"As for myself, my course is clear. A British subject I was born - a British subject I will die. With my utmost effort, with my latest breath, will I oppose the 'veiled treason' which attempts by sordid means and mercenary proffers to lure our people from their allegiance."

-- John A. Macdonald

#Mean Quotes #People Quotes #Effort Quotes

“Both Mitt and I have summer places up in New Hampshire on Lake Winnipesaukee. And a few summers ago I was taking my grandchildren and children to town in the boat for ice cream ... And I realized there was nobody in the boat to help me dock the boat, handle the ropes, do anything ... And I looked up and there was Mitt Romney. So he pulled me in, he tied up the boat for me. He rescued me just as he's going to rescue this great country.”

Source : "Bill Marriott: Mitt Romney Will Rescue America’s Yacht ... From Indeterminate Peril, Apparently" by Jason Linkins, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 28, 2012.
“Big money tries to purchase its own agenda. Money does too much talking in Washington. Every senator, every representative, even the president awakens each morning with a number in his head that will drive the whole day. The number is the amount of money that must [be] raised that day for his reelection. If he fails, the next day's number will be even higher.”
“The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.”

Source : "The Last Poem I Loved: 'Modotti' by Adrienne Rich" by Laura Goode, therumpus.net. April 02, 2012.
“You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
“Goal setting has traditionally been based on past performance. This practice has tended to perpetuate the sins of the past.”
“I suppose the pursuit of fashion has always carried a price, monetary or otherwise.”
“But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever.”
“It's not like I've been vaulting my whole life. I haven't. So my body hasn't taken that physical beating. I'm still on the upscale.”

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