"Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances."

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Source : Steve Allen (1994). “Reflections”

Steve Allen

#Government Quotes #Mafia Quotes #Balance Quotes

“I guess it is the sense of personal satisfaction that racing gives you that I am probably going to miss, because in racing you get that feedback very quickly”
“Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to.”

Source : "Wayne Rooney: I've Given it all up for Kai, Coleen and World Cup Glory". www.mirror.co.uk. May 9, 2010.
“Luxury is not a static concept, but it shapes and changes with society. Now somebody who might not have the time to come to one of our boutiques can shop online.”
“There's no explanation for success. Success just comes out of life.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work.”
“If you're a painter, paint. But you don't have to put Jesus in every picture. Paint well, and if you paint well enough, they might ask you why you do that.”
“It's amazing how quickly things start to change when you haven't slept. Your memory goes. Physically, you don't feel well. Emotionally, you're all over the place - you know, if you miss one night of sleep. You can only imagine five nights of not sleeping. I was in an alternate state of reality.”

Source : Source: www.wbur.org
“There is no logical reason to believe in God. There are emotional reasons, certainly, but I cannot have faith that nothing is something simply because it would be reassuring. I can no more believe in God than I can believe an invisible monkey lives in my ass; however, I would believe in both if they could be scientifically proven.”

Source : Andrew Davidson (2008). “The Gargoyle”, p.344, Canongate Books

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