William Howard Taft Quotes

No, the only things which do not bother me are the elements. I can overcome them without a fight. All one has to do to get the best of the elements is to stand pat and one will win.

William Howard Taft

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: president
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 15, 1857 - March 8, 1930

Topics

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God himself preserved the Bible, and brought it down through the ages.

Jerry Falwell

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It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract; and therefore this must be as far above the other as judgment is a greater and nobler faculty than fancy or imagination.

Robert South

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I am for our not having any discrimination in tax legislation.

Angela Merkel

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If a hurricane strikes, we can blame the president for not being there; we can blame Congress and FEMA; we can blame the state governments; but in the end, it's the mayors and the local city governments that have to be prepared for emergencies and be prepared to act.

Michael Bloomberg

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You can't cost-cut your way to greatness.

Ruth Porat

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Something like riding a horse - which I've recently started doing - requires courage, especially for me, as I started out being actually scared of horses.

Mary Gaitskill

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Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.

Miyamoto Musashi

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There is a lot of bad architecture. What we need more is to look at how our landscape should look in the next decades.

Dieter Rams

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All I need is a big surfboard and a piano.

Dennis Wilson

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I went to school in Long Beach, and all the seniors I used to kick it with called me Pac.

Demetrius Shipp, Jr.

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That's what I love. Not being interrupted, sitting in a car by myself and listening to music in the rain. There are so many great songs yet to sing.

Alison Krauss

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Expressing truth is hard work.

Timothy Noah

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