"[Remark about Calvin Coolidge she says was erroneously attributed to her:] I do wish he did not look as if he had been weaned on a pickle."

-- Alice Roosevelt Longworth

#Wish Quotes #Looks Quotes #Pickles Quotes

“For the sake of democracy, vigorous, civilized debate must replace the law of silence that political correctness has imposed.”
“In your reaction to an imagined attack on your country or an insult to its government, you draw closer to the herd for protection, you conform in word and deed, and you insist vehemently that everybody else shall think, speak, and act together. And you fix your adoring gaze upon the State, with a truly filial look, as upon the Father of the flock.”
“We're a strange animal, so often destroying what we love for selfish ends, and yet tantalized by the sense that there are other choices if only we had strength to make them. In the politics of 400 years ago, we find the same questions we battle with today.”
“Nothing really goes through my head when I'm performing live, I normally just look out into the crowd and see the fans and it makes me feel really happy - especially when they all sing the lyrics back, it's amazing.”
“Albert grunted. "Do you know what happens to lads who ask too many questions?" Mort thought for a moment. "No," he said eventually, "what?" There was silence. Then Albert straightened up and said, "Damned if I know. Probably they get answers, and serve 'em right.”
“I'll probably be writing as long as I'm breathing.”
“Touch magic. Pass it on.”

Source : Jane Yolen (2013). “Merlin's Booke: Stories of the Great Wizard”, p.9, Open Road Media
“It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.”

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