William Lewis Safir (William Safire) Quotes
I welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expressiveness.William Lewis Safir
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A British porch is a musty, forbidding non-room in which to fling a sodden umbrella or a muddy pair of boots; a guard against the elements and strangers. By contrast the good ol' American front porch seems to stand for positivity and openness; a platform from which to welcome or wave farewell; a place where things of significance could happen.
Dan Stevens -
I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Uncertainty of any sort results in volatility, and Brexit will be no exception.
Raghuram Rajan -
I'm not expecting the American literary community to welcome me with open arms. To them I'm just some schmuck kid who wrote some book.
Macaulay Culkin -
The CWC is a professional organization for professional writers. Non-published writers are welcome as associate members.
Vicki Delany -
While eliminating smallpox and curtailing cholera added decades of life to vast populations, cures for the chronic diseases of old age cannot have the same effect on life expectancy. A cure for cancer would be miraculous and welcome, but it would lead to only a three-year increase in life expectancy at birth.
S. Jay Olshansky
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Without accepting the other person's thinking, you cannot further your own interest. You need the other's help to get results.
Harri Holkeri -
I got quite good results from protein plates.
Gabriel Lippmann -
There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. -
I want everyone in the Republican party who opposed me to know this: you are welcome to join this people's crusade. Come aboard. You are both welcome and needed. If we unite, we'll win - and we'll rebuild New York.
Carl Paladino -
I would welcome satirical references to political leaders as part of freedom of expression.
Kapil Sibal -
When leaders are no longer beholden to the people who elected them, corruption results and the recruitment of extremists becomes easier.
Iqbal Quadir
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I think I do myself a disservice by comparing myself to Steve Jobs and Walt Disney and human beings that we've seen before. It should be more like Willy Wonka... and welcome to my chocolate factory.
Kanye West -
We just can't change the rules if we don't like the results.
Candice S. Miller -
As a reader I want to be present and entertained. I don't want to be taught lessons, and I don't want to be spoken down to. I want to be treated as a peer and to be made to feel welcome.
Patrick deWitt -
Israel's capital will never again be a divided city, a city with a wall at its center, a city in which two flags fly. This city, will, in its entirety, absorb immigrants, welcome pilgrims and be the eternal capital of Israel forever.
Yitzhak Shamir -
I think any of us who have been involved in the mission of Iraq have developed a great deal of affection for the Iraqi people and are emotionally invested in what we think is a vital mission... So I think any of my contemporaries would welcome the opportunity to go back and make a contribution to this extraordinarily important mission.
H. R. McMaster -
When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
Calvin Coolidge
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If Islam opposes terrorism, then Saudi Arabia should announce that no one supportive of ISIS or Al Qaeda is welcome in Mecca to make Hajj.
Bob Enyart -
If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.
Sun Tzu -
... you're nuts but you're welcome here.
Steve Martin -
I think I'm very calm in adversity, always remaining calm, and I don't panic. I think that's the main thing.
Iker Casillas -
One man's word is no man's word; we should quietly hear both sides.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -
I welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expressiveness.
William Lewis Safir