Chauncey Depew quotes
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“The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.”
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“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.”
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“There are millions of stories in the world, and several hundred of them good ones.”
-- Chauncey DepewSource : Chauncey Mitchell DePew (2005). “My Memories of Eighty Years”, p.293, Cosimo, Inc.
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“My dinners have never interfered with my business. They have been my recreation. . . A public banquet, if eaten with thought and care, is no more of a strain than a dinner at home.”
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“It's pleasant to hear these nice words while I'm still alive. I'd rather have the taffy than the epitaphy.”
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“As for food, half of my friends have dug their graves with their teeth.”
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“Blot out from the page of history the names of all the great actors of his time in the drama of nations, and preserve the name of Washington, and the century would be renowned.”
-- Chauncey DepewSource : Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1910). “Oration and memorial addresses”
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“"What is the most beautiful word in the language?" The elderly lawyer quickly replied: "Home."”
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“If you will refrain from telling any lies about the Republican Party, I'lll promise not to tell the truth about the Democrats.”
-- Chauncey DepewSource : "If Elected I Promise: Stories and Gems of Wisdom by and About Politicians". Book by John F. Parker, 1969.
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“The government of the United States is and always has been a lawyer's government.”
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“It is a pity that instead of the Pilgrim Fathers landing on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock had not landed on the Pilgrim Fathers.”
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“A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a man who hopes they are.”
-- Chauncey DepewSource : "FPA Book of Quotations : A New Collection of Famous Sayings". Book by Franklin Pierce Adams, 1952.
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“When Franklin drew the lightning from the clouds, he little dreamed that in the evolution of science his discovery would illuminate the torch of Liberty for France and America. The rays from this beacon, lighting this gateway to the continent, will welcome the poor and the persecuted with the hope and promise of homes and citizenship.”
-- Chauncey DepewSource : Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1902). “The Library of Oratory: Ancient and Modern, with Critical Studies of the World's Great Orators by Eminent Essayists”
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“I get my exercise acting as pallbearer to my friends who exercise.”
-- Chauncey DepewSource : "Four Talks for Bibliophiles" by George Allen, (p. 70), 1958.
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“A witty illustration or an apt story will accomplish more than columns of argument.”
-- Chauncey DepewSource : Chauncey Mitchell DePew (2005). “My Memories of Eighty Years”, p.318, Cosimo, Inc.
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