"If you will refrain from telling any lies about the Republican Party, I'lll promise not to tell the truth about the Democrats."

--

Source : "If Elected I Promise: Stories and Gems of Wisdom by and About Politicians". Book by John F. Parker, 1969.

Chauncey Depew

#Lying Quotes #Party Quotes #Promise Quotes

“Jesus did not have human blood: He was born of the virgin Mary with the divine blood of His Father.”
“On the whole, men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point. But they are more or less ignorant, and it is this that we call vice or virtue; the most incorrigible vice being that of an ignorance that fancies it knows everything and therefore claims for itself the right to kill. The soul of the murderer is blind; and there can be no true goodness nor true love without the utmost clear-sightedness.”
“Perhaps the real point of life is simply to wear us down until we have no choice but to start abandoning our defenses. We learn that the way things are is simply the way they are meant to be right now, and then, suddenly, at long last, we catch a glimpse of the abundance in the moment--abundance even in the face of things falling apart.”
“Don t play this piece fast. It is never right to play ragtime fast.”

Source : Victoria J. Theodore, Scott Joplin, Stanford University. Dept. of Music (1990). “The ragtime solo piano works of Scott Joplin: an analysis and performing edition of three pieces”
“Shame, I do believe, is the most powerful emotion known to man; most discoveries and journeys of importance have been accomplished because of the ignominy that would be the result if the attempt was abandoned.”

Source : Iain Pears (1999). “AN Instance of the Fingerpost”, p.13, Penguin
“Keep going. You're almost there and remember, the sun is most beautiful as it's going away.”
“A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt.”
“Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes,' he said, his voice rising as applause and cheers mounted. 'Shake it off. Stop complainin'. Stop grumblin'. Stop cryin'. We are going to press on. We have work to do.”

Source : Barack Obama's Remarks at Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Phoenix Awards Dinner, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. September 24, 2011.

You may also like:

Cornelius Vanderbilt
Businessman
Elihu Root
Former U.S. Senator
Horace Porter
Ambassador
James L. Buckley
Former United States Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand
United States Senator
Roscoe Conkling
Former member of the United States Senate
Seth Low
Mayor of New York City
W. Averell Harriman
Former Governor of New York
William M. Evarts
Former American senator