"In every man there is something wherein I may learn of him, and in that I am his pupil."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Character Quotes #Men Quotes #May Quotes

“I'm not often bored,' I assured her. "Life's not long enough for that.”
“The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other.”
“People who bore one another should meet seldom; people who interest one another, often.”
“Although I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty mad from an adolescent, I feel more of a person than a child, I feel quite indepedent of anyone.”
“The nation looked upon him as a deserter, and he shrunk into insignificancy and an earldom.”
“I'm sometimes asked why it is that for 30 years we seem to have trouble in the United States enforcing the rules against illegal immigration, and I'll tell you what the answer is. The answer is that when the television cameras turn off and the spotlight moves to something else, there are a host of interest groups and advocacy groups who work very, very hard to make it difficult to enforce these rules. I'm not commenting adversely on their motivation, but I can tell you the effect of all of this is to wear down the ability of an agency to enforce the law....”
“Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.”
“We're forever focusing upon our differences, and never noticing how much we're all alike.”

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