H.W. Charles Quotes
Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead," said Scrooge. "But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change.
Strong mental agitation and disturbance was no novelty to him, even before his late sufferings. It never is, to obstinate and sullen natures; for they struggle hard to be such.
It's my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained.
Send forth the child and childish man together, and blush for the pride that libels our own old happy state, and gives its title to an ugly and distorted image.
…a lady of what is commonly called an uncertain temper --a phrase which being interpreted signifies a temper tolerably certain to make everybody more or less uncomfortable.
Of little worth as life is when we misuse it, it is worth that effort. It would cost nothing to lay down if it were not.
In most bull markets there comes a time when the public controls fluctuations and the efforts of the largest operators are insufficient to check the rising tide.
One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one
I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.
A garden is an awful responsibility. You never know what you may be aiding to grow in it.
Hoe while it is spring, and enjoy the best anticipations. It is not much matter if things do not turn out well.
The tenure of a literary reputation is the most uncertain and fluctuating of all.
How many wars have been caused by fits of indigestion, and how many more dynasties have been upset by the love of woman than by the hate of man?
Roger, Tranquility. We copy you on the ground. You've got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We're breathing again. Thanks a lot.
Roger, Tranquility. Be advised there are lots of smiling faces in this room and all over the world. Over.
If you look after the customers and look after the people who look after the customers, you should be successful.
There's no nobility with war. It's tear-'em-up destruction that leaves you frustrated, bitter and angry... If you really knew what it was like for an hour, you wouldn't want anyone to go through it.
One of our gravest concerns is the entry of a nuclear device or materials into the U.S.
A non-Communist premier with Communist ministers would be like a woman trying to stay half pregnant.
In dealing with the Communists, remember that in their mind what is secret is serious, and what is public is merely propaganda.
We don't have much time, so we don't teach them; we acquaint them with things that they can learn.
Playing golf is like raising children. You keep thinking you'll do better next time.
In view of our public pledges, we public officials can never again go before the public merely promising election reform. The time for promises is past.
Conscious of our many problems, I seek today to lay a foundation to our public policy. My fundamental purpose is to devote my term of office to raising the standard of public service in New Jersey.
In physics, to be in two places at the same time would be a miracle; in politics it seems not merely normal, but natural.
It is my happy privilege to be able to stand here and tell you that if you elect me you will have elected a governor who has made no promises of preferment to any man or group.
My goal was to make New Jersey's state government a model for all other states to emulate, hopefully thereby to stem, or at least slow down, the flow of power to the federal government.
To be amused by what you read - that is the great spring of happy quotations.
The gift economy represents a shift from consumption to contribution, transaction to trust, scarcity to abundance and isolation to community.
The primary method by which governments increase their control is by creating fear.
So I'm in the Republican Party for the same reason I was in the Democratic Party: to make sure blacks are included, along with everyone else.
I have already given two cousins to the war and I stand ready to sacrifice my wife's brother.
Sparkling and bright in liquid light Does the wine our goblets gleam in; With hue as red as the rosy bed Which a bee would choose to dream in.
It is much simpler and easier to collect and caress the trophies of our democratic inheritance than it is to fashion up-to-date tools with which to work on our current problems.
Liberté, égalité, fraternité. Liberty, equality, fraternity. Watchword of French Revolution. And bold and hard adventures t' undertake, Leaving his country for his country's sake.
