#less

This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#good #good intentions #government #innocence #instead

Washington is still very much a male-oriented culture. Being from Los Angeles, I think it is less so there - there is less attachment to tradition, perhaps, there is more flexibility, more acceptance of change generally. That is partly because of Hollywood. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#angeles #attachment #because #being #change

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#lesson #parody #satire

I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all. ↗

— Ogden Nash

#billboards #fall #i #i think #lovely

And I am also here to say that if something were to happen, we are prepared to respond swiftly, to respond effectively, and to respond strongly. That is our tradition as a country. And that is a tradition that we will uphold, regardless of any circumstance because this nation is one that is very, very strong and, indeed, extraordinarily resilient. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#am #any #because #circumstance #country

I'm not so sure that people consider homelessness to be as important as, say, the Vietnam War. One should never even try to equate them because, of course, they're tragedies on both sides of the coin. ↗

— Graham Nash

#both #both sides #coin #consider #course

With technology now, you can go in and sing a song, and for $100,000, you will sound flawless. ↗

— Vince Neil

#go #now #sing #song #sound

Israel is so tiny. It's, you know, a little less than the length of Manhattan, without the West Bank, without Judea and Samaria. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

#israel #know #length #less #little

No government is safe unless fortified by goodwill. ↗

— Cornelius Nepos

#goodwill #government #safe #unless

I started off as a journalist when I was young and I did not get paid unless I wrote three stories a day. ↗

— Ryan Murphy

#did #get #i #journalist #off