Theodore Quotes

Theodore Quote of the day

As we go from Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt to Mitt Romney, I now understand why the Republicans don't believe in evolution.

With self-discipline most anything is possible. Theodore Roosevelt Rule your mind or it will rule you.

We should not forget that it will be just as important to our descendants to be prosperous in their time as it is to us to be prosperous in our time.

Theodore Roethke was a poet I was raised with so he has a lot of sentimental value for me.

Politicians wanted to mine the Grand Canyon for zinc and copper, and Theodore Roosevelt said no.

The government is us; WE are the government, you and I."- Theodore Roosevelt

For a man who has compared himself to Theodore Roosevelt and the nation's challenges to those of the Gilded Age, Obama put forward a tepid agenda.

John Kerry wants to be the hero in his own drama. He likes King Arthur and the Round Table. He likes the young swashbuckling Churchill, and he loved the early antics of Theodore Roosevelt.

The best American writers have come from the hinterlands -- Mark Twain, Theodore Dreiser, Jack London, Hemingway, Faulkner, Wolfe, Steinbeck. Most of them never even went to college.

Theodore Roosevelt crafted a masterpiece of service. He served people in every aspect of his life. His legacy was transformational, encompassing his family, his nation and the world.

One of the greatest misconceptions about Theodore Roosevelt - in his time and ours - is that he was impetuous.

Theodore Roosevelt is a natural choice for leadership education. Along with many other observers, I believe he was among the greatest of leaders to serve as president.

William McKinley has surely been underrated - in no small part because he was succeeded by a memorable leader, Theodore Roosevelt.

Do you think Bernie Sanders, for example, is citing Theodore Roosevelt as the progenitor of his critique of the banks when actually Roosevelt wanted to keep the banks together and regulate them.

I don't think people believe that any more, I don't think people think that it really matters whether you appreciate Henry James more than Theodore Dreiser.

Theodore Dreiser Should ought to write nicer.

What writes worse than a Theodore Dreiser? ... Two Theodore Dreisers.

Theodore Roosevelt was always getting himself in hot water by talking before he had to commit himself upon issues not well-defined.

[Prison Break is] one of the craziest, most unpredictable roller-coaster rides on TV today.

It’s your privilege to find me incomprehensible. I gave you my minutes

In case you haven't noticed, we're already involved, Finch. And in case you haven't noticed, I'm broken too.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting

Speak softly and carry a big stick

You make me lovely, and it's so lovely to be lovely to the one I love...

Never bullshit a bullshitter.

A people without children would face a hopeless future

Courage is not having the strength to go on

For a minute, I can feel it: the sense of peace as my mind goes quiet, like I'm already dead. I am weightless and free. Nothing and no one to fear, not even myself.

There's organized confusion on African roads while driving in the cities. If you want to mess up Afican Cities very easy, just fly in 100 Americans put them on the road and tell them to drive.