Jay Carney Quotes

The simple fact of the matter is, as I know everyone in this room knows, that the recession that this country faced when this President took office was the worst since the Great Depression.

Jay Carney

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GreatDepressionSimpleCountryKnow

I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

Stephen Grellet

KindnessGoodMeWorldI CanWay

In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.

Stephen Jay Gould

ScienceTimeTomorrowStartPhysics

I first thought maybe I'd do a banjo presentation record, where I'd play a couple of songs and get a bunch of other players to do the rest. Then I realized I had enough of my own songs to do an album of them.

Steve Martin

RestThoughtEnoughPlayMy OwnOwn

I've had my fair share of words being twisted and articles being sliced and diced.

Shooter Jennings

WordsFairTwistedShareBeingHad

It's the age-old thing - it's such a cliche - but why worry about things you have no control over?

Mike Quade

ControlWorryYouWhyOverThings

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.

Dick Gregory

PoliticsVotingCountryChicagoDuty

In my family, education was something you endured. My parents weren't educated past high school, and the only book in our house was a 'Reader's Digest' condensed book. Can you imagine?

Dawn Steel

FamilyEducationPastSchoolParents

Which suggests something about media and war: it's not just that events happen and the media documents and presents them. There is a third element: what the public is ready to accept, what the public wants to know.

Bruce Jackson

WarMediaReadyKnowAcceptEvents

Everybody I talked to - from my friends to my family and some of the players - really gave me a lot of support from the start. And that certainly made me feel good about trying to come back and be one of the best again.

Mario Lemieux

FamilyGoodBestSupportMeStart

Even if I couldn't get my early novels published, I could still write. I went into newspapers, where I got paid to write every day. If there's a better school for would-be novelists, I don't know what it is.

Linwood Barclay

DaySchoolBetterEvery DayEarly

For the red carpet, I'm totally a stiletto girl. But in the rest of my life, I'd say I'm 50/50. I love a good heel, but I also have a really great sneaker collection. That's the Bronx girl in me.

Kerry Washington

LifeLoveGoodGirlGreatRed

I wanted to do a degree in something I was interested in before going into acting.

James Norton

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