quotes about Lost Cause

“Comedy should never be over-analysed. It's either funny or it isn't. There's a subtle difference between those who say funny things and those who say things funny.”

Source : "Dodd's Bolton Bonus". www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk. February 15, 2007.

“It was the custom when men received nominations to come to me for contributions, and I made them and considered them good paying investments for the company. In a Republican district I was a strong Republican; in a Democratic district I was Democratic, and in doubtful districts I was doubtful. In politics I was an Erie Railroad man all the time.”

“Any form of measuring yourself by the unkind action of another towards you is like looking into a badly fractured mirror... and then blaming yourself for the shattered image you see therein.”

“If you decide that you cannot beat a temptation, what you are really doing is giving yourself permission to be irresponsible.”

“Human creativity is the ultimate economic resource.”

“I don’t believe in following a path set by others. You have to create a path for yourself.”

“Howard Phillips of the Constitution Party asked me to consider seriously running for president in 2008 and I am doing so.”

“To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.”

“I had to kiss Ruthie Henshall once with a cold. It was the final romantic moment in She Loves Me; as we separated, I noticed this arc of glistening mucus threaded between us.”

“The drop in living standards most people would have to accept to reduce climate change significantly would still leave us far better off than previous generations, so it's inexcusable that we find it so hard to renounce material goods.”