#con

A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#could #either #events #felt #hesitates

Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart, what excuse is there for his continuance? ↗

— Frank Moore Colby

#cast #continuance #day #dies #down

If a large city can, after intense intellectual efforts, choose for its mayor a man who merely will not steal from it, we consider it a triumph of the suffrage. ↗

— Frank Moore Colby

#choose #city #consider #efforts #intellectual

The pattern of the prodigal is: rebellion, ruin, repentance, reconciliation, restoration. ↗

— Edwin Louis Cole

#prodigal #rebellion #reconciliation #repentance #restoration

Conscience allows us to do two things: Pass judgment on ourselves; approve or condemn our own conduct. ↗

— Edwin Louis Cole

#approve #condemn #conduct #conscience #judgment

But in my college years it got to the point where my friends and I didn't do anything without consuming a massive amount of alcohol before we went anywhere or did anything, and you know that. ↗

— Jim Coleman

#amount #anything #anywhere #before #college

I will confess I did none of my own singing. I did all my own costume and makeup, though. ↗

— Gary Cole

#costume #did #i #makeup #my own

Public interest in most of the Middle East was slight at that time; the Arab-Israeli conflict was all that people were interested in and that was not my specialty. ↗

— Juan Cole

#east #interest #interested #middle #middle east

I have four strikes against me. I'm black, I'm short, I'm intelligent, and I have a medical condition. ↗

— Gary Coleman

#black #condition #four #i #intelligent

I have a theory about that, if you have to say something, if you have encourage for one second a prospective acting student - he should not go in to acting. ↗

— Dabney Coleman

#acting #encourage #go #i #prospective