"There are men whom you will never dislodge from an opinion, except by taking possession of it yourself."

-- Augustus William Hare

#Men Quotes #Opinion Quotes #Possession Quotes

“...when a sentence is made stronger, it usually becomes shorter. Thus, brevity is a by-product of vigor.”

Source : William Strunk Jr., E.B. White (1962). “the Elements of Style”
“The history of media is the market share of advertising dollars has followed.. albeit with a lag.”
“When you get real old, honey, you realize there are certain things that just don't matter anymore. You lay it all on the table. There's a saying, 'Only little children and old folks tell the truth.'”

Source : Sarah Louise Delany, Annie Elizabeth Delany, Amy Hill Hearth (1993). “Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years”, p.179, Kodansha America
“I am concerned that many young people in the Hemisphere seem to envision the United States as a nation intoxicated by power, addicted to warfare, controlled by a military-industrial complex, and determined to preserve the status quo, that we are against rapid economic and social growth.”

Source : National Governors Association Annual Meeting NGA, 1971.
“Fine. Somebody else can arrange to get the stupid goat knocked up.”
“Now, Bella suspected by this time that Mr. Rokesmith admired her. Whether the knowledge (for it was rather that than suspicion) caused her to incline to him a little more, or a little less, than she had done at first; whether it rendered her eager to find out more about him, because she sought to establish reason for her distrust, or because she sought to free him from it; was as yet dark to her own heart. But at most times he occupied a great amount of her attention.”
“We're going to get that little bug before that little bug gets my poll ratings down any further.”
“This man (FreddieMercury) truly possessed the greatest voice in the history of rock. Journalists, culture experts and analysts have already made several hundred comments on this topic and nothing can be added here.”

You may also like:

Antonio Porchia
Poet
Augustus Hare
Writer
E. W. Howe
Novelist
Garrett Fort
Short story writer
Josh Billings
Humorist
Julius Charles Hare
Writer
Leon Askin
Actor
Mignon McLaughlin
Journalist
Sydney J. Harris
Journalist