Maria Monk Quotes

The Bishop, as I have remarked, was not very dignified on all occasions, and sometimes acted in such a manner as would not have appeared well in public.

Maria Monk

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Those with less of a sense of service to the nation never understand it when men and women of character step forward to look danger and adversity straight in the eye, refusing to blink, or give ground, even to their own deaths. The protected can't begin to understand the price paid so they and their families can sleep safe and free at night.

John F. Kelly

WomenAdversityCharacterService

I'm direct, I'm unpretentious and I'm pretty dogged, and I hope I've got a capacity to laugh at myself and not take myself too seriously.

John Howard

HopeMyselfLaughSeriouslyPretty

Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price.

Robert Orben

HistoryTimeDemocracyPriceTrue

We observe that in the scriptures, fasting almost always is linked with prayer. Without prayer, fasting is not complete fasting; it's simply going hungry.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

PrayerFastingAlwaysHungryWithout

It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind.

Jonathan Swift

JusticeCareDecisionsLawyersDone

All the guys called the Olympic Village a high-class Boy Scout camp.

Johnny Weissmuller

ScoutVillageBoyOlympicGuysCamp

The one source of criticism even the most repressive authoritarian leader cannot silence is the outside world. Autocrats are usually thin-skinned and like to be admired, so at least, at first, they often seek to be praised abroad.

Chrystia Freeland

LeaderSilenceWorldCriticismFirst

The thing that drives most coaches out of coaching in college is they get tired of the grind of recruiting.

Bobby Bowden

TiredCollegeCoachingGrindOut

I was learning the craft; I didn't study writing in school. Rejection was my motivation, and failure is what taught me.

Pierce Brown

LearningFailureSchoolMeWriting

I'm going to hang out with people, and I'm going to explore myself, and I'm okay with that.

Selena Gomez

MyselfPeopleOkayExploreOutHang

I've had the luxury of playing golf around the world, and I've spent a lot of time evaluating how to play all kinds of courses.

Tiger Woods

TimeWorldGolfLuxuryPlayPlaying

History shows that nations are more fragile than their citizens think. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time.

Richard Lamm

HistoryTimeThinkMoreNationThan

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