William Frank Buckley Jr Famous Quotes
"Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive."
"Well, we've only had a certain number of executions in the last few years- whatever it was- and two of them were for the personal convenience of Truman Capote."
"I mean to live my life an obedient man, but obedient to God, subservient to the wisdom of my ancestors never to the authority of political truths arrived at yesterday at the voting booth."
William Frank Buckley Jr Quotations
He listens well who takes notes.
Dante Alighieri
"He was then in his fifty-fourth year, when even in the case of poets reason and passion begin to discuss a peace treaty and usually conclude it not very long afterwards."
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.
Arthur Rubinstein
"How strange is the lot of us mortals Each of us is here for a brief sojourn for what purpose he knows not, though he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people."
Albert Einstein
"Pray, pray very much but beware of telling God what you want."
French Proverb
It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
Seneca
"It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words And this, too, shall pass away."
Abraham Lincoln
"If you never budge, don't expect a push."
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Henry J Kaiser
"For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores one's life. One may experience sorrow during the night, but joy arrives in the morning."
Psalms 305 Bible