It's the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. It's a quality to be proud of. But it's a quality that many people seem to have neglected.
If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public.
We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not.
It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice.
True love does not only encompass the things that make you feel good, it also holds you to a standard of accountability.
Our problem with President Obama isn't that he's a bad person. By all accounts, he too is a good husband, and a good father - and thanks to lots of practice, a pretty good golfer.
In the Federal Government, electronic records are as indispensable as their paper counterparts for documenting citizens' rights, the actions for which officials are accountable, and the nation's history.
We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation online.
When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.
Aging is an inevitable process. I surely wouldn't want to grow younger. The older you become, the more you know; your bank account of knowledge is much richer.
I worked in accounting for two and a half years, realized that wasn't what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, and decided I was just going to give comedy a try.
I can't honestly account for the very personal response that I have to one story and not another, a sense of an orbit, the orbit of a world that draws me as my own life recedes.
Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded.
In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.
We are reinventing ourselves as a company. Compaq is taking ownership of its customer relationships and accountability of our customer's needs.
I have a thought for Nicolas Sarkozy, you know my loyalty on his account, but I profess it too for Jacques Chirac.
People with power listen less carefully, and have difficulty taking into account what others already know.
I've been told to speed up my delivery when I perform. But if I lose the stammer, I'm just another slightly amusing accountant.
I will try to account for the degree of my aesthetic emotion. That, I conceive, is the function of the critic.
I've been told by many people that if I had a Twitter account, I would be making five hundred thousand dollars more a year.
Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account?
