"I had learned many years ago in private business never to take responsibility without adequate authority; and the new Secretary of Defense, as budgets were sharply cut, quickly found that out."

-- Stuart Symington

#Responsibility Quotes #Cutting Quotes #Years Quotes

“A lot of people don't know this, but when 'Dancing with the Stars' first asked me to be on the show, I said no, because I wanted to act and to be taken seriously.”
“In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.”
“Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation.”
“And of course, the musician - if he's serious - always answers: My last album is my best, otherwise I wouldn't have done it.”
“Conversation in real life is full of half-finished sentences and overlapping talk. Why shouldn't painting be too?”
“Champagne makes you feel like it's Sunday and better days are just around the corner.”
“I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I am one of the judges for the Orange Fiction Prize.”
“If you don't know what you want to achieve in your presentation your audience never will.”

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