"What man's life is not overtaken by one or more of those tornadoes that send us out of the course, and fling us on rocks to shelter as best we may?"

-- William Makepeace Thackeray

#Men Quotes #Rocks Quotes #Shelter Quotes

“And I had to get out of hating range.”
“If any issue should unite liberals and conservatives, anyone who cares about the integrity of human achievement or respect for human accomplishment, may we not all pledge to avoid the silly censoring that can lead to a codification of Orwell's Newspeak? Consider John Milton's reasons for why good arguments are often lost: 'For want of words, no doubt, or lack of breath!'”
“Las Vegas is a city of kickbacks. A desert city of greased palms. A place where a $20 bill can buy approval, a $100 bill adulation and $1,000 canonization.”

Source : Nicholas Pileggi (2016). “Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas”, p.47, Open Road Media
“Well, if Democratic members in the House elect Nancy Pelosi as their leader, it's almost as if they just didn't get the message from the voters this election. I mean, the voters outright rejected the agenda that she's been about. And here they're going to put her back in charge.”

Source : "Key Republican Lawmakers on GOP Agenda for New Congress". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. November 7, 2010.
“Today the U.S. government can demand the nation-wide recall of defective softball bats, sneakers, stuffed animals, and foam-rubber toy cows. But it cannot order a meatpacking company to remove contaminated, potentially lethal ground beef from fast food kitchens and supermarket shelves.”
“I jotted down Oslo After Death. This would be a great title for a book, I thought. That is what I do sometimes. I jot down titles for books that I one day intend to write.”

Source : John Corey Whaley (2012). “Where Things Come Back”, p.4, Simon and Schuster
“The greatest sin of airline management of the last 22 years is to say, "It's all labor's fault."”
“Lindsey Graham is now the seventh Republican running for president. If you're keeping score, that's basically one Republican candidate for every two Republican voters.”

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