Claiborne Pell Famous Quotes



"My opponent called me a cream puff. ... Well, I rushed out and got the baker's union to endorse me."

The secret is to always let the other man have your way.

"The strength of the United States is not the gold at Fort Knox or the weapons of mass destruction that we have, but the sum total of the education and the character of our people."


Claiborne Pell Quotations






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One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.
Erich Fromm

Living and dying is not the big issue. The big issue is what you're going to do with your time while you are here.
Bill T Jones

"Prince Akeem Oh, it was a most amazing game. The Giants of New York took on the Packers of Green Bay. The Giants triumphed by kicking a pigskin ball through a big H. A most ripping victory. Cleo McDowell Son... I'm just going to tell you this one time. If you want to keep working here, stay off the drugs."
Coming to America

I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help-and God's.
Lyndon B Johnson

Live the questions.
Rainer Maria Rilke

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You've got to keep on working that talent. Someday I'll reach for it and it won't be there.
Irving Berlin

People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
Indira Nehru Gandhi

"To make pleasures pleasant, shorten them."
Charles Buxton

Try not to have a good time...this is supposed to be educational.
Charles M Schulz

Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache do be my enemy--for friendship's sake.
William Blake