Famous Quotes & Sayings

Barbara Olson

Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.

Calvin Coolidge

Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.

Ciara

Anything is possible for women, including being a presidential nominee.

Stephen Colbert

Northwestern's alumni list is truly impressive. This university has graduated best-selling authors, Olympians, presidential candidates, Grammy winners, Peabody winners, Emmy winners, and that's just me!

James A. Garfield

When the shadow of the Presidential and Congressional election is lifted we shall, I hope to be in a better temper to legislate.

James A. Garfield

I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came.

Herbert Hoover

Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty.

Jack Abramoff

I try to avoid saying anything positive about any presidential candidate for fear that if I actually like them then I will kill their campaign.

Jeff Goodell

Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns.

Eric Beder

the whole urban style has been co-opted by preppies.

Demi Lovato

My personal style is kind of sophisticated edgy, I guess. I wear a lot of black and it's what I feel comfortable in.

Eddie Van Halen

I was so used to doing old blues licks with the first three fingers. When I started using my pinky and finding more spread things, that's when I started getting my own style.

Sandra Ford

Let's face it, there are no plain women on television.

John Adams

There's just a real style to these boats.

Hao Fang

We just wanted to keep the style of the magazine.

Douglas Adams

I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my life-style

Corbin Bleu

I know my style of music is very eclectic.

E. B. White

A breezy style is often the work of an egocentric, the person who imagines that everything that pops into his head is of general interest and that uninhibited prose creates high spirits and carries the day.

Abraham Lincoln

Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Theodore Roosevelt

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorius triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

Abraham Lincoln

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg don't make it a leg.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

If we can ''boondoggle'' ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come.

Theodore Roosevelt

The government is us; we are the government, you and I.

Robert Herrick

Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt. Nothing's so hard but search will find it out.

William J. H. Boetcker

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.

William Howard Taft

I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a President is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town.