Clare Boothe Luce Quotes

Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals with no cure except as a guillotine might be called a cure for dandruff.

Clare Boothe Luce

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• The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church and state.

  

  Adam Cohen
  • May
  • Strong
  • Church

• I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.

  

  Jackson Pollock
  • Painting
  • Canvas
  • Ever

• My message to the kids and our fans is hockey's a great game. There's a lot of hockey being played at all levels. Get involved, do it. We will be back and we will be back better than ever and hopefully as soon as possible. Don't give up on the game. It's too good.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • Up
  • Good
  • Great

• A lot of people are quite discouraged by the process of getting healthy because, one, they think they can't afford it, and two, it's daunting. I wanted to start a dialogue. Because you won't be able to even get there until you actually accept yourself and start connecting with yourself.

  

  Kate Hudson
  • People
  • Yourself
  • Start

• I feel comfortable any position I play. It doesn't matter.

  

  Oscar Taveras
  • Play
  • Matter
  • Comfortable

• If men are wont to play with swearing anywhere, can we expect they should be serious and strict therein at the bar or in the church.

  

  Isaac Barrow
  • Men
  • Play
  • Church

• While prices of goods continue to rise, American worker's wages remain stagnant.

  

  Ed Pastor
  • American
  • Rise
  • Stagnant

• Adultery is the ultimate deal-breaker for me. I would rather be alone than in a relationship that doesn't honor me.

  

  Garcelle Beauvais
  • Relationship
  • Alone
  • Honor

• Good twists are enormously hard to come by, and I think the best ones are earned ones. The idea that a story can take a left turn on you, it's easy to do, but it has to be done very, very carefully, or else you risk losing the audience's trust.

  

  Damon Lindelof
  • Good
  • Done
  • Best

• I wanna live.

  

  Patrick Swayze
  • Live
  • Wanna

• For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information. It seems almost un-American to enjoy delays, and perhaps enjoy is not the best word, but certainly a delayed flight, if it does nothing else, allows one the opportunity to make prolonged observations about one's fellow travelers.

  

  Abraham Verghese
  • American
  • Opportunity
  • Best

• I'm not good at a lot of things. I am not good at keeping my room clean. I am not good at eating healthy. I am not good at sports anymore. I used to be! Not so much anymore.

  

  Zendaya
  • Good
  • Sports
  • Healthy

• Believing a person deserves a defence is not the same as doing anything in your power to get him off scot-free.

  

  Tammy Bruce
  • Power
  • Free
  • Doing

• Sometimes, once a fight starts, you have to do what you have to do to win.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • Sometimes
  • Win
  • Fight

• Politicians don't like to face unpleasant realities. In truth, nobody does, but as individuals, we have no choice; if we neglect to plan ahead, we are held accountable. Fail to meet your responsibilities at work, and you get fired. Ignore your car's gas gauge, and you get stranded.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • Work
  • Truth
  • Car

• If people buy my books for vanity, I consider it a tax on idiocy.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • People
  • Tax
  • Vanity

• I've always been compelled by some force to be a performer.

  

  Lady Starlight
  • Always
  • Force
  • Some

• In The Name of the King is the right title. To be honest, I don't know who had the final idea for the title but I liked it and it has a strong connection to the movie's story.

  

  Uwe Boll
  • Movie
  • Strong
  • King

• The greatest discovery of the 20th Century is that our attitude of mind determines our quality of life, not circumstances.

  

  William James
  • Mind
  • Quality
  • Attitude

• I really love diving in, head first, with directing and not having to worry about hair, makeup or lines.

  

  Chris Lowell
  • Hair
  • Worry
  • Makeup

• An Irishman hears that the banks are failing. He runs into the bank where he keeps his money and demands every cent of it. 'Yes sir,' the teller says politely. 'Do you want it in cash or in the form of a check?' The Irishman replies: 'Well, if you have it, I don't want it. But if you haven't got it, I must have it immediately.'

  

  Philip K. Dick
  • Money

• The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.

  

  Dennis Green
  • Secret
  • Start
  • Scratching

• It is not reasonable that he who does not shoot should hit the mark, nor that he who does not stand fast at his post should win the day, or that the helpless man should succeed or the coward prosper.

  

  Plutarch
  • Coward

• Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals with no cure except as a guillotine might be called a cure for dandruff.

  

  Clare Boothe Luce