"I have always voted for who I believed was the best person."

-- Robert M. Gates

#Persons Quotes

“Hate California--it's cold and it's damp.”
“The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.”

Source : "Computerworld". Book by Douglas Engelbart, p.42, June 22, 1992.
“People don't actually, a lot of times, know the game behind the game. If people think that they do, it's a little bit of a naÃ¯ve assessment of how the [writing] industry works.”
“I don't read anything anymore. I don't have the eyesight. I read my own copy, that's all. I think I've read everything that's worth reading.”
“There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.”

Source : "GOP lawmaker slaps away TSA agent's hand during pat down - agent claims assault". www.foxnews.com. April 25, 2012.
“The essence of leisure is not to assure that we may function smoothly but rather to assure that we, embedded in our social function, are enabled to remain fully human.”
“When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people.”
“When I see my mom in the stands, it always pushes me to succeed.”

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