"The niftiest turn of phrase, the most elegant……" — Jeff Greenfield
"The niftiest turn of phrase, the most elegant flight of rhetorical fancy, isn't worth beans next to a clear thought clearly expressed."
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38 Quotes by Jeff Greenfield
Jeff Greenfield has 38 quotes on this site.
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Describing the jury in the OJ Simpson murder trial: These people have served a longer sentence than some people who…
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Victory has 1,000 fathers; defeat has 1,000 kibitzers.
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There is no such thing as political science, but there are tenancies so strong that they might as well be…
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In politics, Bugs Bunny always beats Daffy Duck. Daffy's always going berserk, jumping up and down, yelling. Bugs's got that…
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A citizen at his home in Rockford, Illinois, or Boulder, Colorado, could read a newspaper, listen to a radio, or…
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Well, politics is war, and in war, truth is the first casualty.
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Television is one of the most fickle businesses that there are, you are in favour one minute and out the…
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If the court strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act, is that a 'liberal' result enabling gay couples married in…
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History doesn't turn on a dime; it turns on a plugged nickel.
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I got into writing and thinking about politics because I was told there would be no math.
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In another life, before taking the veil of journalistic purity, I practiced the black arts of a political operative, including…
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Protestations of indifference to higher office are hard to take seriously when the 'non-candidate' is busily engaged in testing the…
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More Beans Quotes
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I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a…
— Rowan Atkinson
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Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both…
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When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things -…
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My philosophy is not a bean-counting, accounting 'look at this.' It is a philosophy that smaller government is better government,…
— John Bolton
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Way down among Brazilians. Coffee beans grow by the billions. So they've got to find those extra cups to fill.…
— Frank Sinatra
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On Saturday mornings I would walk to the Flavor Cup or Puerto Rico Importing coffee store to get my coffee.…
— Laurie Colwin
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It is true that my predecessor did not object, as I do, to pictures of one's golf skill in action.…
— John F. Kennedy
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I make bean stalks, I'm A builder, like yourself.
— Edna St. Vincent Millay
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I used to visit and revisit it a dozen times a day, and stand in deep contemplation over my vegetable…
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
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I was determined to know beans.
— Henry David Thoreau
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I love this child. Red-haired - patient and gentle like her mother - fey and funny like her father. When…
— Robert Fulghum
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The budget is like a mythical bean bag. Congress votes mythical beans into it, then reaches in and tries to…
— Will Rogers
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