“ Three things matter in a speech - who says it, how he says it and what he says, and of the three, the latter matters the least. ”
- John Morley- Copy
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“ It matters little how much equipment we use; it matters much that we be masters of all we do use. ”
- Sam Abell- Copy
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“ I think especially in the jet age that the right to travel is a civil right and a human right which, except for health reasons, ought not to be restricted in any way. Why does the State Department have the right to issue passports? We are citizens. Not subjects. ”
- Shana Alexander- Copy
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“ At the end of the day it was a guy from Nepal and a guy from New Zealand who conquered the world's highest peak for the British Empire,... Bannister's feat a year later meant as much to the nation if not more. An Englishman had finally got to the top of the mountain. ”
- Frank Deford- Copy
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“ In our conversation today, most of the time was spent not on esoteric subjects but practical aspects of security: how to arrange for the transfer of responsibility for Gaza, the details of the transfer, what are the outstanding issues that have to be dealt with before we can go forward with this transfer. ”
- Colin Powell- Copy
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“ I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic. ”
- Lisa Alther- Copy
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“ A bore is a fellow talking who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours. ”
- Laurence J. Peter- Copy
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“ I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me. ”
- Dave Barry- Copy
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“ Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it supplies as many images to the mind, and as many topics to the tongue. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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“ If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating. ”
- Leigh Hunt- Copy
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“ Sir, you have but two topics, yourself and me. I am sick of both. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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“ The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics. ”
- Richard Rorty- Copy
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“ When I was brought up we never talked about money because there was never enough to furnish a topic of conversation. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic. ”
- Abigail Adams- Copy
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“ Thanks to my solid academic training, today I can write hundreds of words on virtually any topic without possessing a shred of information, which is how I got a good job in journalism. ”
- Dave Barry- Copy
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“ We journalists make it a point to know very little about an extremely wide variety of topics; this is how we stay objective. ”
- Dave Barry- Copy
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“ Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial. ”
- Erma Bombeck- Copy
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“ Social topics may hit too close to home for people, but then again, if you pull a heartstring, then that's what country music is. It's not just songs about getting drunk and leaving your girl. ”
- Kenny Chesney- Copy
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“ Convinced as I am and as I am from my government that the world needs a new moral architecture over all I believe that this should be the first topic to debate in our world of today, ethics, moral. ”
- Hugo Chavez- Copy
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“ Ay, rail at gaming - 'tis a rich topic, and affords noble declamation. Go, preach against it in the city - you'll find a congregation in every tavern. ”
- Edward Moore- Copy
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“ I am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least interest to a serious and studious mood - sex and the dead. ”
- William Butler Yeats- Copy
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“ It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was. ”
- Anne Sexton- Copy
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“ In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they are. ”
- Gamaliel Bradford- Copy
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“ Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues. ”
- George F. Will- Copy
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“ Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ”
- Thomas Jefferson- Copy
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