Veritable Def Quotes & Sayings

Vitality springs from diversity
which makes for real progress so long as there is mutual toleration, based on the recognition that worse may come from an attempt to suppress differences than from acceptance of them. For this reason, the kind of peace that makes progress possible is best assured by the mutual checks created by a balance of forces-alike in the sphere of internal politics and of international relations. — B.H. Liddell Hart

The boughs that bear most hang lowest. — David Garrick

A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror. — Wilhelm Steinitz

I served at a time when we had a strong economy, when we had deficits that we would die for today. I was able to propose a balanced budget, not over ten years, but over five years. I'm proud of that record. — Rob Portman

David is in the entertainment business, which is what people in his line of work call television news these days. A Roman circus of information and opinions. — Noah Hawley

How could you let yourself be sidetracked while I was waiting for your breath on my back? — Anna Gavalda