Engagements Quotes

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There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the public engagements; that… — James Madison
What stays with you latest and deepest? of curious panics, of hard-fought engagements or sieges tremendous what deepest remains? — Walt Whitman
Getting our military back on stable footing won't happen overnight. We must start this process now, since future engagements are likely and allies are scarce. — Ellen Tauscher
We must either reduce the number of our engagements or increase the number of our troops. — Adam Schiff
Two ( or more) people come together and they agree that they should be together for a common purpose and that purpose is to add… — John C. Maxwell
Does not a misplaced optimism exist, common to all mankind, leading on to false conviction that social engagements, if dated sufficiently far ahead, will never… — E. M. Delafield
Mrs. Jo did not mean the measles, but that more serious malady called love, which is apt to ravage communities, spring and autumn, when winter… — Louisa May Alcott
They fought their first action in March of 1775. Embarked on eight small ships, they sailed to the Bahamas and captured a British fort near… — Tom Clancy
Sometimes we see the Civil War in movies and imagine these neatly aligned rows of men with muskets, walking in line to shoot each other.… — Seth Grahame-Smith
Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine… — William Hazlitt
I have defended the interests of France at the G8 in Washington; afterwards I was at Chicago to announce the withdrawal of French troops from… — Francois Hollande
I do have to travel a lot for speaking engagements. — P.J. O'Rourke
Long engagements give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which is never advisable. — Oscar Wilde
Jury - A group of 12 people, who, having lied to the judge about their health, hearing, and business engagements, have failed to fool him. — H. L. Mencken
Days I enjoy are days when nothing happens, When I have no engagements written on my block, When no one comes to disturb my inward… — Vita Sackville-West
I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least - and it is commonly more… — Henry David Thoreau
After two and a half engagements, of course I want to get married and have babies, so I am going to freeze my eggs. — Sophie Monk
What we have seen of recent American action in the Pacific, the bombing of Tokyo and the engagements in the Coral Sea, off Midway Island… — Chiang Kai-shek
Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action. — Brendan Behan
I wish I had it in my power to furnish you with accommodation I should feel proud to do it, shall be happy to hear… — John Hawley

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