"I am frankly sick and tired of the political preachers telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in A, B, C, and D. Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me?"

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Source : "Excerpts From Goldwater Remarks". Remarks in the Congressional Record, www.nytimes.com. September 15, 1981.

Barry Goldwater

#Believe Quotes #Tired Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be changed by an incident. If one hasn't any philosophy in crises, others make the decision.”
“Dhoni is the greatest captain of our country. His record is proof of that.”

Source : "Dhoni the Greatest Indian Captain - Ganguly". www.espn.com. April 05, 2011.
“The truth is what I make it. I could set this world on fire and call it rain.”
“The odd thing about being a writer is you do tend to lose yourself in your books. Sometimes it seems like real life is flickering by and you're hardly a part of it. You remember the events in your books better than you remember the events that actually took place when you were writing them.”
“Everybody thinks I'm, like, a bad boy. I've had my day, but I just sit at home and play the blues mostly.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“And no. I must not go on thinking. For the pain will never go away. You just go on and live. In the dust of desertion. Still falling where last I loved.”

Source : J. P. Donleavy (2007). “The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B”, p.299, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“When someone asks me, 'What do you do?' under my breath I want to say, 'Ask my f--king bank account what I do,'”
“Most of our country's serious problems can be laid at the feet of Congress and the White House and not at capitalism.”

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