"There's a grand tradition of a lot of interesting stuff that happens to these post-presidents. Especially in this day and age where you leave office in your 50s and you can live another 40 years, easily. That's a lot of time."

-- David Mandel

#Years Quotes #Office Quotes #Interesting Quotes

“Architecture is, to a certain extent, a sensual gratification. It addresses itself to the eye, and affords the best scope for the parade of barbaric pomp and splendour. It is the form in which the revenues of a semi-civilized people are most likely to be lavished. The most gaudy and ostentatious specimens of it, and sometimes the most stupendous, have been reared by such hands. It is one of the first steps in the great march of civilization.”

Source : William H. PRESCOTT (1873). “History of the Conquest of México”, p.173
“If our love were but more simple, We should take Him at His word; And our lives would be all sunshine In the sweetness of the Lord.”

Source : Frederick William Faber (1867). “Hymns Selected from Frederick William Faber”, p.55
“Once when I looked up, I happened to see a sea eagle poised on magesterial wings above the knurled summit of the mountain behind my tent. It was a scene of peerless tranquility, tossed out in Nautre's devil-may-care way, which says: Just open your eyes, my friend, and I'll astonish you every minute of your life.”

Source : Lawrence Millman, Paul Theroux (2000). “Last Places: A Journey in the North”, p.147, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I was so drunk last night I fell down and missed the floor.”
“Necessity is the mother of invention. I love solving things like that. Because there wasn't enough memory, thinking of an economical way to make the movements look right was like solving a puzzle, and I had a lot of fun.”
“Behave in life as at a dinner party. Is anything brought around to you? Put out your hand and take your share with moderation. Does it pass by you? Do not stop it. Is it not yet come? Do not stretch your desire towards it, but wait till it reaches you. Do this with regard to children, to a spouse, to public post, to riches, and you will eventually be a worthy guest at the feast of life.”
“When I draw a character, very often as I'm doing a face, my face mirrors the expression.”
“Instead of being on teams at school, I was preparing for auditions.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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