“With regard to Banks, they have taken too deep and too wide a root in social transactions, to be got rid of altogether, if that were desirable. They have a hold on public opinion, which alone would make it expedient to aim rather at the improvement, than the suppression of them. As now generally constituted, their advantages whatever they be, are outweighed by the excesses of their paper emissions, and the partialities and corruption with which they are administered.” IfsSocialOpinionTakenPaperAdvantageRootsRegardAimCorruptionWideImprovementExcessDesirableBankingPublic OpinionEmissionsTransactionsSuppressionToo DeepPartiality Author:James Madison
“So I ask that these papers be taken for what they merely are: exercises, trials, tryouts, a means of displaying possibilities, not establishing fact.” MeanFactsAsksTakenPossibilityExercisePaperTrialsPapersTryouts Book:Forms of Talk Source: Forms of Talk
“And you probably remember all of those papers and documents that they had published in the newspapers. And, you know, when you look at that, it really was their own little jihad that they had going. It just wasn't taken very seriously then.” KnowsLooksLittlesRememberTakenPaperNewspapersDocumentsPapersJihad Author:Patty Hearst
“I have great family and friends that do not treat me like Queen Latifah. We've all grown with this thing, they have sacrificed part of there anonymity; they've had to deal with rumors and things in the paper and they've had to take this ride along with me and they've taken it and we've had a good time.” DealsTakenPaperTreatsQueensGood TimesFamily And FriendsRumorAnonymityGreat FamilyHad A Good Time Author:Queen Latifah
“Compliments of congratulation are always kindly taken, and cost nothing but pen, ink and paper. I consider them as draughts upon good breeding, where the exchange is always greatly in favor of the drawer.” TakenCostPaperFavorsPensComplimentCongratulationsInkBreedingDrawersDraughtGood BreedingInk And Paper Author:Lord Chesterfield
“Who does not see that I have taken a road along which I shall go, without stopping and without effort, as long as there is ink and paper in the world? I cannot keep a record of my life by my actions; fortune places them too low. I keep it by my thoughts.” WorldLongDoeActionEffortTakenRecordsPaperLowsFortuneStoppingMy ThoughtsInkInk And Paper Book:Complete Essays Source: Complete Essays
“I've put pencil to paper... and I've said I would cut spending, and I've said exactly where. Each one of my budgets has taken a meat axe to foreign aid, because I think we ought to quit sending it to countries that hate us.” ThinkingSaidCountryHateTakenCuttingOughtPaperSpendingAidsQuittingBudgetsMeatPencilsForeign Aid Author:Rand Paul
“I caused my husband's heart attack. In the middle of lovemaking I took the paper bag off my head. He dropped the Polaroid and keeled over and so did the hooker. It would have taken me half an hour to untie myself and call the paramedics, but fortunately the Great Dane could dial.” HeartHoursHalfTakenMiddleHusbandPaperBagsMy HusbandHeart AttackPaper BagsPolaroidsParamedics Author:Joan Rivers
“You've no idea how wonderful toilet paper is until it's taken away from you by an unfeeling universe. I think it's the defining characteristic of human civilization, the ability to manufacture something decent to wipe your ass on.” ThinkingHumansIdeasUniverseAbilityTakenWonderfulCivilizationPaperAssNo IdeaCharacteristicsDecentToiletsDefiningWipeAway From YouToilet PaperHuman CivilizationUnfeeling Book:Judas Unchained Source: Judas Unchained
“[A 2005 response to doping allegations] Unfortunately, the witch hunt continues and tomorrow's article is nothing short of tabloid journalism. The paper even admits in its own article that the science in question here is faulty and that I have no way to defend myself. They state: 'There will therefore be no counter-exam nor regulatory prosecutions, in a strict sense, since defendant's rights cannot be respected.' I will simply restate what I have said many times: I have never taken performance enhancing drugs.” WaySaidStatesTakenRightsTomorrowDrugPaperPerformancesResponseJournalismWitchArticlesStrictHuntsExamTabloidsProsecutionAllegationsWitch HuntDopingPerformance Enhancing Drugs Author:Lance Armstrong