Edgar Guest Quotes
Less hate and greedIs what we needAnd more of service true;More men to loveThe flag aboveAnd keep it first in view.Less boast and bragAbout the flag,More faith in what it means;More heads erect,More self-respect,Less talk of war machines.
Quotes to Explore
-
The idea flow from the human spirit is absolutely unlimited. All you have to do is tap into that well. I don't like to use the word efficiency. It's creativity. It's a belief that every person counts.
-
When I put a quarter into an arcade machine or call up an emulated game on my computer, I do it to escape the world that is a slave to the time that makes things fall apart. I have never played these games to occupy my world.
-
Focus on the long term, and always do what's right to grow the company and not make short-term decisions. And outlast everyone one.
-
I'm very happy with what I've accomplished, but we're going for more.
-
My father went to work every day, and it's my job to go to work, too. Some days will be good, some won't be so good, but I have to go to work.
-
It seems like WikiLeaks has better information on Hillary Clinton than she does herself.
-
Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
-
I'd like to explore the more abstract side of people's minds, as opposed to the usual sitcom stuff. I don't want to do the typical sitcom-type humor. I'd want to do stuff like go bowling with pineapples.
-
We may define therapy as a search for value.
-
I never consciously got into comedy. It was sort of one of those things where I was a theater student, I was acting, I was doing comedy, I was doing dramatic stuff, so it's been something that I've always done and enjoyed doing and had an instinct to be relatively good at.
-
What I love about L.A. and Washington, D.C. is that they're almost the opposite of each other. L.A. is a very creative space while D.C. is a very cerebral space. So, they're the ying and the yang in my world. I like them both for their own reasons.
-
There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come.
-
Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.
-
I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately low salaries that are paid to teachers throughout the country.
-
To me, there is nothing but puerility in a tale in which the human form – and local human passions and conditions and standards – are depicted as native to other worlds and universes.
-
I've got a place in Portugal, which I like very much, but I've just been working in Malaysia for five weeks. My family had a chance to come over and we really loved it, particularly the island of Pangkor.
-
I sang in a reggae band. And then there was a soul band where I sang back-up vocals and some lead. And I was also in a women's a capella group. And I was in the gospel choir at school. Actually, I've always been in choirs. Or some kind of group. Just because I love singing so much. But I truthfully never thought of it as a career.
-
Based on the Gaza precedent, Israel should not simply be expected to withdraw from territory and let it devolve into a state of anarchy. The West Bank is simply too close to Israel's major population centers and infrastructure to allow it to become another launching pad for rockets.
-
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
-
If I splurge on anything, it's cologne. I love smelling good.
-
Demosthenes: A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue. (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
-
As an artist, you can never get what you want. What you do never approaches what you want it to be.
-
At the Global Crop Diversity Trust, we work to conserve the diversity that will allow the adaptation and evolution of our agricultural crops in the context of climate change and other challenges.
-
Less hate and greedIs what we needAnd more of service true;More men to loveThe flag aboveAnd keep it first in view.Less boast and bragAbout the flag,More faith in what it means;More heads erect,More self-respect,Less talk of war machines.
