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My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till now. -- (Comment made 10 April 1962 in reaction to news that U.S. Steel was raising prices by $6 per ton, right after the unions negotiated a modest new contract under pressure from JFK to keep inflation down.) John F. Kennedy
My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till now. -- (Comment made 10 April 1962 in reaction to news that U.S. Steel was raising prices by $6 per ton, right after the unions negotiated a modest new contract under pressure from JFK to keep inflation down.)
I never told my religion nor scrutinize that of another. I never attempted to make a convert nor wished to change another's creed. I have judged of others' religion by their lives, for it is from our lives and not from our words that our religion must be read. By the same test must the world judge me. Thomas Jefferson
I never told my religion nor scrutinize that of another. I never attempted to make a convert nor wished to change another's creed. I have judged of others' religion by their lives, for it is from our lives and not from our words that our religion must be read. By the same test must the world judge me.
Life is but a walking Shadow, a poor Player That struts and frets his Hour upon the Stage, And then is heard no more; It is a tall Tale, Told by an Idiot, full of Sound and Fury, Signifying nothing.' William Shakespeare
Life is but a walking Shadow, a poor Player That struts and frets his Hour upon the Stage, And then is heard no more; It is a tall Tale, Told by an Idiot, full of Sound and Fury, Signifying nothing.'
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. William Shakespeare
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.
An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told. William Shakespeare
An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told.
The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me. Howard Nemerov
The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me.
My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition. Indira Gandhi
My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.
People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim. Ann Landers
People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.
No one who has read official documents needs to be told how easy it is to conceal the essential truth under the apparently candid and all- disclosing phrases of a voluminous and particularizing report.... Woodrow Wilson
No one who has read official documents needs to be told how easy it is to conceal the essential truth under the apparently candid and all- disclosing phrases of a voluminous and particularizing report....
Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never told anyone how I was being treated. Children tell little more than animals, for what comes to them they accept as eternally established. Rudyard Kipling
Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never told anyone how I was being treated. Children tell little more than animals, for what comes to them they accept as eternally established.
When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once. Samuel Butler
When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.
Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying. Ronald Reagan
Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.
The cruelest lies are often told in silence. Robert Louis Stevenson
The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell. Harry S Truman
I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.
I told you I was sick. Erma Bombeck
I told you I was sick.
I've always followed my father's advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble. John Wayne
I've always followed my father's advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble.
No one ever told me grief felt so much like fear. C. S. Lewis
No one ever told me grief felt so much like fear.
'Anything is possible. You can be told that you have a 90-percent chance or a 50-percent chance or a 1-percent chance, but you have to believe, and you have to fight.' Lance Armstrong
'Anything is possible. You can be told that you have a 90-percent chance or a 50-percent chance or a 1-percent chance, but you have to believe, and you have to fight.'
We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents. Eric Hoffer
We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
I just told our team we didn't play very well, but we found a way to win. One, it's the mark of a quality basketball team to do that; and two, we get a chance to play tomorrow and play better. Brian Hoberecht
I just told our team we didn't play very well, but we found a way to win. One, it's the mark of a quality basketball team to do that; and two, we get a chance to play tomorrow and play better.
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