Quotes for All
You cannot gauge the intelligence of an American by talking with him; you must work with him. The American polishes and refines his way of doing things-even the most commonplace-the way the French of the 17th century polished their maxims. Eric Hoffer
Ever since Richard Nixon walloped George McGovern in the presidential election of 1972, political pundits have treated as a truism the proposition that liberals are out of step with the rest of the nation, and therefore all but unelectable outside the precincts of the Northeast — give or take a college town here or a … Read more
There are certainly times in history where power associates itself closely with fields that we would call the humanities, like rulers surrounding themselves with philosophers and poets, or playwrights. We do not live in that moment, and the best way to gauge the proximity of an academic field to power is by salary. Elliott Colla
If your going to learn to play lead guitar, get an electric guitar .. it doesn’t have to be an expensive one .. acoustic guitars aren’t good for learning lead, because you can’t play up very high on the neck and they take heavier-gauge strings which makes it hard to bend notes Eddie Van Halen
Politically, Donald Trump doesn’t seem to care much about what he says. He gauges the effect. Sometimes, in the middle of a speech, he will change his direction if the audience doesn’t like him. E. J. Dionne
Frenzied activity is no gauge of spirituality Fraser Young
… I never look at my watch if I’m talking with someone. I think that’s such an insulting gesture! It suggests you’re trying to gauge whether you think what they’re saying is worth your time. Rushing is no way to bring out what’s best in people, and I’m always looking for the best. That’s what’s … Read more
They wanna hang us, see us dead, or enslave us, keep us trapped in the same place we raised in. Then they wonder why we act so outrageous, run around stressed out and pull out gauges. Dr. Dre
We sometimes confuse sin with sinner, and we condemn too quickly and with too little compassion. We know from modern revelation that ‘the worth of souls is great in the sight of God.’ We cannot gauge the worth of another soul any more than we can measure the span of the universe. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
My philosophy is the thicker the wood the thicker the sound, the bigger the string the bigger the sound. My smallest string is a 14 gauge. Dick Dale