"Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important."

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Source : Quoted in Washington Post, 12 Nov. 1967

Eugene McCarthy

#Football Quotes #Smart Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“In the gametes of an individual hybrid the Anlagen for each individual parental character are found in all possible combinations but never in a single gamete the Anlagen for a pair of characters. Each combination occurs with approximately the same frequency.”
“Now, the question of the hour is, who's got the Pandorica? Answer, I do. Next question, who's coming to take it from me? Come on! Look at me, no plan, no backup, no weapons worth a damn. Oh, and something else - I don't have anything to lose! So, if you're sitting up there in your silly little spaceship with all your silly little guns, and you've got any plans on taking the Pandorica tonight, just remember who's standing in your way. Remember every black day I ever stopped you. And then, and THEN, do the smart thing. Let somebody else try first.”
“You can't just look at the side of something that you want to see. You have to look at the whole round object and understand that there are parts of it that you don't like.”

Source : Source: www.songfacts.com
“Other people are talking about writing books about my life, or about some of the things I've done. I find it strange, but I also feel it's my life and my story, and I guess I better be the one to get it on paper the way it actually happened.”
“I always knew I couldn't sing, but I also knew I had a voice that isn't heard by many, and that I could learn how to stretch it and make songs sound good.”
“...The asbestos industry...has for decades successfully suppressed and manipulated information on the carcinogenicity and other hazards of asbestos. Involved in this conspiracy network were senior industry executives, their medical staff, attorneys, insurance companies, trade associations, scientific consultants, and commercial labs.”
“I want to get out there. I want to show myself.”
“Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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