G. K. Chesterton ( 10 of 64 )
The IRS spends God knows how much of your tax money on these toll-free information hot lines staffed by IRS read more
The IRS spends God knows how much of your tax money on these toll-free information hot lines staffed by IRS employees, whose idea of a dynamite tax tip is that you should print neatly. If you ask them a real tax question, such as how you can cheat, they're useless. So, for guidance, you want to look to big business. Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes...
Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions.
Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions.
Compromise is never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and the terror of a coward.
Compromise is never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and the terror of a coward.
Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate ting, read more
Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate ting, like pain or a particular smell. - Tremendous Trifles.
The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the read more
The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.
[You reporters] should have printed what he meant, not what he said.
[You reporters] should have printed what he meant, not what he said.
The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should read more
The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul.
Every man knows his follies and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.
Every man knows his follies and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.
Better to have loved a short man than never to have loved a tall.
Better to have loved a short man than never to have loved a tall.
Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, read more
Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, aren't even aware of.
