"No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a hard Christmas."

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Source : Quoted in New Outlook, Dec. 1933

Al Smith

#Santa Quotes #Empty Quotes #Fireplaces Quotes

“The faculty of creating is never given to us all by itself. It always goes hand in hand with the gift of observation.”
“Your primary calling is to worship ... to pursue celebration and rejoicing as a way of life.”

Source : FaceBook post by Graham Cooke from Jun 03, 2012
“The writing, acting and the directing all complement each other and make each other better. It's one of those amazing instances where everything seems to come together.”
“Before, they had never found themselves broken together. Usually, it was one needing the other but not both needing each other, and so there had been a way, by touching, to borrow from the stronger one's strength.”
“I think driving in New York is a great experience. A lot more racing techniques go into it than anyplace else I've ever driven. There basically are no lanes.”
“My life has been devoted to peacemaking.”

Source : "Larry King Live" with Soledad O'Brien, transcripts.cnn.com. September 8, 2010.
“A Leader must possess credibility, imagination, enthusiasm, vision, foresight, a sense of timing, a passion for excellence and be willing to share.”
“The way in which science and religion by and large complement each other is becoming ever clearer, as are the natures of the various points of tension between them and some possible resolutions of those tensions.”

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