“Last night when I was commenting on the FBI and the CIA, the sound went off for 27 minutes. I should have known better.” ShouldLastsNightSoundKnownMinutesShould HaveLast NightAmerican PoliticsCiaFbiShould Have KnownShould Have Known Better Author:Jimmy Carter
“Trent Lott has regained a position of leadership. He was the former majority leader who lost his post for racially insensitive commentary. I believe he mentioned that Strom Thurmond in 1948, who ran as a segregationist candidate, should have won. ... But now, sound the irony alarm. He has recaptured a position and his position -- I kid you not -- in the Senate will be minority whip. So, my guess is he takes to that job like, let's say, white on rice.” ShouldBelieveKidsJobsLostI BelieveSoundWhiteLeaderPositionShould HaveMajorityFormerPostsIronyRanCandidatesMinoritiesSenateRiceAlarmsWhipsCommentaryInsensitiveMajority Leader Author:Jon Stewart
“If you had come to me a hundred years ago, do you think I should have dreamed of the telephone? Why, even now I cannot understand it! I use it every day, I transact half my correspondence by means of it, but I don’t understand it. Thnk of that little stretched disk of iron at the end of a wire repeating in your ear not only sounds, but words-not only words, but all the most delicate and elusive inflections and nuances of tone which separate one human voice from another! Is not that something of a miracle?” IfsThinkingShouldYearsHumansMeanLittlesEndsUseSoundVoiceHalfHundredYears AgoShould HaveEarsMiracleToneIronDelicateTelephonesWireElusiveNuanceCorrespondenceHuman VoiceDisk Author:William Crookes
“For Social Security to be financially sound, the federal government should have $100 trillion - a sum of money six-and-a-half times the size of our entire economy - in the bank and earning interest right now. But it doesn't. And while many believe that Social Security represents our greatest entitlement problem, Medicare is six times larger in terms of unfunded obligations.” ShouldBelieveProblemGovernmentSocialSoundTermInterestHalfEconomySecurityRight NowSixShould HaveSizeObligationEarningFederal GovernmentSocial SecurityEntitlementMedicareHalf Time Author:John C. Goodman
“And if something came along that didn't sound so good, it perhaps didn't always get out there as it should have. But given the fact that she [Eleanor Roosevelt] had the help, nonetheless she knew how to use it. And she used it very effectively.” IfsShouldFactsHelpingUseUsedGivenSoundShould HaveEleanor Author:William A. Rusher
“This may sound arrogant, but I believe that if we'd done teamship better, we'd still be there. Where we fell down was the inability to hold together. We should have learnt from the great football teams. The players may not like each other. They have egos, they have their own ambitions, they have different personalities, but they are still bloody good teams.” IfsShouldBelieveMayStillsDifferentDoneTogetherI BelieveSoundPlayerTeamFootballPersonalityEgoAmbitionShould HaveArrogantBloodyInabilityFootball TeamGood TeamGreat Football Author:Alastair Campbell
“I should have said Welsh has always attracted me. By its style and sound more than any other, ever though I first only saw it on coal trucks, I always wanted to know what it was about.” KnowsShouldFirstsSaidWantedSoundSawsStyleShould HaveCoalTruckWelsh Author:J. R. R. Tolkien
“Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done.” PeopleThinkingShouldFirstsHumansDoneShowsSeemsAbleHumanityPeaceSoundAbilityRaceHistoryMankindShould HaveHuman RacePleasantWorking ItPersuasionTamed Book:Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
“You can feel the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain-- no matter how smart or accomplished--they cry, they yearn, they hurt. But instead of looking down on things, they look up, which is where I should have been looking, too. Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things: comfort, love and a peaceful heart.” PeopleWorldWantFeelsShouldLooksHeartHas BeensStillsMatterWholePainFaithLostSoundHurtCryComfortSmartShould HaveWhole WorldPeacefulBreathingLook UpAccomplishedShould Have BeenLooking DownPeaceful Heart Author:Mitch Albom
“When I say things that sound insane, like only the smartest million people should have the right to vote, well, I mean that.” PeopleShouldWellsMeanSoundMillionsShould HaveVoteInsaneRight To Vote Author:Adam Carolla
“Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful personal and national morality should have this fact for its basis.” WorldShouldImportantFactsSoundMoneySuccessfulMoralityShould HaveBasesImportant Things Author:George Bernard Shaw
“Everybody should have his personal sounds to listen for - sounds that will make him exhilarated and alive or quiet and calm.” ShouldSoundAliveListeningQuietShould HaveCalmCalmnessSounds Of SilenceShould Have Listened Author:Andre Kostelanetz