Dimes Quote by George Will Download Open image “Most presidents come to Washington bright as freshly minted dimes and leave much diminished.” — George Will ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Dimes Inspirational Love President
The cliche is that Washington is a transient town of people who blow in and out every four years with the new administrations. But… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
Washington, one feels in Washington, is the spoiled child of the republic. — Montgomery Schuyler Copy Share Image
Where Washington hath left His awful memory A light for after times! — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
I have commenced my auspicious reign and am in quiet possession of the Presidential Mansion... this winter I intend to do something in the… — Julia Gardiner Tyler Copy Share Image
Things get very lonely in Washington sometimes. The real voice of the great people of America sometimes sounds faint and distant in that strange… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
My hope lies with people who never go to Washington except to see the monuments. — Joel Kotkin Copy Share Image
“George Washington chopped down the tree, and then he threw away the money. Do you understand? He was telling us an essential truth. Namely,… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
The average American expends more time becoming informed about choosing a car than choosing a candidate. But, then, the consequences of the former choice… — George Will Copy Share Image
A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience. — George Will Copy Share Image
As has been said, standards are always out of date - that is why we call them standards. — George Will Copy Share Image
Hart is still like that little tub of vaguely milklike gunk that comes with airline coffee. It is labeled a "nondairy" product. Fine: we… — George Will Copy Share Image
The realistic way to reduce the amount of money in politics is to reduce the amount of politics in money -- the importance of… — George Will Copy Share Image
It is important that Miers not be confirmed unless, in her 61st year, she suddenly and unexpectedly is found to have hitherto undisclosed interests… — George Will Copy Share Image
Greek philosophers considered sport a religious and civic-in a word, moral-undertaking. Sport, they said, is morally serious because mankind's noblest aim is the loving… — George Will Copy Share Image
The cultivation - even celebration - of victimhood by intellectuals, tort lawyers, politicians and the media is both cause and effect of today's culture… — George Will Copy Share Image
Just as the common law derives from ancient precedents - judges' decisions - rather than statutes, baseball's codes are the game's distilled mores. Their… — George Will Copy Share Image
“Football combines two of the worst things in American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.” — George Will Copy Share Image
Because hate's just the flip side of love. Like heads and tails on a dime. If you don't know what it feels like to… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I wasn't paid a dime for my track career. But participating in the Olympics gave me the opportunity to learn about different cultures; it… — Wyomia Tyus Copy Share Image
You are only as invincible as your smallest weakness, and those are tiny indeed - the length of a sleeping baby's eyelash, the span… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Excuses cost a dime and that's why the poor could afford a lot of it. — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
I can spare a dime, brother, but in these morally inflationary times, a dime goes a lot farther if it's demanding work rather than… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
So somebody has talent? So what? Dime a dozen. And we're overpopulated. Actually we have more food than we have people and more art.… — John Cage Copy Share Image
Ministers who do not spend two hours a day in prayer are not worth a dime a dozen - degrees or no degrees. — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt. — Sam Snead Copy Share Image
From the onset of the 'Live-Read' series, we wanted to hit all the major writers and Woody Allen is simply one of the greatest… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image