Harry S Truman Quotes

Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.

Harry S Truman

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• You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.

  

  Patricia Velasquez
  • Time
  • You
  • Routine

• To survive is to win.

  

  Zhang Yimou
  • Win
  • Survive
  • To Survive

• I love grey. My mom told me that when I was younger, I would get mildly depressed when it was grey all the time. I'd be darker when it was dark out. But as an adult, I really love it.

  

  Banks
  • Time
  • Love
  • Mom

• Movies don't make people act a fool. People act a fool because they want to act a fool.

  

  Eric Lynn Wright
  • People
  • Want
  • Fool

• In general, questions are fine; you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and concentrate on answering those. And one has to remember when answering questions that asking questions isn't easy either, and for someone who's quite shy to stand up in an audience to speak takes some courage.

  

  Vikram Seth
  • Up
  • Remember
  • Courage

• I only started singing the Russian roles when I came west.

  

  Ildar Abdrazakov
  • Singing
  • Only
  • West

• Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
  • Good
  • Democracy
  • Process

• I've done a little directing, but I love acting more.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • Acting
  • Little
  • Directing

• While in theory randomness is an intrinsic property, in practice, randomness is incomplete information.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Practice

• Senator Smoot (Republican, Ut.) Is planning a ban on smut. Oh rooti-ti-toot for Smoot of Ut. And his reverend occiput. Smite, Smoot, smite for Ut., Grit your molars and do your dut., Gird up your l__ns, Smite h_p and th_gh, We'll all be Kansas By and by.

  

  Ogden Nash
  • Up
  • Planning
  • Grit

• When you're not sure your anger is justified, the thing to do is ask yourself exactly where it's coming from.

  

  Lynn Coady

• The law seemed to be always what I came back to. I have never, one day in my life as a lawyer, regretted my decision to become a lawyer.

  

  Charles T. Canady
  • Life
  • Law
  • Decision

• It's hard enough to just be a good actor. When you're on set, there's everything going against you. There are walkie talkies going off, the camera is creaking and moving, there are boom mics, and you have to hit your mark and make sure you don't shadow the other person's face. It's a really technical process.

  

  James Marsden
  • Good
  • Moving
  • Shadow

• Over the years, I've learned that you can have fun with the fabrics and other elements, but if it's not tailored right, you'll blow it.

  

  James Marsden
  • Fun
  • Blow

• The difference between me and other people in my generation is instead of saying the Internet's killing the record business, I say, 'Who cares about the record business, the Internet is enhancing music.'

  

  Daryl Franklin Hohl
  • People
  • Music
  • Business

• In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons.

  

  Mary McCarthy
  • Military

• I work out really hard, and I stay on my diet all week.

  

  Charlotte McKinney
  • Work

• War in men's eyes shall be A monster of iniquity In the good time coming. Nations shall not quarrel then, To prove which is the stronger; Nor slaughter men for glory's sake; - Wait a little longer.

  

  Charles Mackay
  • Time
  • Good
  • Men

• Whenever I open a book about jazz, I turn to the index and look for Lennie Tristano, the incredible pianist; Lee Konitz, the luminous alto sax player; and Warne Marsh, the tenor player who captured some of the most beautiful sounds in the world.

  

  Carolyn See
  • World
  • Jazz
  • Sounds

• Thorough selfishness destroys or paralyzes enjoyment. A heart made selfish by the contest for wealth is like a citadel stormed in war, utterly shattered.

  

  Henry Ward Beecher
  • Enjoyment
  • Selfishness
  • Destroys

• Driving to class with him. All I could think about was that it had been three days since I'd touched his face AND HE SEEMED so fine. I said, to him "you seem like you didn't miss a beat." He looked at me and said Sabrina, I've missed so many beats, I've MADE A RhytHM.

  

  Sabrina Ward Harrison
  • Thinking
  • Missing
  • Driving

• Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.

  

  Harry S Truman
  • Greed
  • Selfishness
  • Troubles