Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.

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• Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.

  

  Callie Thorne
  • God
  • Believe
  • Love

• I've got an idea for a modern day faerie tale that I think would made a great short novel. But I just don't have the time to work on it right now. I'm way too busy with the 'Kingkiller Chronicles' and being a new dad.

  

  Patrick Rothfuss
  • Time
  • Work
  • Great

• 'Dog Days' was recorded with pens and the wall, and half a stolen drum kit that was out of tune, in what was basically a cupboard. The only instrument I could really play was my voice, so we just layered everything a hundred times. It was enthusiasm over skill.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • Dog
  • Voice
  • Wall

• I want to lay all my cards out on the table and walk away with no regrets.

  

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson
  • Want
  • Walk
  • No Regrets

• I was familiar with 'Addicted' for a long time, even prior to the movie, way before it got the greenlight. And when it finally got the greenlight, I was very happy to be a part of it.

  

  Tasha Smith
  • Time
  • Long
  • Movie

• I've been thinking about Jesus. Don't you find it a bit strange that, since He was living with His family and all, He up and left them just when they needed him most?

  

  Edith Piaf
  • Up
  • Thinking
  • Family

• Cerrone is a great opponent. The guy won eight fights straight.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • Great
  • Guy
  • Opponent

• I was kosher until I had my Bar Mitzvah, and I parlayed officially becoming a man into telling my father I wanted to eat cheeseburgers.

  

  Zach Braff
  • Father
  • Man
  • Eat

• I like to pour my wines for people. I watch their eyes, I can see what they'll like. Most people say they don't like dry wine because they haven't had a dry wine that's clean and fruity, instead of a big, oaky thing.

  

  Pat Paulsen
  • People
  • Eyes
  • Wine

• If you give me any problem in America I can trace it down to domestic violence. It is the cradle of most of the problems, economic, psychological, educational.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • America
  • Violence
  • Problems

• The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence.

  

  J. B. Priestley
  • Age
  • Mystery
  • Greatest

• When I went to school, there were no Black philosophers, at least none that I was aware of, who were recognized by Western universities.

  

  Walter Mosley
  • School
  • Black
  • Universities

• I think a great first date would be something different... not like movies or going to dinner... going rock climbing together... doing an activity and then going to dinner, so that you guys share an experience, and then you have something to talk about, and it's not the same old thing.

  

  Madeline Zima
  • Great
  • Different
  • Experience

• Americans are xenophobic, they will believe their own people rather than the adversary, even a friendly enemy voice.

  

  Hanoi Hannah
  • People
  • Believe
  • Enemy

• I've tried, in my own life, to speak up when I see harassment occurring. But I want to acknowledge that there are probably situations and instances where I could have done more. I think that's an acknowledgment that all men need to make.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • Life
  • Up
  • Men

• For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.

  

  Wallis Simpson
  • Never
  • inspirational
  • Defeat

• The reason that I keep writing is that all my most powerful messages about the fates of wild places that I care about need to have words as well as images.

  

  Galen Rowell
  • Writing
  • Words
  • Powerful

• Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.

  

  Orson Welles
  • Country
  • You
  • Lunch

• My husband is actually the nicest guy in the world. He's my sweetheart and best friend, and one of the things I love best about him is that no matter how terrible I look - and believe me, it can get bad - he makes me feel pretty.

  

  Gena Showalter
  • World
  • Believe
  • Bad

• You know my girls are so funny. You're out in the country and there are critters everywhere and they get a little like, 'Oh my God! Oh no, bugs!' and I had to say, 'Honey this is fine. This is their world and it's all part of being in the country.' I realized, 'Oh my God, my girls are really city girls.'

  

  Anna Gunn
  • World
  • God
  • Country

• Absence of evidence, as any good archeologist will tell you, is not the same as evidence of absence.

  

  Ben Aaronovitch
  • Evidence
  • Absence
  • Archeologist

• I'm not a great reader of historical fiction; it's not my favourite genre.

  

  Mal Peet
  • Great
  • Fiction
  • Favourite

• We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.

  

  Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Bad