Phil Crane famous quotes

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As my dad said, you have an obligation to leave the world better than how you found it. And he also reminded us to be givers in this life, and not takers.
-- Phil Crane

#Dad #World #This Life
I never let politics get personal. You can have the most intense, heated debate on issues, and so long as you keep it on issues, you can go out and have coffee afterwards and you're good friends.
-- Phil Crane

#Coffee #Good Friend #Issues
In a free society men and women should not be prevented by Government from seeking medical remedies which they believe will be effective. ...
-- Phil Crane

#Believe #Dark #Men
Despite the fact that a predicted 350,000 persons in the US will die of cancer this year, the cancer bureaucracy keeps a closed mind. ...the basic issue is not the efficacy of Laetrile, but the infringement of freedom in what amounts to a life and death question.
-- Phil Crane

#Cancer #Dark #Years
Freedom of choice must be brought to bear upon the US Medical practice.
-- Phil Crane

#Dark #Practice #Choices
If you started a business when Christ was born and lost $1 million a day, it would still take another 700 years before you lost $1 trillion.
-- Phil Crane

#Years #Politics #Christ
Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan had tremendous influence on generations of American because, even if people disagreed with them, they admired them because they made very strong commitments to things they believed in.
-- Phil Crane

#Strong #Commitment #People
I certainly respect privacy and privacy rights. But on the other hand, the first function of government is to guarantee the security of all the people.
-- Phil Crane

#Rights #Government #Hands
If you asked central casting in Hollywood for somebody to play the role of President, they'd send you John Connally.
-- Phil Crane

#Art #Play #President

My dad is a chemical engineer, and my mom was a teacher. They were pretty serious about education, but I always thought about things a little bit differently.
It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.
My dad was a big car guy. If you wanted to spend time with my dad, he was working on the car.
I don't play games. I ran away from home because my Dad brought me an Xbox.
God help us if we ever take the theater out of the auction business or anything else. It would be an awfully boring world.
As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow.
Let me tell you, though: being the smartest boy in the world wasnâ€™t easy. I didnâ€™t ask for this. I didnâ€™t want this. On the contrary, it was a huge burden. First, there was the task of keeping my brain perfectly protected. My cerebral cortex was a national treasure, a masterpiece of the Sistine Chapel of brains. This was not something that could be treated frivolously. If I could have locked it in a safe, I would have. Instead, I became obsessed with brain damage.
In this life all that I have is my word and my balls and I do not break them for nobody.
As you move through this life...you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life - and travel - leaves marks on you.
A lot of people say there is no happiness in this life and certainly there's no permanent happiness. But self-sufficiency creates happiness.

Phil Crane famous quotes

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