Their Quotes

Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!

The best subjects are always people, who never fail to amaze me by their unpredictability.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.

For me, when I picture the person I want to end up with, I don't think about what their career is, or what they look like. I picture the feeling I get when I'm with them.

There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with all their heart because they know him, and those who seek him with all their heart because they do not know him.

Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.

The best situation is being a single parent. The best part about is that you get time off, too, because the kids are with their mom, so it's the best of both worlds. There's a lot to be said for it.

India has reduced its dependence on Iranian oil. I know their refineries have stopped asking for orders to purchase Iranian oil.

Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.

First, I think more Americans need to declare their independence from partisan politics on both sides. The more that Americans declare their independence, the more the parties will have to compete for their votes using reason rather than the hateful appeals.

It ain't easy to break out of a mold, but if you do your work, people will ultimately see what you're capable of. Too often, people find it easier to make assumptions and stick with what they believe. They put you in a place and it makes their job easier. The good people constantly search for something different.

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.

Free enterprise empowers entrepreneurs who have ideas and imagination, investors who take risks, and workers who hone their skills and offer their labor.

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.

I'm not defined by where I came from. I never took part in the rules and hatred that sometimes go along with religion. But if my parents are happy with what they believe, then I'm happy to stay out of their way. We agree to disagree.

Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.

Teacher unions are an interest group that acts in defense of their own interests, which means the union bosses' interests, not the members.

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.

Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges... which are employed altogether for their benefit.

With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got.

I think that you can disagree with people and debate over their positions with issues without engaging in the politics of personal destruction.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.