"The Constitution doesn't mention rain."

-- Joseph Brodsky

#Rain Quotes #Constitution Quotes

“One of the eternal conflicts out of which life is made up is that between the effort of every man to get the most he can for his services, and that of society, disguised under the name of capital, to get his services for the least possible return.”
“You have to be desirable. And that's why so many woman of my age or even younger are pushed to Botox and plastic surgery, all the things that people say, 'Why do women do this?' Where do you go in your 50s in your career?”
“We do not claim that punning is legitimate wit. Wit consists in combination of ideas, punning in combination of words only. We wonder at the one, but we laugh at the drollery of the other - as the world goes a pun is regarded as an imponderable commodity, all know the rank it holds in the order of pure intellect.”

Source : Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (1913). “Harriet Hosmer: letters and memories”
“Our Founders warned against this. They said don't... that your liberty is only as secure as the people are. Because once they, um, get the ability to vote themselves entitlements from the largesse of the government, liberty is done; freedom is over with. We were warned. We are there.”

Source : "Angle: 'What’s happening (in America)..is a violation of the 1st Commandment,' entitlements 'make government our God'". Interview with Rick Wiles, lasvegassun.com. August 4, 2010.
“Everything's better with some wine in the belly.”
“There is a way to touch the angels of the skies: Gaining the trust of birds!”
“I think people in my district expect me to work with the president. It doesn't mean we have to agree all the time. I don't feel any extra pressure.”

Source : "The Obama Wing Of The GOP: Caught Between The President And The Hardliners" By Ryan Grim, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 12, 2009.
“Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.”

Source : William Cobbett (1820). “Cobbett's Political Register”, p.497

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