Famous Quotes & Sayings

Elfriede Jelinek

The government has once again made the right socially acceptable.

Calvin Coolidge

At first I intended to become a student of the Senate rules and I did learn much about them, but I soon found that the Senate hadbut one fixed rule, subject to exceptions of course, which was to the effect that the Senate would do anything it wanted to do whenever it wanted to do it.

Chuck D.

The Illuminati is just the evil, 'nameless' people who are behind governments.

Amos Bronson Alcott

Right is the royal ruler alone; and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire.

Alveda King

Let's be honest about this; the liberal agenda with failed stimulus plans and government entitlement programs is crippling our economy and our quality of life.

Anthony Eden

All prejudices are equally fatal to good government.

Amy Goodman

Journalism is the only profession explicitly protected by the U.S. Constitution, because journalists are supposed to be the check and balance on government. We're supposed to be holding those in power accountable. We're not supposed to be their megaphone. That's what the corporate media have become.

Anne Rice

Who knows what the hell a government is or what the hell a government does.

Andrew Leigh

Overall, the work of rebuilding and transforming government for the digital age is only just beginning. Governments remain organized according to political and bureaucratic imperatives, not according to what makes the most sense to citizens.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

We can afford all that we need; but we can not afford all [that] we want.

Henry Clay

I'd rather be right than President.

Helen Thomas

All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf.

John Maynard Keynes

Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated.

Jodi Kantor

Interpreting anyone's marriage - a neighbor's, let alone the president's - is extremely difficult.

Keating Holland

Americans may rally around a president when he sends troops to war but not when he sends them the bill.

Christopher Shays

This president had a right to rejoice. But it was just a compassionate, wonderful speech,

Jean Offutt

There were no surprises for us. But we're still waiting for the other two steps, which will be the president and Congress.

Alberto Gonzales

This may be the most important thing a president does.

Stevie Smith

You must have some money if you are going to live simply. It need not be much, but you must have some.

Stacy London

You don't need money to look fabulous. There are so many awesome new designers, so many designers doing collections for mass retailers.

Tana French

Don't get discouraged if you're hammering away at a sentence or a paragraph or a chapter, and it keeps coming out wrong. You're allowed to get it wrong, as many times as you need to; you only need to get it right once.

Tamora Pierce

Anyone who tells you they don't need to rewrite, they're usually the ones who need it worst.

Tamora Pierce

Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

Tadao Ando

I am interested in things happening around me, and I need to understand what's going on in other artistic sectors like music and literature.

Tadao Ando

Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.

Sylvia Kristel

I love to invent - avoiding the truth. I need to dramatize.

Sylvia Plath

Good to know that if I ever need attention all I have to do is die.