"I live on good soup, not on fine words."

-- Moliere

#Literature Quotes #Soup Quotes #Fine Quotes

“If Americans want to see results instead of rhetoric, if taxpayers would like solutions instead of sound bites, and hard work instead of horse trading, I suggest you take a short look, and it won't take much longer, at the accomplishments of this Congress.”
“I'm just a public-schoolboy. I've got a degree. I'm from a middle-class family in Devon. I've got no story.”
“The World Cup is a truly international event.”
“I'll never be August Wilson - but what I can be is more of myself.”
“Unlike Mitt Romney, President Obama is standing up for Planned Parenthood.”

Source : "Gov. Bev Perdue DNC 2012 speech". www.politico.com. September 04, 2012.
“Tall, aren't you?" she said. "I didn't mean to be." Her eyes rounded. She was puzzled. She was thinking. I could see, even on that short acquaintance, that thinking was always going to be a bother to her.”
“One may quote till one compiles.”

Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 653-54, Curiosities of Literature, 1922.
“They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.”

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