"The balancing of the budget will not in itself place a teaspoonful of milk in a hungry baby's stomach, or remove the rags from its mother's back."

-- John L. Lewis

#Mother Quotes #Baby Quotes #Economic Inequality Quotes

“Probably the closest things to perfection are the huge absolutely empty holes that astronomers have recently discovered in space. If there's nothing there, how can anything go wrong?”

Source : "An Unfortunate Woman: A Journey". Book by Richard Brautigan, p.15, 2000.
“The imagination is the goal of history. I see culture as an effort to literally realize our collective dreams.”
“I'm not the smartest dude in the world. (After all... I picked a career in acting.)”
“Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.”
“I grew up flying over oceans and moving and sailing.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“How many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn't see?”
“Nought venture, nought have. [Nothing ventured, nothing gained.]”
“Mistakes are not always the result of someone's ineptitude.”

Source : Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

You may also like:

Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
Charles Coughlin
Priest
Frances Perkins
Former United States Secretary of Labor
George Meany
Harry Hopkins
Political figure
Huey Long
Former Governor of Louisiana
Samuel Gompers
Labor Union Leader
Sidney Hillman
Warren G. Harding
29th U.S. President