Quotes of Thoma - somelinesforyou

“ Thomas McGuane's characters are always a little quirky, but they're so rich, so expressive. There isn't an actor around who wouldn't kill to play one of them. ”

- William Petersen

“ That was really cool. I got to kiss a little boy. I was 7 and he was 10, and his name is Thomas Curtis. He was the first boy I've ever kissed in my entire life and he was three years older than me. ”

- Dakota Fanning

“ What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it isn't. I imagine that Thomas Edison never did a day's work in his last fifty years. ”

- Stephen B. Leacock

“ Thomas Jefferson — still surv. ”

- John Adams

“ If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation. ”

- Rush Limbaugh

“ If Thomas Edison invented electric light today, Dan Rather would report it on CBS News as, "Candle making industry threatened.". ”

- Newt Gingrich

“ Thomas Jefferson still survives. ”

- John Adams

“ We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight. ”

- Milton Berle

“ Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying. ”

- Ronald Reagan

“ Thomas Jefferson still lives. ”

- John Adams

“ Depend upon it, after all, Thomas, Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no seducing me from the path. ”

- Edgar Allan Poe

“ Probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in this house except for perhaps those times when Thomas Jefferson ate alone. ”

- John F. Kennedy

“ Have you ever considered the cost of quitting? For a real eye opener… ask Thomas Edison… Steve Jobs… Michael Jordan… or Jim Carrey. Ask them how much it would have cost them if they had quit. What about you? ”

- Doug Firebaugh

“ He learned by sight, scent, and hearing. He heard all that was said, and talked over and over the questions heard; wore them slick, greasy, and threadbare. He went to political and other speeches and gatherings; he would hear all sides and opinions, talk them over and discuss them, agreeing or disagreeing… ”

- William M. Thayer

“ Mahmud Abbas is not Thomas Jefferson. The spirit of Patrick Henry has not emerged in Lebanon. Although more than a 140 Syrian intellectuals have protested Syrian troops there and signed a public statement opposing the occupation, these intellectuals are not in the league of our own Founding Fathers. ”

- Suzanne Fields
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