#con

After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#convention #four #i #nations #peace

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#attempts #conceived #console #discourage #generally

Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

#being content #consists #content #happiness #having

It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#conquer #curiosity #mortify #one thing #thing

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#conversation #disputes #long #marriage

Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#consequences #down #everyone #later #sits

I'm thrilled to be asked to host the Academy Awards for the second time because, as they say, the third time's a charm. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#academy awards #asked #awards #because #charm

Looking so cool, his greed is hard to conceal, he's fresh out of law school, you gave him a license to steal. ↗

— Al Stewart

#cool #fresh #gave #greed #hard

When there is an accident involving fire, in most cases death is caused by the inhalation of the toxic smoke. What we need is air to go to a driver for 45 seconds. I'm surprised that this is not done, and I would make it compulsory. ↗

— Jackie Stewart

#air #cases #caused #compulsory #death

Liberal and conservative have lost their meaning in America. I represent the distracted center. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#center #conservative #distracted #i #liberal