"I want my questions answered by an alert and experienced politician, prepared to be grilled and quoted -- not my hand held by an old smoothie."

-- William Safire

#Hands Quotes #Want Quotes #Smoothies Quotes

“The way in which we manage the business of getting and spending is closely tied to our personal philosophy of living. We begin to develop this philosophy long before we have our first dollar to spend; and unless we are thinking people, our attitude toward money management may continue through the years to be tinged with the ignorance and innocence of childhood.”
“The conduct of men depends upon the temperament, not upon a bunch of musty maxims.”
“I am not (yet) facing the problem of emigration. I want my music to be acknowledged here first of all, in this country: after that, we shall see - perhaps the question will then become urgent.”
“The critic interested in a novel manifestation holds his criteria and taste in reserve. Since they were formed upon yesterday's art, he does not assume that they are ready-made for today.”

Source : Leo Steinberg (1975). “Other criteria: confrontations with twentieth-century art”, Oxford University Press, USA
“Hey, is that you Elvis? I wanna speak to the Colonel. Jump to it, you mother.”
“she had given me a piece of what made her life sane.”
“The second song is called 'Easy As Life,' which really describes the complete conflict of the whole story, her struggle of being in love with the enemy and also being in love with her people.”
“Why should I wake when I'm half past dead?”

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