Those Quotes

Even tax breaks that are supposed to help the middle class too often skew toward the wealthy. Consider the mortgage interest deduction. While political leaders in both parties have long considered it untouchable, it actually helps those at the top of the income scale far more than those at the bottom.

Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government. But from the beginning, this nation trusted in God, not man. Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution.

He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none.

We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.

I spent all my time on my movies worried that people were eating and that the schedule was being kept, so to have experts in those areas giving me the brain space as a writer and director is huge.

America will always side with those whom she can direct, give orders to and have those orders obeyed.

I believe that people who don't achieve anything in life are isolated and resent those that are successful.

Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know. I truly believe what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Even if you fail, learning and moving on is sometimes the best thing.

In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance.

I don't think that you can fake warmth. You can fake lust, jealousy, anger; those are all quite easy. But actual, genuine warmth? I don't think you can fake it.

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.

My favorite time in the cycles of public life is the time when the Pope is dead and they haven't elected a new one. There's no one in the world who is infallible for those weeks. And you know, I don't miss it.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

One of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to have the daily miracle. It does come.

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest.

I played a lot of tough clubs in my time. Once a guy in one of those clubs wanted to bet me $10 that I was dead. I was afraid to bet.

Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.

Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.

Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.

In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases.

But those who believe that what our people desire is big government are living in a state of delusion.

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

There's a lot of bitterness, there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal those wounds.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

I can't deal with the press; I hate all those Beatles questions.

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.