William Francis Buckley (William F. Buckley, Jr.) Quotes
...following Mrs. Roosevelt in search of irrationality was like following a burning fuse in search of an explosive.
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Facts cannot be replaced by opinion.
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Don't worry about what happens when things go wrong; just accept that they're going to, and figure out how do you want to cope with it when it does.
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Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilised folk to despise war.
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We play everybody's Christmas records at our house, and sometimes you think, 'I'm not gonna play my own record; I'd be embarrassed.' But I'm gonna play our record this Christmas, because I love the songs!
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You have to make the compromise: resign, stay out of the government, and you can say what you like... but no one has to do anything about it.
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I'm not an executive. I'm a creative person.
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I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.
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I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you couldn't be a comedian.
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For some people, what really matters to them is sleep.
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Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.
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I can fall in love in a simple way, but I can dissect it in such an intense fashion when it ends.
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I have a burning desire to see what things look like photographed by me.
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Stop thinking about writing as art. Think of it as work. If you’re an artist, whatever you do is going to be art. If you’re not an artist, at least you can do a good day’s work.
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I do have an obligation to make sure that I am following some of the rules. I can't simply ignore laws that are out there.
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I didn't understand my loneliness until I moved to Tokyo. I moved at 14. I came alone, without Mommy. She came later.
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If we are not willing to wake up in the morning and die to ourselves, perhaps we should ask ourselves whether or not we are really following Jesus.
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Finally, if nothing can be truly asserted, even the following claim would be false, the claim that there is no true assertion.
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Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.
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To be able to say that "if we change our point of view in the following way ... things are simpler" is always a gain.
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Even as we work to develop more sources of petroleum for the United States, we must continue our vigorous pursuit of alternative fuels, so that we can be powered by cleaner, more efficient sources of energy.
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You are right in speaking of the moral foundations of science, but you cannot turn around and speak of the scientific foundations of morality.
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New York is the place where all the aspirations of the western world meet to form one vast master aspiration, as powerful as the suction of a steam dredge. It is the icing on the pie called Christian civilization.
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I think if we don't fix the economy and if we don't fix foreign policy, we won't have the luxury of dealing with domestic issues that may be important to Christians but we have to understand that in my view, we've taken our eyes off the ball a bit.
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...following Mrs. Roosevelt in search of irrationality was like following a burning fuse in search of an explosive.
