“ Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens — and then everybody disagrees. ”
- Boris Marshalov- Copy
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“ This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer. ”
- Will Rogers- Copy
- 97
“ It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation. ”
- Laurence Sterne- Copy
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“ My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again. ”
- Natalie Portman- Copy
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“ Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down. ”
- Charles F. Kettering- Copy
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“ It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much. ”
- Yogi Berra- Copy
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“ No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session. ”
- Judge Gideon J. Tucker- Copy
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“ Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know. ”
- Cullen Hightower- Copy
- 1.8K
“ The best interviews — like the best biographies — should sing the strangeness and variety of the human race. ”
- Lynn Barber- Copy
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“ It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose. ”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt- Copy
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“ One difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets. ”
- Will Rogers- Copy
- 1.8K
“ What this country needs is a Congress capable of voting more intelligently than the voters who elect it. ”
- Evan Esar- Copy
- 915
“ Sure I love Goldie. How could you not love Goldie? Everyone loves Goldie. I love her, and I hope our love will continue, but I don't want to give an I-love-Goldie-Hawn interview. ”
- Kurt Russell- Copy
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“ They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men. ”
- Clare Booth Luce- Copy
- 3.7K
“ All serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy. - What We Live By. ”
- Ernest Dimnet- Copy
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“ Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ Like a ten-ton cake, the world is more than anyone can eat at one sitting. Select a piece of it, then enjoy the party. ”
- Samuel M Silver- Copy
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“ With her high pale brow under her faded brown hair, she was like a rock washed clean by years of her husband's absences at conventions, dinners, committee meetings or simply at the office. ”
- Louis Auchincloss- Copy
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“ Let's give the conventions back to the politicians. If we think there's any news, we can tack it on afterward as commentary. But the conventions should be their show, not ours. ”
- Don Hewitt- Copy
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“ I welcome the boldness of his vision.... Clearly the tough work remains to be done, and everybody, including Congress, needs to roll up their sleeves and get that work done. ”
- David Vitter- Copy
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“ Everywhere I go, I still have time to meditate. People think meditating is sitting there, nobody bothering you, but you can even talk and still meditate. ”
- Jet Li- Copy
- 3.9K
“ I had a job interview at an insurance company once and the lady said "Where do you see yourself in five years?" and i said "Celebrating the fifth year anniversary of you asking me this question. ”
- Mitch Hedberg- Copy
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“ Congress had embarrassed itself at having produced so little. It had to look as if it could do something. ”
- Richard Darman- Copy
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