QUOTES CXLVII

Walter Mondale on his 49-state loss to Ronald Reagan: I always wanted to run for President in the worst way.

No matter what other nations say about the United States, immigration is still the sincerest form of flatterery.

Author Unknown

 

George Washington was first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen, and first to have his birthday juggled to make a three-day weekend.

Ashley Cooper

 

Mixed marriages? The problem is not that he is Jewish and she is Catholic. Or that she is Italian and he is Japanese. Or that he is white and she is black. The problem is that he is a man and she is a woman. And that's the mix of it.

Richard J. Needham

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is  being a bore to oneself.

Gerald Brenan