Jim Lehrer Quotes

In order to reduce the deficit, there has to be revenue in addition to cuts.

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• Clothes are a big part of a free society, I think, and what you wear is so indicative of the political climate you're living in.

  

  Nazanin Boniadi
  • Society
  • Free
  • Political

• The adolescent protagonist is one of the hallmarks of American literature.

  

  Tayari Jones
  • American
  • Literature

• Where I'm from, you're a square if you go to church or if you decide to read the Koran or Bible.

  

  Lamar Odom
  • You
  • Church
  • Bible

• Hash browns are my favorite breakfast food.

  

  Rachel Bilson
  • Food
  • Breakfast
  • Favorite

• I have become a prisoner of the peace movement. But you can't say that the termination is coming and then say that you are going back to your own garden to dig.

  

  E. P. Thompson
  • Peace
  • Garden
  • Movement

• The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it.

  

  Larry J. Sabato
  • Life
  • Change
  • Respect

• I have a really great show jacket from Lavalliere that's really well made, and I have a great pair of Gucci jodhpurs, which is hilarious.

  

  Edie Campbell
  • Great
  • Hilarious
  • Jacket

• Meditation isn't snake oil. For some people, meditation might be the most efficient way to reduce stress and cultivate mindfulness. But it isn't a panacea. If you don't meditate, there's no need to stress out about it.

  

  Adam Grant
  • People
  • Stress
  • Meditation

• I do think Jesus would skip church on Sunday morning and instead visit the nursing homes and retirement homes where so many have abandoned their loved ones.

  

  Taylor Negron
  • Church
  • Morning
  • Jesus

• I like Jay-Z, 50 Cent and Common. But I like the underground stuff like Young Jeezy, Black Rob and Shine. I also love heavy metal like Slipknot and Pantera, It's very intense stuff.

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • Like
  • Stuff
  • Intense

• Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Life
  • May
  • Joy

• The universe is always speaking to us... sending us little messages, causing coincidences and serendipities, reminding us to stop, to look around, to believe in something else, something more.

  

  Nancy Thayer
  • Believe
  • Stop
  • Universe

• Beware of politicians who tell you they'll do all these wonderful things for you for only a small tax increase. Those tax increases are never as small as you might imagine, and the benefits are always smaller than promised and/or imagined.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • You
  • Small
  • Tax

• The purest joy for the human spirit and the sheerest delight for man's heart are the rapture of the spirit contained within the love of God.

  

  Said Nursi
  • God
  • Joy
  • Spirit

• Jam! I love my jam. I've just had a batch of it come through, I've been making it.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Love
  • Come
  • Through

• Kids will come into my boxing gym with no discipline, and then you teach them how to focus and love what they're doing, which then travels outside into their home and work life.

  

  Tamer Hassan
  • Life
  • Home
  • Kids

• Americans do not have a good track record when it comes to preparing for disasters, unless they see a clear possibility of personally being in harms way.

  

  Irwin Redlener
  • Good
  • Way
  • See

• Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Men
  • Nature
  • Opinion

• I say, Libanus, what a poor devil a chap in love is!

  

  Plautus
  • Devil

• But I think the only thing that annoys me about that is if I suddenly find someone on commercial radio or something like that, mimicking my voice or actions and trying to promote a product and pretending it's me doing it.

  

  Richie Benaud
  • Trying
  • Action
  • Voice

• It is possible to believe in progress as a fact without believing in progress as an ethical principle; but in the catechism of many Americans, the one goes with the other.

  

  Norbert Wiener
  • Believe
  • Progress
  • Principle

• Personally, I think I did horribly on him in the first half. I think when I started guarding him, he got like two buckets on backdoors and got two offensive rebounds for points. I was really frustrated with that. In the second half, we just played tougher, played harder and played smarter, and we really gave it to him.

  

  Bobby Frasor
  • Played
  • Frustrated
  • Smarter

• In order to reduce the deficit, there has to be revenue in addition to cuts.

  

  Jim Lehrer