Mark Goulston Quotes

I have heard it said that the measure of a civilization is how it treats those who have hurt it. I think a further measure is how it treats those who deeply disappoint it.

Mark Goulston

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ThinkHurtMeasureCivilizationSaid

I think you also understand that one of the key things that's got to be done in Iraq is to build a mentality of understanding that the military needs to be subordinate to civilian control and respectful of its own people.

John Abizaid

PeopleControlThinkKeyYouDone

I've operated on people from Canada that have come to Wyoming for me to take care of them because they couldn't afford to wait long enough for their free operation.

John Barrasso

PeopleMeWaitFreeCareTake Care

Hollow commitments to action in the future are insufficient. Deferring difficult issues must not be tolerated. Our children and grandchildren expect us to speak and act decisively.

Jenny Shipley

FutureChildrenActionSpeakActUs

Actors generally get to do things you probably shouldn't do in real life - well, at least as much as one might like to or be tempted to. Though I suppose a lot of actors just go ahead and do it, don't they?

John Malkovich

LifeYouGoAheadRealReal Life

I like Steve Gadd, everything he did with Steely Dan. There's so many. I like everything.

Travis Barker

EverythingLikeHeDidManyDan

The French Revolution ends slavery unilaterally. And it does so at this moment when the British, the Spanish, the Portuguese and the Americans - all of the other major powers - keep slavery. And the fact is that it's almost bankrupting the French Colonial Empire.

Tom Reiss

MomentSlaveryRevolutionEmpire

Barring some sociopaths, probably, there is nobody who doesn't care about their appearance.

Mary Beard

CareAppearanceNobodyWhoSome

I think a director can make a play happen before your eyes so that you are part of it and it is part of you. If you can get it right, there's no mystery. It's not about mystery. It's not even mysterious. It's about our lives.

Mike Nichols

EyesThinkMysteryYouPlayRight

The windfall of great riches can, if mismanaged, make things worse, not better, for the recipients.

Michael Mandelbaum

GreatBetterThingsMakeWorse

The philosophy to 'buy and hold' is a philosophy that I use to manage funds.

Michael Lee-Chin

PhilosophyBuyHoldUseFunds

The face is the soul of the body.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

SoulFaceBody

I just think I'm direct.

Judy Sheindlin

ThinkJustDirect

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