact and memory have all fused into what can be accepted as truth, whether it be so or not. — Theodore White

A successful local food economy implies not only a new kind of food producer, but a new kind of eater as well, one who regards finding, preparing, and preserving food as one of the pleasures of life rather than a chore. — Michael Pollan

A pause; it endured horribly. — F Scott Fitzgerald

The ability to provide choices and the right to make choices that prove not detrimental, are the fundamental ingredients of free trade and independence. — John Truman Stoddert

You have to find something that you want to accomplish, that you want to achieve. You want to drop 15 pounds. You want to be able to run four miles. There has to be some goal that you set for yourself and, after you've reached that goal, you set a new one. You always have to be shooting for something, striving for something. — Larry Fitzgerald

In a world of iPads and emails, nothing has really changed in the theatre. You still get in an hour early, do your wardrobe, put an old pair of tights under your wig, and you have, 'This is your call, Miss Jensen'. I got exhilarated by that. — Ashley Jensen

The thing about coming back to the Bay Area, it's like coming home for me. — Richard Serra

John shrugged. "It always seemed silly to me to desire a woman who cannot converse any better than a sheep."
Belle leaned forward, her eyes glittering mischievously. "Really? I would have thought you'd prefer such a woman,considering your difficulty with polite conversation."
"Touche, my lady. I cede this round to you. — Julia Quinn

You fools! Don't you realize what it means if the Chinese remain? Don't you remember your history? The last time the Chinese came, they stayed a thousand years. The French are foreigners. They are weak. Colonialism is dying. The white man is finished in Asia. But if the Chinese stay now, they will never go. As for me, I prefer to sniff French shit for five years than to eat Chinese shit for the rest of my life. — Ho Chi Minh