Indulging in unrestrained and immoderate laughter is a sign of intemperance, of a want of control over one's emotions, and of failure to repress the soul's frivolity by a stern use of reason.
I think that a failure of statistical thinking is the major intellectual shortcoming of our universities, journalism and intellectual culture.
Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement. Never be overconfident because that will block your improvement.
American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.
No matter how well things are going, failure and disaster are just around the corner. So celebrate the good, but be ready for the bad.
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
All the government decisions remain and won't be altered until I get in the role and have had a chance to discuss them with my colleagues.
Expelled from individual consciousness by the rush of change, history finds its revenge by stamping the collective unconsciousness with habits and values.
An actor can change himself to fit a part, whereas a personality has to change the part to fit himself. The personality has to say it his own way.
I don't think you automatically become an enlightened person because you are a daddy. But they will change you, of course - their understanding of you puts you in a different place.
If the federal government won't secure the border, the State of Arizona will step in to complement federal efforts in a constitutional manner and protect the security of its citizens.
If for no other reason than the energy crisis now facing this country, the federal government should be eager to become partners with us in rebuilding our city.
If all of us would require the same level of performance from ourselves as we expect from government, this city will forever be the city that works.
The people ask much, often more than any government can give. We must resist the temptation to promise solutions to all problems.
We no longer have a free market in the United States, we have a government controlled free market.
The American people think the government in Washington is too big. That it spends too much. And - and that it's totally out of control. They want something done about it.
When the Australian Government looked at how to meet the challenges, and the opportunities, presented by our ageing population, it saw that an all-encompassing approach was a prerequisite.
With our national savings rate well below one-percent, it is imperative that the government embrace innovative and cost-effective means of boosting personal savings.
It's very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of the stingiest on Earth.
The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised.
As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society's most vulnerable.
