"Campaigns waged with lies presage governments racked by distrust. The sclerosis starts there."

-- Frank Bruni

#Lying Quotes #Government Quotes #Campaigns Quotes

“I just listened to that inner voice. By the way, it's always a good move to listen to that inner voice... if it doesn't lead to a crime”

Source : FaceBook post by Lisa Kudrow from Jun 24, 2011
“Some persons are exaggerators by temperament. They do not mean untruth, but their feelings are strong, and their imaginations vivid, so that their statements are largely discounted by those of calm judgment and cooler temperament. They do not realize that we always weaken what we exaggerate.”
“Our American friends offer us money, arms, and advice. We take the money, we take the arms, and we decline the advice.”
“Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.”
“The foundations of the world will be shaky until the moral props are restored.”
“We must have design in a picture even at the expense of truth. You are using nature for your artistic needs.”

Source : John F. Carlson (2013). “Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting”, p.39, Courier Corporation
“Do you care about freedom? Dreams may have inspired it, and wishes prompted it, but only war and weapons have made it yours.”
“Here today, up and off to somewhere else tomorrow! Travel, change, interest, excitement! The whole world before you, and a horizon that's always changing!”

Source : Kenneth Grahame (2016). “The Wind in the Willows”, p.13, Xist Publishing

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