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In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.

One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way.

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Mistakes are the only universal form of originality.

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.

The only time I can really relax is up a tree or somewhere outside. I love being outside.

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.

Guys are simple... women are not simple and they always assume that men must be just as complicated as they are, only way more mysterious. The whole point is guys are not thinking much. They are just what they appear to be. Tragically.

Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham.

I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.

Each and every master, regardless of the era or the place, heard the call and attained harmony with heaven and earth. There are many paths leading to the top of Mount Fuji, but there is only one summit - love.

We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.

Man, I just feel blessed... I was in a situation where the only way I could come out of it was by putting my faith in God. No matter how good my lawyers were, no matter how much celebrity I had, everything was just stacked up against me.

No doubt exists that all women are crazy; it's only a question of degree.

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.

I consider the guitar a tool for the most part. I do pick up the acoustic now and then, I certainly don't have any routine. Usually the only time I practice is when the band gets together. Hendrix has always been one of my favorite players, but I was a sucker for Nugent in the late 1970's.

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

My childhood should have taught me lessons for my own fatherhood, but it didn't because parenting can only be learned by people who have no children.

A person hears only what they understand.

A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation.