Phil Gramm Famous Quotes
The genius of the American system is that we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people.
"Half the world does not know the joys of wearing cotton underwear. (promoting US exports, as quoted in Time)"
Phil Gramm Quotations
The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.
Josh Billings
Every crowd has a silver lining.
Phineas Taylor Barnum
"Your life and my life flow into each other as wave flows into wave, and unless there is peace and joy and freedom for you, there can be no real peace or joy or freedom for me. To see reality--not as we expect it to be but as it is--is to see that unless we live for each other and in and through each other, we do not really live very satisfactorily that there can really be life only where there really is, in just this sense, love."
Frederick Buechner
"Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same."
Pearl Buck
One difference between French appeasement and American appeasement is that France pays ransom in cash and gets its hostages back while the United States pays ransom in arms and gets additional hostages taken.
William Safire
There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.
George Bernard Shaw
The beginning is the most important part of the work.
Plato
These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder. (describing the jury in the OJ Simpson murder trial)
Jeff Greenfield
"The memories of my family outings are still a source of strength to me. I remember we'd all pile into the car---I forget what kind it was---and drive and drive. I'm not sure where we'd go, but I think there were some trees there. The smell of something was strong in the air as we played whatever sport we played. I remember a bigger, older guy we called 'Dad.' We'd eat some stuff, or not, and then I think we went home. I guess some things never leave you."
Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
Be not astonished at new ideas for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.
Spinoza