"the Republicans think they have a corner on morality ..."

-- Marya Mannes

#Party Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Political Quotes

“There are perhaps only one or two things in the world which are not far more charming in desire than they are in possession.”
“In order to threaten Iran, you [America] say that you can secure the energy flow in the region. You are wrong. Beware that if you make the slightest mistake over Iran, the energy flow through this region will be seriously endangered. You will never be capable of providing energy security in this region. You are not capable and you should know this.”
“They are a special breed-like normal accountants, but without the soppy sentimentality. These are the oncologists of market capitalism.”
“Earlier tonight the second Republican debate took place here in California. With 10 men and only one woman, everyone thought they were watching 'The Bachelorette.'”
“Loners, if you catch them, are well worth the trouble. Not dulled by excess human contact, nor blasÃ© or focused on your crotch while jabbering about themselves, loners are curious, vigilant, full of surprises. They do not cling. Separate wherever they go, awake or asleep, they shimmer with the iridescence of hidden things seldom seen.”
“It's not easy to run a marathon, I know it will be painful but when I start it, I know I'm going to finish it”
“Salvation and justice are not to be found in revolution, but in evolution through concord. Violence has ever achieved only destruction, not construction; the kindling of passions, not their pacification; the accumulation of hate and destruction, not the reconciliation of the contending parties; and it has reduced men and parties to the difficult task of building slowly after sad experience on the ruins of discord.”
“Misery travels free through the whole world!”

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