Samuel Gompers Quotes

The Soviet scheme of compulsory labor is being applied on such a broad scale and is so boldly presented as a ‘proletarian’ scheme that it constitutes the gravest danger that has confronted labor for centuries.

Samuel Gompers

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• I would love to be a role model.

  

  Gabby Douglas
  • Love
  • Model
  • Role Model

• One of the reasons a strategist never sits in a stadium and gets caught up in the crowds - and never sits watching a debate in person - is because the vast majority of American voters watch these political events on television.

  

  Ed Rollins
  • Up
  • American
  • Political

• If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Business
  • Man
  • Chance

• I married beneath me, all women do.

  

  Nancy Astor
  • Women
  • Me
  • Marriage

• I used to be a professional kiteboarder. People were like, 'Oh, my God, are you scared of sharks? Are you scared of injuries?' You can't be scared. If you're scared, then you can't do it. You can't train to be the best.

  

  Maika Monroe
  • People
  • God
  • Best

• I detest that saying 'Everything happens for a reason'; it's nonsense.

  

  Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet
  • Reason
  • Saying
  • Nonsense

• Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.

  

  Edna Ferber
  • People
  • Business
  • Past

• I tour whether I have album out or not. I tour more than any other hip-hop artist.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Artist
  • More
  • Hip Hop

• I don't argue with people... if they say I'm not funny, they're right, for them.

  

  Hannibal Buress
  • People
  • Funny
  • They Say

• I think the next thing I publish will be for children, but I don't really want to be held to that because I also know what my next book for adults will be, and I really like that, too, so it depends. I've always had more than one thing going.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Children
  • Book
  • Think

• A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.

  

  Baltasar Gracian
  • Good
  • Truth
  • Bad

• We did some cool wire work in 'The Pact' - they had me strapped to a harness underneath my shirt so they could fling me around the house and slam me into doors. I definitely got some bruises even with all the padding!

  

  Caity Lotz
  • Work
  • House
  • Cool

• I don't think tennis is a glamour game, not at all.

  

  Mahesh Bhupathi
  • Think
  • Game
  • Tennis

• If I see something that inspires me, I'll dress like it.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Me
  • Like
  • Dress

• I know just one thing is those guys, KG and everyone, they're hungry. They want it bad. Sam's the only one that's had that, has the ring. Other than him, everybody else over there, we want it bad.

  

  Latrell Sprewell
  • Bad
  • Want
  • Know

• I find it slightly uncomfortable to see my face on a bus or a poster. I like just being known by my friends and family.

  

  Jack Gleeson
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Bus

• As an artist, I have to be a leader of my fans, not, like, follow them. Because if I chose to follow them, you know, they could do it. You know, it's me who's doing it.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Me
  • Artist
  • Leader

• I didn't grow up in a small New England town like the one in 'The Sundial.' I was raised in an apartment building in Queens, not in a sprawling, slightly sinister mansion like the one where the Halloran family resides.

  

  Victor LaValle
  • Up
  • Family
  • Small

• I've always wanted to do my own thing, and my parents allowed me to do what I needed.

  

  Alicia Witt
  • Parents

• I have my own high standards for what I want in a partner and how I want to be treated. I bring a lot to the table. I'm not talking about material things but what I have to offer as a person - love and loyalty and all the things that make a good relationship.

  

  Jennifer Lopez
  • Good
  • High
  • Relationship

• Inequalities are permissible when they maximize, or at least all contribute to, the long term expectations of the least fortunate group in society.

  

  John Rawls
  • Long
  • Society

• And as for you, stop having curly hair!

  

  Louis Tomlinson One Direction
  • Stop
  • Hair
  • Curly Hair

• Well then I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldn't I?

  

  Joseph Heller
  • Way
  • Military
  • Feels

• The Soviet scheme of compulsory labor is being applied on such a broad scale and is so boldly presented as a ‘proletarian’ scheme that it constitutes the gravest danger that has confronted labor for centuries.

  

  Samuel Gompers