“I have done it [appointed commissions] regretfully and with the hope that it would be temporary. But after a commission is established you find it always wants to enlarge itself, employ more people, is very busy with Senators and Congressmen to impress upon them the great value of the services of the commission, and even when I talk to people that I appoint to commissions and tell them I would like them to go on to various boards with the idea that they may be abolished, they say they ought to be abolished, but when they have taken their position they very soon seem to change their mind.” PeopleWantMindMayIdeasDoneSeemsWould BeValuesPoliticsTakenPositionGoes OnOughtWasteBusyVariousBoardsTemporarySenatorsImpressCongressmanGreat Value Author:Calvin Coolidge
“The other day the plane that Barack Obama was on had some mechanical difficulties and was forced to land. Well, the National Transportation Safety Board did an inspection on the plane, and you know what they found? The bolts on the plane were fine, but apparently Jesse Jackson had taken some of the nuts off.” KnowsWellsFoundTakenLandFineDifficultySafetyBarackPlanesBoardsNutsTransportationBoltsInspection Author:Jay Leno
“The body image took a real battering. I had really not taken on board how I would feel dressed in a flimsy dress in front of millions of people.” PeopleFeelsRealBodyMillionsTakenFrontsDressesBoardsBody ImageBattering Author:Lynda Bellingham