John G. Diefenbaker Quotes

I've lived history. I've made history, and I know I'll have my place in history. That's not egoism.

John G. Diefenbaker

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• I do not regret the part I have taken in a cause so just and interesting to mankind.

  

  Samuel Adams
  • Interesting
  • Taken
  • Regret

• The first show I worked on was 'In Living Color.' I think 'The Daily Show' was the culmination of having that point of view - being able to look at this third rail in our society.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Society
  • Color
  • Daily

• A fly cannot go in unless it stops somewhere; therefore weapons, fuel, food, money will not go to Afghanistan unless the neighbors of Afghanistan are working, are cooperating, either being themselves the origin or the transit.

  

  Lakhdar Brahimi
  • Money
  • Food
  • Fly

• I already have a lot of experience, but the best is yet to come.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • Experience
  • Best
  • Come

• Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Memory
  • Carry
  • Diary

• I've spent a lot of time being bohemian and sleeping on floors, but eventually I want to have kids and I want to bring them up in a secure environment.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Up
  • Time
  • Kids

• We earned our dollars in a hard way;, nobody gave us a feast or gave it on a plate. We worked hard and we have innovated; we have made things in a better way at a cheaper rate and gave it to the people of India.

  

  Kallam Anji Reddy
  • People
  • Way
  • Better

• My father was a headmaster in England and then the dean of a college in Australia. We moved there when I was about five, so my education was in Australia, and I always felt I was Australian even though my passport was British.

  

  Olivia Newton-John
  • Father
  • Education
  • College

• I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.

  

  Lars von Trier
  • Up
  • Home
  • Strong

• The most High approveth not the gifts of the wicked.

  

  Saint Patrick
  • High
  • Gifts
  • Wicked

• You know, when Republicans were in charge, we doubled the debt. But, now, our concern is the Democrats are in charge and they're tripling the debt. So, really, our concern is that we want smaller government.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Want
  • Know
  • Government

• Retired life's good, man.

  

  Calvin Johnson
  • Life
  • Good
  • Man

• I've found that when everyone rallies behind a cause, and when they learn their effort can contribute something bigger, they get engaged.

  

  Aaron Koblin
  • Effort
  • Learn
  • Everyone

• Back when I was jamming with Axl and the guys they had boxes of cassettes with song ideas. How do you know which ones you like now when you have that many ideas.

  

  Zakk Wylde Black Label Society
  • Song
  • Know
  • Ideas

• I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying to not think about.

  

  Warren Zevon
  • Trying

• Laws must be clear, precise, and uniform for all citizens.

  

  Marquis de Lafayette

• If you saw me without makeup, you wouldn't recognize me.

  

  Cyndi Lauper Blue Angel
  • Makeup
  • Saws

• If I came across a role that is completely mainstream and commercial, but it's the right one, I'd jump at the chance.

  

  Kylie Minogue
  • Chance
  • Jump
  • Role

• Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.

  

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery
  • Presence
  • Butterflies
  • Caterpillars

• What if my greatest disappointments, or the aching of this life, is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy?

  

  Laura Story
  • World
  • Disappointment
  • Greater

• We told Danny to get right on it, ... and we told our trainers to get right on it and try to get us some kind of feeling.

  

  Joe Gibbs
  • Feeling
  • Improvement
  • Strategy

• The biggest challenge was the cost to play the sport, and this is a challenge that my parents faced. They relied on the community and friends and family for support, and I learned to play hockey using second hand equipment.

  

  P. K. Subban
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Parents

• There's no difference between me and you. You need something, a glove, a place to live, you let me know.

  

  Roberto Clemente
  • Needs
  • Knows
  • Differences

• I've lived history. I've made history, and I know I'll have my place in history. That's not egoism.

  

  John G. Diefenbaker
  • Knows
  • Made
  • Egoism