"First of all, there's no mention of political parties in the Constitution, so you begin American history with not only no political conventions but also no parties."

-- Michael Beschloss

#Party Quotes #Political Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement.”
“Some people love Sundays; I don't, particularly. I used to rather dread them when I was younger. I was brought up on Sunday roasts, which I've always loathed. If I didn't finish my meat, I had to sit with it for most of the afternoon. No wonder I'm a vegetarian now.”
“I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence.”
“Musings The little poets sing of little things: Hope, cheer, and faith, small queens and puppet kings; Lovers who kissed and then were made as one, And modest flowers waving in the sun. The mighty poets write in blood and tears And agony that, flame-like, bites and sears. They reach their mad blind hands into the night, To plumb abysses dead to human sight; To drag from gulfs where lunacy lies curled, Mad, monstrous nightmare shapes to blast the world. [click on the thumbnail by Jack "King" Kirby]”
“You know, the fashion business is this legendary repository of young girls on their way to getting husbands. I really wanted to work.”
“The public library is more than a repository of books. It's a mysterious, wondrous place with the power to change lives.”
“Man V. Food is the highest-rated show in the Travel Channel's history, so clearly there's going to be a correlation.”
“I do not believe I am exaggerating in affirming that the empire of Russia is a country whose inhabitants are the most miserable on earth, because they suffer at one and the same time the evils of barbarism and of civilization.”

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