#de

God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#balloon #boat #gas #go #god

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#clothes #greatly #his #improve #made

Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#gratitude #ingratitude #most #next #painful

Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. ↗

— Lyman Beecher

#chase #death #itself #lie #never

You buy a house and you get it checked out and you feel like you've kind of made your mark here in some way. And then an act of God just comes up the coast and has the potential to just completely wipe it clean. Weather like that is certainly humbling. ↗

— James Van Der Beek

#buy #certainly #checked #clean #coast

Sir, I see a lot of documents in my day-to-day business, and I can't tell you every document that I've seen. It may have passed across my desk. It may not have passed across my desk. I truthfully cannot answer that question, other than to say I don't remember. ↗

— Rand Beers

#answer #business #cannot #day-to-day #desk

We're seeing the development of tactics in Iraq, such as suicide bombing. Insurgents have been driving cars with explosives into hotels and office buildings. The recruitment may be even more prolific outside Iraq. ↗

— Rand Beers

#bombing #buildings #cars #development #driving

There's the great line: the definition of a liberal is someone who's afraid to take their own side in a fight. And that's my problem with my fellow liberals. ↗

— Paul Begala

#definition #fellow #fight #great #liberal

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#discloses #disguises #foolish #lack #their

If George W. Bush is given a second term, and retains a Republican Congress and a compliant federal judiciary, he and his allies are likely to embark on a campaign of political retribution the likes of which we haven't seen since Richard Nixon. ↗

— Paul Begala

#bush #campaign #compliant #congress #embark