Jim Webb Quotes

On any given vote, on any given day, a smart senator who has taken a bold or controversial position can reach far more media outlets between the elevator and the Senate chamber than he or she could garner in a full press conference back home.

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• I'm not willing to commit American taxpayers' money anymore or American troops on the ground in another Middle Eastern country.

  

  Ted Yoho
  • Country
  • Money
  • American

• I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered.

  

  Otto Dix
  • Life
  • Experience
  • War

• When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.

  

  Karl Marlantes
  • Great
  • American
  • War

• I've been in more laps than a napkin.

  

  Mae West
  • More
  • Been
  • Napkin

• Though teenagers are generally very interested in sports, they must realise that education is the most important thing in their lives. They must find the right balance.

  

  Kapil Dev
  • Important
  • Education
  • Sports

• Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

  

  Baltasar Gracian
  • You
  • Will
  • Anger

• In 1993, when I landed in Zimbabwe, there were just 10 psychiatrists in that country of 10 million people. Nine of the 10 were foreigners who spoke no regional language.

  

  Vikram Patel
  • People
  • Country
  • Language

• As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.

  

  Natalie Gulbis
  • Life
  • Want
  • Journal

• If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people.

  

  Abu Bakr
  • People
  • God
  • Blessings

• Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.

  

  Abbie Hoffman
  • Political
  • Abuse
  • Medical

• I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
  • Life
  • Moments
  • Comfort Zone

• I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.

  

  Nancy Reagan
  • Political
  • Talk
  • Matters

• It's always good to play tennis with a better player to bring out the best in you.

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • Good
  • Play
  • Best

• The older you get, the better you have to look, the higher you have to kick, the harder you have to work.

  

  Salman Khan
  • Work
  • Better
  • Look

• Language usage always has a political context.

  

  Jackson Katz
  • Political
  • Always
  • Language

• The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy.

  

  Jack Ma
  • Money
  • Better
  • Competition

• I'm really fascinated by lingos and colloquialisms that are outmoded and have gone by the wayside. I love the way people spoke in the '30s, and the amazing slang of the mid-'60s and '70s.

  

  Beck
  • People
  • Really
  • Fascinated

• The best part of one's life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succeed... However, the real spiritual and emotional excitement is in the doing.

  

  Garson Kanin
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Best

• Progressive economic policies lead to a sustainable economy.

  

  Keith Ellison

• The pious sectarian is proud because he is confident of his right of possession in God. The man of devotion is meek because he is conscious of God's right of love over his life and soul.

  

  Rabindranath Tagore
  • Life
  • God
  • Men

• I'm a family guy. I want to be home with my family, want to spend as much time with my family as I can.

  

  Donald Driver
  • Time
  • Family
  • Home

• Freedom's skeptics must understand that the democracy that hates you is less dangerous than the dictator who loves you. Indeed, it is the absence of democracy that represents the real threat to peace.

  

  Natan Sharansky
  • Real
  • Freedom
  • Peace

• When I was a kid, I got in trouble for lying a lot, and I had a teacher say, 'Instead of lying, write it down, because if you write it down, it's not a lie anymore; it's fiction.'

  

  Jacqueline Woodson
  • Teacher

• On any given vote, on any given day, a smart senator who has taken a bold or controversial position can reach far more media outlets between the elevator and the Senate chamber than he or she could garner in a full press conference back home.

  

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