Burden Quote by Maggie Stiefvater

“Just as he was an Elk, a Booster, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce, just as the priests of the Presbyterian Church…

— Sinclair Lewis

“The only politician I cared anything about at the moment was Benjamin Franklin, simply because his pretty, old face was plastered on hundred-dollar bills.…

— Chad Zunker

“I was seething. I told him that “the clock is ticking” and that our patience with their lack of political progress was running out.…

— Robert M. Gates

The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation…

— Dan Quayle

“I remember Mitchell Sanders sitting quietly in the shade of an old banyan tree. He was using a thumbnail to pry off the body…

— Tim O'Brien

“One hand was on his hip, the other holding the knotted belt of his trench coat. My mouth dropped open, because what the fuck…

— Megan Erickson

During the whole time I sat with him in Congress, I never heard him utter three sentences together.

— John Adams

“Met a guy named Bill once. We met in Williamsburg and discussed the Bill of Rights and duck’s beaks.”

— Jarod Kintz

“He was beginning to sound like a charismatic preacher on a Sunday after the welfare checks had been delivered.”

— C.L. Bevill

“Zaphod Beeblebrox, adventurer, ex-hippie, good-timer, (crook? quite possibly), manic self-publicist, terribly bad at personal relationships, often thought to be completely out to lunch. President?”

— Douglas Adams

Teddy Roosevelt... once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter.

— Gerald R. Ford

“Forget politics, his father had always said. Just give 'em something they need, or they'll eat you alive.”

— Joe Schreiber