Taliaferro Quotes & Sayings

William Nelson Cromwell. Whether Beers went to the United — John Taliaferro

He did not so much follow his father's example as his father's vision. — John Taliaferro

He had no desire to grandstand for his country or himself. — John Taliaferro

Behind those thick glasses (of TR's) was a man who did not blink. — John Taliaferro

Be knowledgeable but humble. Be wise and simple. — Debasish Mridha

Henry Adams observes that John Hay has the ability to take the world as a whole rather than pulling it to pieces in criticism. He also observes that, in the routine of a stressful job, this perspective is challenged — John Taliaferro

The Admiral so regrets failure, he cannot THINK of success. — John Taliaferro

Good luck belongs to those who know how and are not afraid." John Hay to President Theodore Roosevelt — John Taliaferro

John Hay indicates that dealing with people directly as a holder of political office "requires a stronger heart and a more obedient nervous system than I possess. — John Taliaferro

The author observes that the friendship of John Hay and Charles Francis Adams benefited from a physical distance that required correspondence, meaning that feelings only implied in person had to be explicitly expressed. — John Taliaferro

In Washington, the venerable were often vulnerable. — John Taliaferro

Beaten armies always shout, "TREASON! — John Taliaferro

The poet is poor, but the orator is made by cultivation." Horace — John Taliaferro

I must confess that I am usually drawn to sadness, and loneliness has never been a stranger to me. But love tried to welcome me, but my soul drew back, guilty of lust and sin. — Madonna Ciccone

My natural pessimism now works on Hay's natural pessimism until we are both quite out of our minds." Henry Adams — John Taliaferro

If he could be hard on kings and cabinets, he was invariably kind to his colleagues. — John Taliaferro

Annie Taliaferro had that hammerhead look about her, like a breachy range cow, or a bunch-quitting steer. — Clifton Adams

Because we have only one (life) we go about blundering along him nervous haste. — John Taliaferro

John Hay on Lincoln: "He always worked with things as they were, while never relinquishing the desire to make them better. — John Taliaferro

When we get to Heaven, we can try a monarchy, perhaps." John Hay — John Taliaferro

Not everybody can create a foundation that's worth a billion dollars, but all of us can figure out those things we do. I really think God loves us too much to give us an assignment we don't enjoy doing. — Max Lucado

John Hay points to our our history of getting lost in suffering when, "so close together were pain and antidote. — John Taliaferro

He found Washington at once august and disgusting. — John Taliaferro

I like to introduce myself, because THEN I can get in all the facts." The usually self-deprecating John Hay on the ironic formality of signing his own commission as Secretary of State. — John Taliaferro

What is nice about this sport is that I am responsible for most everything. — Sergei Bubka

Now one day - and we know the day, August 1, 1774 - Priestley put calx of mercury underneath a glass. He focused the sun's hot rays on the calx with his new 12" diameter magnifying glass. It began to give off a gas. The calx of mercury changed back into mercury, and Priestley trapped the gas with his pneumatic trough. And then he sat and looked, and thought, and looked some more. He happened to have a lighted candle nearby. Without really thinking about it Priestley exposed the candle to the gas. The flame suddenly flared into brilliance! What was this wondrous gas? If — Benjamin Wiker