Adlai Stevenson I Quotes

The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.

Adlai Stevenson I

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 23, 1835 - June 14, 1914

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You would never find a coach in any sport more giving of his time than Coach Parcells to other New York coaches.

Jeff Van Gundy

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I like kids' work more than work by real artists any day.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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A moment of disruption is where the conversation about disruption often begins, even though determining that moment is entirely hindsight.

Steven Sinofsky

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Art for art's sake, money for God's sake.

Simon Raven

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If the head man in a company is not working 12 hours a day, doing things, taking risks, but also standing with his people in the trenches at the most difficult of times, then the company loses something.

Rupert Murdoch

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Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for a bit of humor.

Jonathan Shapiro

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I toured Ontario in the winter of '48, in a touring company of The Drunkard, in which I played the bartender.

Jonathan Frid

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The best time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Brad D. Smith

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With my first pay cheque I sent my parents to Jamaica, so they actually got passports! They're pretty grounded; it wasn't until they saw the trailer for 'Battleship' that they were like, 'Ooh, this is a big movie, isn't it?'

Brooklyn Decker

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Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.

Anne Sexton

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I grew up in Vancouver, which is a pretty liberal, gay Mecca of the West coast. There's San Francisco, and then there's Vancouver.

Avan Jogia

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Most of the time, women believe that what lies ahead is a precipice. Whereas, if you continue to drive and stay on the path, the road will open up in front of you, and you will reach your destination. You don't need to turn around and abandon the journey.

Arundhati Bhattacharya

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