Quotes of: John-wooden Keyword

There is more felicity on the far side of baldness than young men can possibly imagine.

Logan Pearsall Smith

Brutal men with unlimited power are the same all over the world.

Mary Boykin Chesnut

My first encounter with Buddhist dharma would be in my early 20s. Like most young men, I was not particularly happy.

Richard Gere

Craig Schwartz: What happens when a man goes through his own portal?

Being John Malkovich

Craig Schwartz: [watching the puppeteer with the giant puppet on TV] Gimmicky bastard...

Being John Malkovich

Freud had a gene for inefficiency, and I think I have a gene for efficiency.

Albert Ellis

No one disputes that online businesses offer much more variety than their analog counterparts.

Anita Elberse

When I was under house arrest, it was the BBC that spoke to me - I listened.

Aung San Suu Kyi

What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?

Gilbert Highet

Activity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry.

John George Nicolay

Politics means striving to share power or striving to influence the distribution of power, either among states or among groups within a state.

Max Weber

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

Plato

I hate injustice, and I can't help but speak against it. But I don't want to get involved in politics.

Serj Tankian

If you are positive, you'll see opportunities instead of obstacles.

Widad Akrawi

Every great movement needs an agitator. Every leader of spiritual ideals need a John the Baptist.

William Allen White

In a banana republic, one might slip on a banana peel but things do work - now and then for the people, albeit inefficiently and unreliably.

George Ayittey

Why don't we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our grandmothers.

Al Franken

I became a war hero before going on to critical acclaim as a professional victim.

Dave Pelzer

John Quincy Adams most certainly was a part of the Revolutionary War era. He was a young boy, but he was actively involved.

Michele Bachmann

England and Greece are friends. English blood was shed on Greek soil in the war against fascism, and Greeks gave their lives to protect English pilots.

Melina Mercouri

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Will Rogers