Mercy Otis Warren Quotes
No republic ever yet stood on a stable foundation without satisfying the common people.
Quotes to Explore
-
Marylanders are among the nation's hardest working and most educated people. We have universities and schools that are among the best in the nation.
-
I changed the city of New York. I gave people back their morale.
-
Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.
-
I'm being mocked because I don't live up to a socially determined view of what other people think a person should look like.
-
I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved being on my feet.
-
Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich.
-
I'm used to packing up and leaving, to condensing myself into a digestible version because people don't have much time to get to know me.
-
I had a great conversation with Tom Waits, of all people.
-
So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.
-
I think kids in every minority need to see people like themselves in books; that's an acknowledgment of their existence on this planet and in this society.
-
Europeans forget that one-third of the American people have had a personal conversation with Jesus Christ and that the born-again are not just little old ladies in black but also CEOs and provosts of universities and candidates for office.
-
Thin people are beautiful, but fat people are adorable.
-
My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew but she didn't raise me in the church, so I came to my Christian faith later in life and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead.
-
The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the majority of the people affected.
-
I'm certainly not into money and prestige. For me there is simply nothing more exciting than people involved in the creation of great products. That is what drives me.
-
Some people awaken spiritually without ever coming into contact with any meditation technique or any spiritual teaching. They may awaken simply because they can't stand the suffering anymore.
-
In a democratic society like ours, relief must come through an aroused popular conscience that sears the conscience of the people's representatives.
-
What it takes to do a job will not be learned from management courses. It is principally a matter of experience, the proper attitude, and common sense - none of which can be taught in a classroom... Human experience shows that people, not organizations or management systems, get things done.
-
If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.
-
I wound up getting pulled into being a consultant on the Lifetime drama 'For the People.' The executive producer said, 'I want you to write scripts.' We sold pilots to a bunch of different networks.
-
A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.
-
As for futuristic costumes, I loved doing 'Gattaca' because I'm a minimalist at heart, and it's a very minimal film. Plus, with Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke and Jude Law, how could you go wrong?
-
I used to think that I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. In fact, my pictures show me how much I’ve lost.
-
No republic ever yet stood on a stable foundation without satisfying the common people.
