"In middle life politics are not a mental acquisition; they are a temperament."

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Source : Frank Moore Colby (1926). “Tailor blood and other notes and comments”

Frank Moore Colby

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“the problems of three little people in a big world don't add up to much”
“In the 1980s, there were occasions when it made sense to say, 'it is too difficult to maximize the likelihood function, and besides if we do, it will blow our model out of the water.”
“It is the month of June, The month of leaves and roses, When pleasant sights salute the eyes And pleasant scents the noses.”
“I grew up mostly in Champaign, Illinois. My dad was at the University of East Illinois, so I was always around the music. One of my dad's buddies was the avant-garde composer John Cage, so I picked up on that weird classical and eclectic music.”
“Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water - A deep resonance.”
“I may not be the world's best glad-handing politician, but I've been elected mayor twice. I understand politics. And I definitely understand where the state line is.”
“As we shall see, the concept of time has no meaning before the beginning of the universe. This was first pointed out by St. Augustine. When asked: What did God do before he created the universe? Augustine didn't reply: He was preparing Hell for people who asked such questions. Instead, he said that time was a property of the universe that God created, and that time did not exist before the beginning of the universe.”
“Live or die, sink or swim.”

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