“I'm really lucky I'm still around. Everybody expected me to die next... But it was always someone else instead of me.” StillsDiesNextLuckyExpected Author:Dee Dee Ramone
“As you know, in the 2000 campaign I articulated a point of view that we ought to have personal savings accounts for younger workers that would make sure those younger workers receive benefits equal to or greater than that which is expected, ... I still maintain the same position.” KnowsStillsViewsGreaterPositionOughtEqualBenefitsAccountsWorkersPoint Of ViewExpectedCampaignsSavingSavingsSavings Accounts Author:George H. W. Bush
“As in the game of billiards, the balls are constantly producing effects from mere chance, which the most skillful player could neither execute nor foresee, but which, when they do happen, serve mainly to teach him how much he has still to learn; so it is in the most profound and complicated game of politics and diplomacy. In both cases, we can only regulate our play by what we have seen, rather than by what we have hoped; and by what we have experienced, rather than by what we have expected.” StillsPlayHappensGamesChanceTeachCasesPlayerEffectsBallsMereProfoundComplicatedExpectedDiplomacySkillfulHaving HopeBilliards Author:Charles Caleb Colton
“Democracy can hardly be expected to flourish in societies where political and economic power is being progressively concentrated and centralized. But the progress of technology has led and is still leading to just such a concentration and centralization of power.” StillsPoliticalTechnologyPowerDemocracyProgressEconomicCapitalismExpectedNovelistsConcentrationFlourishingEconomic PowerCentralization Book:Complete Essays: 1956-1963, and supplement, 1920-1948 Source: Complete Essays: 1956-1963, and supplement, 1920-1948