Thomas P. O'Neill Quotes

You can teach an old dog new tricks, and this old dog wants to learn.

Thomas P. O'Neill

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 9, 1912 - January 5, 1994

Topics

DogLearnYouNewTeachOld

Every boy in a free country ought to be instructed in boxing, wrestling, and the use of weapons. Every young man ought to be drilled. Every householder ought, at least, to have a right to own a rifle, and should know how to make cartridges.

John Boyle O'Reilly

ManFreeCountryKnowYoungBoy

From our ugliness will grow the soul of the world.

Andrei Platonov

SoulWorldGrowWillUglinessOur

If the story's interesting and it's a compelling script, I'd be thrilled to be a part of it.

Andre Braugher

StoryInterestingPartCompelling

When Bill Clinton chose Al Gore in 1992 - from the same generational, ideological, and geographical background as his - it underscored his campaign's central argument that this was a clash between the past and the future, that 'Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow' was indeed the campaign's anthem.

Jeff Greenfield

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After the war, I went to the BBC monitoring service in Caversham, a suburb of Reading. It was a big aerial system to listen to radio programmes all over the world.

Michael Bond

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Buying a company that is number one in its business is hard to do. When something is for sale, it's often not a leader.

Michael Dell

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We lack social awareness because we're so focused on what we're going to say next - and how what other people are saying affects us - that we completely lose sight of other people. This is a problem because people are complicated. You can't hope to understand someone until you focus all of your attention in his or her direction.

Travis Bradberry

HopeFocusPeopleSayingDirection

John Irving once told me he doesn't start a novel until he knows the last sentence. I said, 'My God, Irving, isn't that like working in a factory?'

Tom Robbins

GodMeStartSaidLastWorking

I grew up playing games, and I remember Christmas 1981 when my dad got us an Intellivision, and we all sat around and played 'Astrosmash' for hours on end. It was a big part of my youth.

Roger Craig Smith

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Most of the time, even if I'm at home in my sweatpants, I probably have a pair of slippers on.

Mary Helen Bowers

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I was given an enormous amount of love by my parents.

Liza Minnelli

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A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.

Jean de la Bruyere

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