Henry Commager Famous Quotes



"If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism if our government is to function it must have dissent."


Henry Commager Quotations






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"An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots."
Charles Franklin Kettering

The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead."
Benjamin Franklin

"I love drugs, but I hate hangovers, and the hatred of the hangover wins by a landslide every time."
Margaret Cho

Do whatever comes your way as well as you can. Think as little as possible about yourself and as much as possible about other people and other things that are interesting. Put a good deal of thought into happiness that you are able to give.
Roosevelt Eleanor

Happy You know my girlfriend is dead. She fell off a cliff and died on impact.
Happy Gilmore

"All the best stories are but one story in reality--the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape."
A C Benson

"Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight."
Benjamin Franklin

I'm a born-again atheist.
Gore Vidal

The men who come on the stage at one period are all found to be related to each other. Certain ideas are in the air.
Julie Arabi