#ben

Incumbent White House parties have won 10 of the last 18 presidential elections; the odds are tight, but they favor Obama in 2012. And so gloomy Democrats, check your despair; gleeful Republicans, watch the hubris. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#democrats #despair #elections #favor #gloomy

The dependence of one people upon another, even for the benefits of legislation, is the deepest source of national weakness. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

#benefits #deepest #dependence #even #legislation

There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#benefited #country #never #protracted #war

There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath. ↗

— Herman Melville

#awful #beneath #gently #hidden #knows

The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#benefits #coming #greatly #human #human suffering

With 'The Host,' I think the actors could be really big names. That would be cool. I'd love to see Robert Redford put on a beard and be Jeb; he would be amazing... Matt Damon has some very Jared-esque qualities, and then Casey Affleck as Ian and Ben Affleck as Kyle. Imagine the interplay. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#amazing #beard #ben #ben affleck #big

I've always been blessed with confidence. I am a glass-half-full person. My first movie, 'Private Benjamin,' got turned down by every studio until the very last one, but I just kept thinking, 'Why are you people not seeing that this is a hit movie? What is wrong with you?' ↗

— Nancy Meyers

#am #been #benjamin #blessed #confidence

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience. ↗

— Henry Miller

#benefit #dark #experience #growth #leap

But recently it seems that each time I vote, I am being asked to compromise my conservative ideals and my commitment to the American taxpayer simply for the benefit of political gain. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#american #american taxpayer #asked #being #benefit

If we continue to allow the federal government to live beyond its means, we will all soon have to live beneath ours. ↗

— Joe Miller

#beneath #beyond #continue #federal #federal government