Those Quotes

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little.

The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.

It's a reality that in this business there's an expectation of being thin. But having a baby is a reality too, and it's more important for me to make milk than to fit into those tiny pants. So that's just going to have to wait.

It is not our mistakes that define who we are; it is how we recover from those mistakes.

Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should be compassionate.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.

My job is to be a spokesman - the spokesman, I suppose - for the President, for the White House, to do the daily briefings, to manage the press corps in terms of travel, day-to-day needs, access, interviews, all those issues.

Americans are blessed with great plenty; we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are suffering from poverty, disease, war and famine.

Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.

Privacy and security are those things you give up when you show the world what makes you extraordinary.

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.

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

You don't have to be singing about love all the time in order to give love to the people. You don't have to keep flashing those words all the time.

The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.

War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures.

Well look, I mean, I think that prayer and holy water, and things like that are all fine. They don't do any good, but they don't necessarily do any harm. It's touching to be thought of in that way. It makes up for those who tell me that I've got my just desserts.

If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values - that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.

I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I forget.

There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.