William Tweed Quotes & Sayings

There are directors who, their direction is high, but then when you challenge it, it crumbles. They can't back up what they're asking. — Michael Pitt

A sense of the Finn's presence surrounded him, smell of Cuban cigarettes, smoke locked in musty tweed, old machines given up to the mineral rituals of rust. — William Gibson

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

William "Boss" Tweed was in such thorough control in New York that he made money off of the report the committee printed after investigating him. — H.W. Brands

For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store. — Isaac Bashevis Singer

We were nearly one of the last to realize that in the age of
information science the most expensive asset is knowledge. — Mikhail Gorbachev

I have two daughters and I have done everything in my power to prevent them from assimilating, even being aware of, my idiocy about my weight. — Ayelet Waldman

Facing your own feelings is like attempting to slay a fire-breathing dragon, and admitting your fear seems to make it more real, way harder to suppress. — Josie Wright

The human heart is the first home of democracy. It is where we embrace our questions. Can we be equitable? Can we be generous? Can we listen with our whole beings, not just our minds, and offer our attention rather than our opinions? And do we have enough resolve in our hearts to act courageously, relentlessly, without giving up
ever
trusting our fellow citizens to join with us in our determined pursuit of a living democracy? — Terry Tempest Williams

The search for the right answer is the enemy of art. — Seth

Never believe extraordinary characters which you hear of people. Depend upon it, they are exaggerated. You do not see one man shoot a great deal higher than another. — Samuel Johnson

But tell me, uncle, who is responsible for your being involved in these quarrels? Would it not be better to remain peacefully here at home and not go roaming through the world in search of better bread than is made from wheat, without taking into consideration that many who go for wool come back shorn?"
"My dear niece," replied Don Quixote, "how little you understand of these matters! Before they shear me, I will have plucked and stripped the beards of any who dare to touch the tip of a single hair of mine. — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra