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Demosthenes: A man is...

Demosthenes: A man is...

A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be...

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Donald Rumsfeld: Control your own...

Donald Rumsfeld: Control your own...

Control your own time. Don't let it be done for you. If you are working off the in-box that is fed you, you are...

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Vaclav Havel: As soon as...

Vaclav Havel: As soon as...

As soon as man began considering himself the source of the highest meaning in the world and the measure of everything,...

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John Adams: A desire to...

John Adams: A desire to...

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as...

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John Adams: I must study...

John Adams: I must study...

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and...

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Andrew Jackson: To the victors...

Andrew Jackson: To the victors...

To the victors belong the spoils.

Source: In Best Quotations for All Occasions, by...

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Sam Rayburn: Wait a minute....

Sam Rayburn: Wait a minute....

Wait a minute.

Source: Advice recalled by Jack Valenti as the three most important...

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Henry Clay: Sir, I would...

Henry Clay: Sir, I would...

Sir, I would rather be right than be President.

Source: Speech, 1850 (referring to...

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Mario Cuomo: I talk and...

Mario Cuomo: I talk and...

I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one...

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James K Polk: If a man...

James K Polk: If a man...

If a man . . . would shake and not be shaken, grip and not be gripped, taking care always to squeeze the hand of his...

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George Washington: Let us raise...

George Washington: Let us raise...

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of...

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James A Garfield: If the power...

James A Garfield: If the power...

If the power to do hard work is not talent, it is the best possible substitute for it.

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Lena Horne: It's ill-becoming for...

Lena Horne: It's ill-becoming for...

It's ill-becoming for an old broad to sing about how bad she wants it. But occasionally we...

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Huddie Leadbelly Ledbetter: Look a here...

Huddie Leadbelly Ledbetter: Look a here...

Look a here people, listen to me,
Don't try to find no home in Washington, D.C.
Lord, it's a bourgeois town,...

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Jane Wagner: I made some...

Jane Wagner: I made some...

I made some studies, and reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. I can take it in small...

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Jane Wagner: Delusions of grandeur...

Jane Wagner: Delusions of grandeur...

Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself.

Source: From an...

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Robert Orben: A vacation is...

Robert Orben: A vacation is...

A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in.

Source: Quote...

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Robert Orben: Spring is God's...

Robert Orben: Spring is God's...

Spring is God's way of saying, 'One more time!'

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Jelly Roll Morton: Get up from...

Jelly Roll Morton: Get up from...

Get up from that piano. You hurtin' its feelings.

Source: In Hear Me Talkin' To Ya,...

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Steve Martin: A joke that...

Steve Martin: A joke that...

A joke that works is complete knowledge in a nanosecond.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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