"Why are stamps adorned with kings and presidents? That we may lick their hinder parts and thump their heads."

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Source : Howard Nemerov (1977). “The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov”, p.420, University of Chicago Press

Howard Nemerov

#Kings Quotes #Power Quotes #President Quotes

“God must have been on leave during the Holocaust.”
“I hope you donâ€™t mind my joining you,â€ said Leanne. I minded. After all, sheâ€™d tried to kill me. A girl in a novel would say it was hard to believe, but it wasnâ€™t.”
“At the risk of repetition let me say again that my plea is not for immunity to, but for the most unsparing exposure of, the politician who betrays his trust, of the big business man who makes or spends his fortune in illegitimate or corrupt ways. There should be a resolute effort to hunt every such man out of the position he has disgraced. Expose the crime, and hunt down the criminal; but remember that even in the case of crime, if it is attacked in sensational, lurid, and untruthful fashion, the attack may do more damage to the public mind than the crime itself.”
“I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority... in less than 20 years.”
“No matter how much it's growing, the Internet still is a pretty specific demographic. It doesn't necessarily represent the general populace.”

Source : Interview with Kyle Ryan, tv.avclub.com. August 1, 2007.
“The secret is contained in a three-part formula I learned in the gym: self confidence, a positive mental attitude, and honest hard work.”

Source : Arnold Schwarzenegger (2012). “Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder”, p.30, Simon and Schuster
“Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?”
“What you don't want is always going to be with you What you want is never going to be with you Where you don't want to go, you have to go And the moment you think you're going to live more, you're going to die”

Source : Katherine Boo (2012). “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum”, p.179, Portobello Books

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