H. L. Mencken Quotes

The typical American of today has lost all the love of liberty, that his forefathers had, and all their disgust of emotion, and pride in self- reliance. He is led no longer by Davy Crocketts; he is led by cheer leaders, press agents, word mongers, uplifters.

H. L. Mencken

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• Today
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  Karl Lagerfeld
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  • Collection

• The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.

  

  Earl Weaver
  • Little
  • Matters
  • Field

• I have a physical background. It's not like I'm a kung fu master, but my real training was dance school, and through that, I move to this thing called Capruera that I used in 'Ocean's 12.' I can pretend that I can do a lot of things, but then, I don't really master anything.

  

  Vincent Cassel
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• What makes for a good argument, at bottom, is being more prepared than anyone else in that courtroom, and being willing to fight to tell your client's story - the story of why the right view of the law and my client's interests are one and the same.

  

  Patricia Millett
  • Good
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• For about 175,000 people, Chiranjeevi Blood Bank has supplied blood for free in times of emergency. This is because of the service-oriented attitude of Mega fans.

  

  Ram Charan
  • People
  • Free
  • Service

• Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Man
  • Interesting
  • Politics

• I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.

  

  Victoria Woodhull
  • Question
  • Myself
  • Trust

• I was never offended that people underestimated me because of my appearance or that they thought I was pretty and discouraged me from fighting because they didn't want me to risk hurting my looks.

  

  Laila Ali
  • People
  • Pretty
  • Fighting

• Fashion is one big family.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Family
  • Fashion
  • Big

• The whole period of the '60s changed a lot of us; there was never a decade like that in American history... to have the decade capture one of the great accomplishments of this century: man landing on the moon.

  

  Walter Cronkite
  • Great
  • American
  • History

• Cross-cultural marriage is difficult, especially when one person has to live in another country. But I thought there was a very good chance of it working because people grow together if they have a common passion.

  

  Imran Khan
  • People
  • Good
  • Live

• I am no fashion diva - I grew up on the beaches in South Africa and am a nature girl that spends a lot of time outdoors. Fashion speaks to me through an occasion.

  

  Tanit Phoenix
  • Up
  • Time
  • Nature

• This is how I started: My mom was crazy for antique shops and junk shops, and my sister and I would play this game where, if we were driving with my parents and saw a junk shop or an antique shop, we'd scream at the top of our lungs. My poor father would have heart failure and screech to a halt, and we'd leap out and go and explore.

  

  Hamish Bowles
  • Heart
  • Father
  • Game

• You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.

  

  Eckhart Tolle
  • You
  • Religion
  • Without

• 'Scott Pilgrim' is something that was a little bit more difficult to put in one box. But, to me, that's not necessarily a bad thing about the movie.

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Bad
  • Movie
  • Difficult

• I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • People
  • Conflict
  • Unhappy

• I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Think
  • Me
  • Light

• Our military men and women are our greatest national treasure. They should be safeguarded as such upon their return.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
  • Men
  • Women
  • Military

• I like everything that is wrong about Chicago.

  

  Brian Azzarello
  • Chicago

• I haven't even graduated from high school yet - and I've realised in the last four years, with all the travelling I've done and all of the movies I've made, that the world is my classroom. I've experienced things I don't know you can necessarily get from reading a history book.

  

  Hailee Steinfeld
  • World
  • School
  • Done

• A studio recording is perfection, but emotion and passion come only when you turn on the machine and go for the groove. If you do that with no mistakes, it sounds beautiful.

  

  Chuck Mangione
  • Beautiful
  • Passion

• I was very hungry to compete internationally when I was 10 years old, and I was good enough to compete, so that part never made me afraid or worried at all. When I was at my peak, around 12 and 13, I won my junior national and senior national titles back to back.

  

  Dominique Moceanu
  • Good
  • Senior

• The typical American of today has lost all the love of liberty, that his forefathers had, and all their disgust of emotion, and pride in self- reliance. He is led no longer by Davy Crocketts; he is led by cheer leaders, press agents, word mongers, uplifters.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • American
  • Today
  • Lost