Compulsions Quotes

Why was the amendment,

expressly declaring the right of the people to exclude slavery,

voted down?

Plainly enough now,

the adoption of it would have spoiled the niche

for the Dred Scott decision.

I love my family very much.

I wish I could see them a little more often than I do.

But we understand because

we're a show business family and we all work.

Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have.

If you want to shine like a sun,

first burn like a sun.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

G Alphabet and Letter in Red

Be careless in your dress if you must,

but keep a tidy soul.

As you grow older,

you will discover that you have two hands,

one for helping yourself,

the other for helping others.

Promises made,

promises kept.

I get no respect.

The way my luck is running,

if I was a politician I would be honest.

Do not take life

too seriously.

You will never get

out of it alive.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.

The occasion is piled high with difficulty,

and we must rise with the occasion.

As our case is new,

so we must think anew and act anew.

I used to do drugs.

I still do drugs.

But I used to,

too.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten

what one has learned in school.

Life can only be understood backwards;

but it must be lived forwards.

You can’t always get what you want,

but if you try sometimes,

you might find you get what you need.

Knock me down nine times,

but I get up ten.

Success is a lousy teacher.

It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.

The basis of our political system is the right of

the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.

You shall know the truth,

and the truth shall make you mad.