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Quotes by American Authors


"I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is."

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

"I can hire one-half of the working class to kill the other half."

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

"The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun."

"We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our property and our liberty and our property under the Constitution."

"I would like to see the day when somebody would be appointed surgeon somewhere who had no hands, for the operative part is the least part of the work."

"Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated."

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."

"The fact is I am not having sex. But I feel absolutely ripe for the, what would you say? plucking?"

"Communism is a religion that is inspired, directed and motivated by the Devil himself who has declared war against Almighty God."

"Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon."

"Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger."

"We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It's our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better."

"One man with courage makes a majority."

"Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible."

"The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats. This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us."

"Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose."

"If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost."

"I want you to do it right as fast as you can, not fast as right as you can."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

"Every sunrise is an invitation for us to arise and brighten someone's day."

"You get paid in direct proportion to the difficulty of problems you solve."

"The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend."

"The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital."

"Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on."

"You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction."

"All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed."

"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra."

"It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory."

"Good humor isn't a trait of character, it is an art which requires practice."

"The consequences of an act affect the probability of it's occurring again."

"Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor."

"Inflation is taxation without legislation."

"There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others."
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