George McGovern Quotes

I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it.

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• I suspect I am like most people on the Internet in that I sign up for all sorts of sites and frequently use the same passwords.

  

  Rachel Sklar
  • People
  • Internet
  • Passwords

• People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.

  

  Barney Frank
  • People
  • Innocence
  • Entitled

• Our international success started out first because we became the No. 1 casual wear brand in our home market of Japan. Then, we set up stores in the world's major fashion centers of New York, Paris and London.

  

  Tadashi Yanai
  • Up
  • World
  • Home

• I write, having seen what's happening already in my head. I see it as a movie, and I'm just writing down what's happening in front of me.

  

  Victoria Aveyard
  • Movie
  • Me
  • Write

• Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • Nobody
  • Anymore
  • Crowded

• I go to the gym in the morning to warm up, and then I go to the mountain and train. Then I come home and go to the gym again to recover. But on travel days, you get pretty much no physical exertion.

  

  Hannah Kearney
  • Up
  • Home
  • Pretty

• What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition.

  

  F. Sionil Jose
  • Art
  • Tradition
  • Fact

• If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.

  

  Olivier Martinez
  • Me
  • Best
  • Actor

• Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

  

  Washington Irving
  • Heart
  • Friends
  • Sun

• All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.

  

  Frances Wright
  • Believe
  • Why
  • Nature

• Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.

  

  Faith Baldwin
  • Character
  • Down
  • Within

• The reality is, if you were fortunate to be born to rich parents, you have a better chance of succeeding in life. And that's wrong.

  

  Naftali Bennett
  • Life
  • Parents
  • Reality

• In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.

  

  Walter Becker Steely Dan
  • Good
  • Work
  • Simple

• God only knows what else is on the web about me.

  

  Illeana Douglas
  • God
  • Me
  • Only

• There be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those who say they have not; I dare not say, myself, but I will tell of The Street.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Myself
  • Street
  • Dare

• My legs are really long and that's cool apparently, but I'm totally klutzy. I mean, I'm like Bambi. I fall all over myself because I can't control my arms and my really long legs.

  

  Taylor Momsen
  • Long
  • Control
  • Fall

• I think the best comedies came out during the Depression. Personally.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Think
  • Best
  • Depression

• But the fact that same-sex marriage is still an issue is insane. Thinking love knows a sex is ridiculous.

  

  Garret Dillahunt
  • Thinking
  • Love
  • Marriage

• As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out.

  

  Allen West
  • Freedom
  • Giving
  • Challenge

• In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

  

  S. I. Hayakawa
  • People
  • Life
  • Good

• It's not a good idea to always look for new frontiers, especially when you have opportunities in your existing businesses, in your own backyard.

  

  Kumar Mangalam Birla
  • Good

• Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.

  

  Mark Twain
  • Good
  • Work

• I love my kitchen. On the weekends, we have friends over, the kids are buzzing around, and we cook and talk.

  

  Hannah Storm
  • Love
  • Kids
  • Friends

• I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it.

  

  George McGovern
  • Good
  • War