“When I worked in the White House for President Carter, we tried to do comprehensive tax reform and we made some progress, and other presidents have as well.” WellsMadeHousePresidentWhiteProgressTaxesReformWhite HouseComprehensiveCarterTax ReformPresident Carter Author:David Rubenstein
“Every time I work with real Southern actors... we immediately go into white trash and we just get along really well within one night.” WellsRealNightActorsWhiteSouthernTrashOne NightWhite Trash Author:Lucas Till
“I know what’s best for the President. I put him in the White house. He does well when he listens to me and poorly when he does not.” KnowsWellsDoeHousePresidentWhiteWhite HouseListen To Me Author:Florence Harding
“I read the other day that Minor White said it takes twenty years to become a photographer. I think that is a bit of an exaggeration. I would say, judging from myself, that it takes at least eight or nine years. But it does not take any longer than it takes to learn to play the piano or the violin. If it takes twenty years, you might as well forget about it!” IfsThinkingYearsWellsDoeSaidPlayMightBitsWhiteForgetJudgingTwentiesPhotographerEightNinePianoMinorsViolinExaggerationNine Years Author:Paul Strand
“The greatest evil is not done in those sordid dens of evil that Dickens loved to paint ... but is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clear, carpeted, warmed, well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voices.” MenNeedsWellsDoneEvilVoiceWhiteClearCuttingQuietOfficeRaisesMovedPaintCheeksSmoothCollarsDickensDensFingernailsWhite CollarQuiet Man Author:C. S. Lewis
“There's a normal tendency in the campaign, during a crisis, for the country to rally around the White House. vThat may help Al Gore in this campaign, but on the other hand, George W. Bush handled himself so well the other night on foreign policy that I think it fortified him just before this crisis broke.” ThinkingWellsMayCountryHelpingHandsNightHouseWhitePolicyNormalCrisisCampaignsTendenciesBrokeWhite HouseAlsForeign PolicyGore Author:David Gergen
“Since 1980, there have been 91 breaches of security at the White House. Well, 92 if you count George Bush.” IfsWellsHas BeensHouseWhiteSecurityWhite HouseBreach Author:David Letterman
“'Human history, ' H.G. Wells once wrote, 'becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.' You and I cannot be indifferent to the outcome of that race. We care deeply about the winner. Because we do care so deeply about the winner, that is why we are all in the East Room of the White House today.” HumansWellsCareTodayHouseWhiteRoomsRaceEducationEastWinnerOutcomesWhite HouseIndifferentCatastropheHuman History Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965
“When earth as if on evil dreams Looks back upon her wars, And the white light of Christ outstreams From the red disc of Mars, His fame, who led the stormy van Of battle, well may cease; But never that which crowns the man Whose victory was peace.” IfsMenWellsLooksMayWarDreamLightEarthEvilChristWhiteHe ManVictoryBattleFameRedCeaseCrownsMarsVansStormyDiscsWhite LightLight Of Christ Book:Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier Source: Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier