Bugger Quotes

We are willing to be misunderstood

for long periods of time.

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity

for taking things for granted.

Let your Discourse with Men of Business

be Short and Comprehensive.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.

It were not best that we should all think alike;

it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.

The only way to enjoy life is through music.

Give a boy address and accomplishments

and you give him the mastery of palaces

and fortunes where he goes.

The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.

I’m not a fan of the mainstream.

Public sentiment is everything.

With public sentiment,

nothing can fail.

Without it,

nothing can succeed.

The secret of genius is to carry

the spirit of the child into old age.

If there is not the war,

you don't get the great general;

if there is not a great occasion,

you don't get a great statesman;

if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace,

no one would have known his name.

Classic.

A book which people praise and don't read.

Courage is not the absence of fear.

Courage is the ability to act effectively in spite of fear.

History repeats itself,

first as tragedy,

second as farce.

Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us,

but those who win battles we know nothing about.

Political courage means speaking your mind

even when it’s unpopular.

Man is what he believes.

When in doubt tell the truth.