"Honors to me now are not what they once were."

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Source : Chester A. Arthur's written statement on the death of his wife, Ellen, as quoted in Thomas C. Reeves "Gentleman Boss: The Life of Chester Alan Arthur" (Chapter 8), 1975.

Chester A. Arthur

“When I'm not working, I like to be comfortable. I do like to dress smart, but comfort is important.”
“I'm a Midwesterner by birth, and when I traveled there, when I was young, most of the small towns were thriving, vibrant places.”
“How a designer gets from thought to thing is, at least in broad strokes, straightforward: (1) A designer conceives a purpose. (2) To accomplish that purpose, the designer forms a plan. (3) To execute the plan, the designer specifies building materials and assembly instructions. (4) Finally, the designer or some surrogate applies the assembly instructions to the building materials. What emerges is a designed object, and the designer is successful to the degree that the object fulfills the designer's purpose”
“Ms. Merkel's attempt to present herself as a Social Democrat was a clever move. But it's not working anymore. The divisions between the CDU and CSU have simply become too great for that.”
“Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.”
“Walk lightly on this #â€Ž planet and yet leave such a #â€Ž footprint that cannot be erased for thousands of years!”
“The world may hold startling developments and shocking unknowns.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“I'm really happy with all the art that was inspired by religion, and I think I'd be tickled to little tiny pieces if art in the future was inspired by other things.”

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