Function Quote by Peggy Noonan

“Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.”

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Politicians, please, think of yourselves! Move to help Terri Schiavo, and no one will be mad at you, and you'll keep a human being…

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What we need most right now, at this moment, is a kind of patriotic grace - a grace that takes the long view, apprehends…

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I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to pluck meaning from the fog, and on short order,…

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But one immediate thing can be done right now, and that is: lower the temperature. Any way you can, and everybody. Just lower it.

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Most people aren't appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are usually known only to ourselves. No one throws ticker…

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Let's cause some senators distress.

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Boundaries aren't all bad. That's why there are walls around mental institutions.

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TV gives everyone an image, but radio gives birth to a million images in a million brains.

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When everyone in America knows you're in a dreadful position, admit you're in a dreadful position. Don't lie about it and make them roll…

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Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty…

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Loyalty consists of many things, including being truthful with our friends. When you really disagree, you have to say so.

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Our patriotic fervor was the result of the old and widespread belief in the idea of American exceptionalism, the idea that America was a…

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. . . to know the order of nature, and regard the universe as orderly is the highest function of the mind.

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