"In a government such as ours we have vigorous contests to determine who should lead. The recent election was no exception. Now we inaugurate a new government on a day that transcends any one individual or any one party."

-- Matt Blunt

#Party Quotes #Government Quotes #Election Quotes

“My first paid job was delivering newspapers. The first paid acting job I got was dressing up as Edam cheese and handing out leaflets on London's Oxford Street. I got pushed over by these little herberts and given a good shoe-in.”

Source : Source: www.mirror.co.uk
“Im a shy person. I contradict my own profession, because Im an introvert in a very glamorous world.”
“Innovation without imitation is a complete waste of time.”
“Quit saying you don't have time. You have time for what you make time for in life.”
“Just because youâ€™ve only been alive for fifteen years doesnâ€™t mean youâ€™re less anything except old. Thatâ€™s all it means. It doesnâ€™t mean youâ€™re less experienced. It doesnâ€™t mean youâ€™re less intelligent. It doesnâ€™t mean youâ€™re less sensitive. It doesnâ€™t mean you take things less seriously. Itâ€™s like, these are younger human beings, meaning donâ€™t, because theyâ€™re only ten, start thinking that they donâ€™t know what youâ€™re talking about -because they do. Donâ€™t leave people out in the cold, and donâ€™t talk down to people -donâ€™t. It never works out.”
“My father once admonished me to master the laws that govern fine writing until I could weave my words into worlds. If ever I accomplish that feat, I will sign my name to the tale.”
“Time is jealous of you, and wars against your lilies and your roses.”
“As the blood of Christ is the fountain of all merit, so the Spirit of Christ is the fountain of all spiritual life; and until he quicken us and infuse the principle of the divine life into our souls, we can put forth no hand, or vital act of faith, to lay hold upon Jesus Christ.”

Source : John Flavel (1701). “The whole works of the Reverend Mr. John Flavel: ... to which are added alphabetical tables of the texts of scripture explained, and indexes of the principal matters contained in both volumes”, p.279

You may also like:

Christopher Bond
Former United States Senator
Claire McCaskill
United States Senator
Ed Martin
Attorney
Jay Nixon
Governor of Missouri
Jim Talent
Former U.S. Senator
Mel Carnahan
Former Governor of Missouri
Roy Blunt
United States Senator
Russ Carnahan
Former U.S. Representative
Jason Kander
Secretary of State of Missouri