Quotes by American/USA authors (page 65)

"What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long"

Thomas Sowell, Economist

"The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites"

Thomas Sowell, Economist

"Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats"

Thomas Sowell, Economist

"It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance"

Thomas Sowell, Economist

"If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today"

Thomas Sowell, Economist

"I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix"

Dan Quayle, Vice President

"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud"

Maya Angelou, Poet

"Winners use words that say 'must' and 'will'"

Jordan Belfort, Author

"Can our mind evolve to be something other than an extension of our animal needs?"

Julian Casablancas, Musician

"Who you are vs. who you wish you were: Who wins?"

Julian Casablancas, Musician

"Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another"

George Washington, President

"Nothing will work unless you do"

Maya Angelou, Poet

"Get off your butt and join the Marines!"

John Wayne, Actor

"The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good"

George Washington, President

"The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves"

George Washington, President

"The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure"

George Washington, President

"The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart"

Maya Angelou, Poet

"I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass"

Maya Angelou, Poet

"All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened"

Maya Angelou, Poet

"I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery"

George Washington, President

"Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected"

George Washington, President

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master"

George Washington, President

"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence"

George Washington, President

"There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I can't think of one at the moment"

Paul Theroux, Novelist

"The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness"

Paul Theroux, Novelist

"I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better"

Paul Theroux, Novelist

"Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going"

Paul Theroux, Novelist

"Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune"

Tom Peters, Businessman

"The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people"

Tom Peters, Businessman

"Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing"

Paul Theroux, Novelist

"Writing is pretty crummy on the nerves"

Paul Theroux, Novelist

"Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love life and value it with such passion that it may be the ultimate cause of all joy and all art"

Paul Theroux, Novelist