Words to Live By
Former Majority Leader Tom DeLay on politics: "Between the idea and the reality, between the motion and the act, falls the shadow." (with thanks to T. S. Eliot)
Sen. Patrick Leahy on Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito: "Know what the person thinks, not when he tells us what he thinks but by his actions."
The Democrats on Sen. John Kerry's pursuit of the Democratic nomination (again): "He is going around the country stirring up apathy."
Sen. Trent Lott on Howard Dean's statement, after his famous scream, that he is his own worst enemy: "Not while I'm alive, he isn't."
Fox News Channel Chairman Roger Ailes: "TV talk shows have two sides that engage in a discussion knowing they are right, but the other side just hasn't realized it yet."
David Letterman on politics: "When political columnists say, 'every thinking man,' they mean themselves. When candidates appeal to 'every intelligent voter,' they mean everyone who is going to vote for them."
AARP' s recommendations to its members: "Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you."
The media on Madonna: "In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily."
Contestant on Donald Trump's The Apprentice: "All I ask is a chance to prove that money can make me happy."
Donald Trump 's response: "Money can't buy you happiness, but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery."
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on research and development: "What was the greatest thing before sliced bread?"
Oprah Winfrey on life: "Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places."
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