"The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth disputed whether John Kerry deserved some of his five medals. A large part of Kerry's defense was an appeal to the authority of veterans who supported him-one of whom has now been revealed to have received a medal he doesn't deserve. This doesn't prove the Kerry detractors were right, but it certainly doesn't weaken their case."

-- James Taranto

#Defense Quotes #Veteran Quotes #Boat Quotes

“Crows donâ€™t take from you,â€ Dean said. â€œThey give your soul wings.”
“Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom I am swallowing the whole universe with it and that this very moment of my lifting the bowl to my lips is eternity itself transcending time and space?”
“I have just now come from a party where I was its life and soul; witticisms streamed from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me, but I went away â€” yes, the dash should be as long as the radius of the earth's orbit â€”â€”â€”â€”â€”â€”â€”â€”â€”â€”â€” and wanted to shoot myself.”
“There's no right or wrong just truthful or untruthful.”
“I think grief and fear are going to come to him suddenly. They'll be undiluted and words won't work. We're all going to get hit and won't know how to hit back. I wish I knew the answers, how to help myself and the people who will hurt all around me.”
“Personally I am not very self-reliant when it comes to internet and computers.”
“Being a [bank] director is like being a pilot of an aircraft - it's years of boredom and seconds of terror.”

Source : Moira Johnston (2000). “The Tumultuous History of the Bank of America”, p.49, Beard Books
“When I do a play, it's like agreeing to be ill for a couple of months.”

You may also like:

Claire McCaskill
United States Senator
Ezra Klein
Journalist
John Batchelor
Author
Jonathan Chait
Commentator
Paul Gigot
Commentator
Paul Krugman
Economist
Peggy Noonan
Author
Daniel Henninger
Journalist
Mary Kissel
Journalist