George Mason Quotes
I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials.
Quotes to Explore
-
If you want to cultivate a habit, do it without any reservation, till it is firmly established. Until it is so confirmed, until it becomes a part of your character, let there be no exception, no relaxation of effort.
-
If I could look like anyone, it would be Jamie Redknapp - even up close, he's amazing.
-
In the future, I want to have super-fights.
-
If you're going to sell stock and somebody wants to buy it at a price and that price is not a price you dictate, but demand dictates, sell it to them now.
-
I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
-
I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
-
I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.
-
Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.
-
I had an excellent math and physics teacher in high school named T.C. Patel, and in the university, I had truly dedicated professors in both physics and mathematics who gave me a sound foundation with which to pursue graduate studies.
-
No matter where you are on the political spectrum, libraries make sense. It's such a small investment. Every dollar supporting a library system returns five dollars to the community.
-
My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
-
It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
-
You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
-
I was a boy with one dream and one dream only: I wanted - no, strike that, I was desperate for - a room of my own. You see, in those days I shared a room with my little brother, Jesse, and it wasn't pretty. He was the Oscar to my Felix: messy, careless, and just a little bit sticky - exactly the way a kindergartner is supposed to be.
-
All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.
-
Especially on unexpected journeys, you have time; you can figure certain deeper things out, like who you are and what you want. That's why I enjoy journeys.
-
The notion of 'reduce and refine' is one I've pursued. I truly believe that by making things less complex, by finding innovative ways to make sustainability affordable, we can advance the notion that it is possible.
-
Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
-
At the end of the day, if you're not beating the teams on the road recruiting that you have to beat on the field, then you're probably not going to win many championships.
-
One of the great things about being an older person is that I am very aware of the scope of the work and the historical sense of it. It's bigger than me.
-
Which side of the blade is sharper? The lie or the truth? It all seems irrelevant when your jugular is sliced open and you’re lying in a pool of blood for the whole world to see.
-
Well the basic thesis is that there's a god in heaven who is all powerful who wants to help people. And that - he will answer prayer, and does miraculous things in people's lives. And so I've documented some of these wonderful things.
-
We can no longer contemplate a world in which public or private sector funds are used to bail out or recapitalize failing firms.
-
I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials.
