"Under the circumstances, may I suggest another means of encouraging probity in elective office. I refer to term limitations, which can serve ends beyond that of saving congressional souls."

-- James L. Buckley

#Mean Quotes #Office Quotes #Soul Quotes

“Mass democracy, mass morality and the mass media thrive independently of the individual, who joins them only at the cost of at least a partial perversion of his instincts and insights. He pays for his social ease with what used to be called his soul - his discriminations, his uniqueness, his psychic energy, his self.”

Source : Al Alvarez (2013). “The Savage God: A Study of Suicide”, p.274, Bloomsbury Publishing
“Kobe enjoys that situation. Stepping up and making the big basket or being involved in a key play.”
“The strongest streak in the American character is a fierce pragmatism that mistrust blind ideology of every stripe and insists on finding what really works.”
“We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement.”

Source : William Howard Taft, David Henry Burton (2009). “William Howard Taft: Essential Writings and Addresses”, p.125, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
“Be anything you want to be, but don't be dull.”
“I like to listen. I'm much more interested in listening than in speaking, for sure.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.”
“It's not to late to... ask yourself if you really are the person you want to be, and if not, who you do want to be.”

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