George Washington Quotes

It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.

George Washington

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: president
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799

Topics

GovernmentFreeDownPersonalSystem

We'll go on vacation, but we don't really care to go see Rome or anything. We just want to play dominoes. We like the fact that we can say, 'Oh, we went to Rome.' 'Well, what'd you do in Rome?' 'Played dominoes'.

Jimmy Butler

VacationCareYouPlayWantRome

Our profession is very much like going to a cocktail party, you check out the guest list.

Robert Stack

YouPartyCocktailOutCheckGoing

Child abuse is a heinous and personally damaging crime; it is therefore incumbent on the Church to treat such matters with the utmost seriousness.

John Sentamu

ChildTreatChurchCrimeMatters

That's one of the great lies of intimacy, to pretend you know everything - you cannot. No matter how close you've been, over however many years, there remain secrets. I think we all know that - that you don't tell everybody everything.

Siri Hustvedt

GreatThinkYouSecretsKnowMatter

I know I'm supposed to say ageing doesn't bother me, then suddenly you're like, 'Yeah, I care about it, I really worry about it. I'm getting old. I'm old!'

Tracey Emin

MeCareWorryYouGetting OldKnow

In Europe, it's common to hear about young professionals living with their parents. With the continent's high rents and taxes and its population density, it makes sense.

Rosecrans Baldwin

ParentsYoungLivingTaxesHigh

Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal.

Mary Baker Eddy

SpiritMatterRealEternalUnreal

Don Henley is real fallback for awfulness.

Lou Barlow

RealAwfulness

Anything is possible in this world. I really believe that.

Liza Minnelli

WorldBelievePossibleAnything

We have lost certainty and predictability in the regulatory and tax climate in America, and this is why we're recovering so slowly.

Bob McDonnell

AmericaTaxLostWhyCertainty

I identify with Superman. I am adopted, I am an only child, and I love the idea that he comes from another world, that he's the ultimate immigrant. He has all these extraordinary powers, and he has a righteousness about him.

Bryan Singer

LoveI AmChildWorldImmigrantHim

Going to grocery stores is almost my favorite thing to do to calm myself down. There's something about just walking aisle after aisle making mundane choices. 'Do I want that? No, I want the one that has the low sodium.' And that feels like a good exercise to be doing when there isn't anything to be doing. It's like a kick-starter in some way.

Shane Carruth

GoodMyselfCalmChoicesWalking

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