When Dr. Johnson defined patriotism as the last refuge of a scoundrel, he ignored the enormous possibilities of the word reform. — Roscoe Conkling Copy Share Image
[Preparing for award shows] gets insane. The dress, the hair, the makeup...I end up always picking the dress at the last second. — Julie Bowen Copy Share Image
I am the last person who would divide Jerusalem. I have said this many times. I don't plan to discuss any division… — Ariel Sharon Copy Share Image
Voting is the next-to-last refuge of the politically impotent. The last refuge, of course, is giving your opinion to a pollster. — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
Last night I was struggling with a stomach ache, but [the trainer] gave me some medicine, an IV and I felt good… — Taurean Green Copy Share Image
Last time Congress passed a major six-year transportation bill was in 1997, since then there have been 21 short-term extensions. — Ray LaHood Copy Share Image
To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
A fully equipped duke costs as much to keep up as two Dreadnoughts, and dukes are just as great a terror -… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Who can undo What time hath done? Who can win back the wind? Reckon lost music from a broken lute? Renew the… — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton Copy Share Image
Don’t try to plan everything out to the very last detail. I’m a big believer in just getting it out there: create… — Neil Patel Copy Share Image
I don't go out that much anymore, unfortunately. I used to enjoy it, but I'm just so busy. Like last night, everybody… — Lee Ann Womack Copy Share Image
When I came to DreamWorks, I was in bad trouble. They were in bad trouble. They were millions of dollars in the… — Toby Keith Copy Share Image
My perfect last meal would be: shrimp cocktail, lasagna, steak, creamed spinach, salad with bleu cheese dressing, onion rings, garlic bread, and… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
Try to accomplish things you have always dreamt of while you can. I know it sounds cliche, but the biggest lesson I… — Lisa Ling Copy Share Image
Evolution is not finished; reason is not the last word nor the reasoning animal the supreme figure of Nature. As man emerged… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
You know something I could really do without? The Space Shuttle. ... It's irresponsible. The last thing we should be doing is… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
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When you think I've been wounded by a good five bullets, one in the face, one in the shoulder, one in the… — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Copy Share Image
Yet you could feel a vibration in the air, a sense of hastening. It had started with the moon, inaccessible poem that… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
And we remember the end of our combat mission and the emergence of a new dawn -- the precision of our efforts… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's unfortunate when an athlete's talent comes with so little forethought or leadership [...] The Falcons need to start over. If next… — Jeff Schultz Copy Share Image
If we say that monsters [people who do terrible evil] are beyond forgiving, we give them a power they should never have...they… — Lewis B. Smedes Copy Share Image
When one read's Kierkegaard's profound analyses of anxiety and despair or Nietzsche's amazingly acute insights into the dynamics of resentment and the… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
It was the last time she’d see the river from that window. The last time of anything has the poignancy of death… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
Remember, childhood only lasts 10-12 years. There's a lot that has to be squeezed in to make for a lifetime of happy… — Susan Branch Copy Share Image
Superfluous lags the veteran on the stage, Till pitying Nature signs the last release, And bids afflicted worth retire to peace. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
To forgive and be forgiven, if it's the last thing I do, then in death's release I may find the peace that… — Elton John Copy Share Image
For the last half of my life I have had the doubtful benefit of a brother whose literary reputation is much greater… — Laurence Housman Copy Share Image
You know what happened the last time a group of people said, 'Screw it, we don't care what you think'? They got… — Iliza Shlesinger Copy Share Image
If you really want to be happy, don't just go for the money. Go for the relationship that lasts. Go for things… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Prior to the internet, the last technology that had any real effect on the way people sat down and talked together was… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
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You never know how diverse your career can be. I think it's wonderful. My life has always been the next page, not… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
It may be an old cliche, but I think true love will last; it has no end. But finding the right person… — Bruce Forsyth Copy Share Image
The last degree of love is when He gave Himself to us to be our Food; because He gave Himself to be… — Bernardino of Siena Copy Share Image
The last person in the UK who described his product as being crap in public was one Gerald Ratner - and he… — Martin Sorrell Copy Share Image
The unvarnished truth is that we have spent the last decade funding the machinery of war, and our children have been sacrificed. — LeVar Burton Copy Share Image
Then he made one last effort to search in his heart for the place where his affection had rotted away, and he… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
If you learn to respond as if it’s the first day in your life and the very last day, then you will… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
Every second of your definitionally temporary consciousness, you are choosing how you spend something that will not last forever. — John Green Copy Share Image