#cans

The Americans, who are the most efficient people on the earth, have carried [phrase-making] to such a height of perfection and have invented so wide a range of pithy and hackneyed phrases that they can carry on an amusing and animated conversation without giving a moment’s reflection to what they are saying and so leave their minds free to consider the more important matters of big business and fornication. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#authors #british #humor #business

What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process. ↗

— Barney Frank

#delay #ethics #mr #process #republicans

A Democrat has to show the toughness to govern. People don't doubt that Republicans will be tough. ↗

— Al From

#doubt #govern #people #republicans #show

I've always believed in challenging Republicans where they think they are strongest. ↗

— Martin Frost

#believed #challenging #i #republicans #strongest

Republicans have to move to a point of greater unity. ↗

— David Frum

#move #point #republicans #unity

I think Democrats often hold the unconstrained vision, and Republicans focus more on the Rule of Law. ↗

— John Fund

#focus #hold #i #i think #law

I think people are going to have a choice to make in the fall. But I think there's no doubt there are enough seats in play that could cause Republicans to gain control. There's no doubt about that. ↗

— Robert Gibbs

#cause #choice #control #could #doubt

All Americans value the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, and I believe this is essential for our continued way of life. But with this freedom comes responsibility. That responsibility has been abdicated here by some in the media and some in the government. ↗

— Steven Hatfill

#been #believe #comes #continued #essential

If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#columbus #landed #much #native #native americans

Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee. ↗

— George Herbert

#drink #glass #once #tame #thee