Richard L. Gordon famous quotes

Confronted with economic problems, politicians always blame the private sector first ... [even] blaming the problem on the solution.
-- Richard L. Gordon

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Calvinism is an all-embracing system of principles... It is rooted in a form of religion which was peculiarly its own, and form that specific religious consciousness there was developed first a particular theology, then a special church-order, and then a given form for political and social life.

This is not the first time in my life where you know going into a job that you're going to hear in stereo what was wrong with what you did.

If the first requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite, the second is to put in your apprenticeship as a feeder when you have enough money to pay the check but not enough to produce indifference of the total.

I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the analogy is first of all between the external and the internal.

If at first you don't succeed/You can dust it off and try again/Dust yourself off and try again.

The man who pauses on the paths of treason, Halts on a quicksand, the first step engulfs him.

Our response has been, 'Well, let's then make an effort to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to sit around the table.' That hasn't happened. So we only have ourselves to blame for this crisis.

Blame someone else and get on with your life.

If the praise of others elates me and their blame depresses me; if I cannot rest under misunderstandin g without defending myself; if I love to be loved more than to love, to be served more than to serve, then I know nothing of Calvary love.

How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently?