“We should pay as much reverence to youth as we should to age; there are points in which you young folks are altogether our superiors: and I can't help constantly crying out to persons of my own years, when busied about their young people--leave them alone; don't be always meddling with their affairs, which they can manage for themselves; don't be always insisting upon managing their boats, and putting your oars in the water with theirs.” PeopleShouldYearsPersonsI CanHelpingAgeYoungWaterMy OwnPayCryYouthAffairFolksSuperiorsBoatManageReverenceInsistingMeddlingOar Book:The book of snobs. Sketches and travels in London. Denis Duval Source: The book of snobs. Sketches and travels in London. Denis Duval
“When folks find I ain't afeard to speak my mind on their affairs, they kinder guess I'm tellin' the truth about my own.” MindSpeakMy OwnHonestyAffairFolksKinder Book:The Argonauts of North Liberty Source: The Argonauts of North Liberty
“I've got a pen, and I've got a phone, and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive action. I've got a pen to talk executive actions where congress won't. Where congress isn't acting, I'll act on my own. I have got a pen and I got a phone. And that is all I need.” I CanCountryUseActionOrderMy OwnCongressFolksPhonesMissionsExecutivesPensTelephonesExecutive Orders Author:Barack Obama