#mist

Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#asking #avoided #could #counted #device

The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand. The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#ayn #ayn rand #collectivism #credit #fight

I don't want to get into the 'who's a hostage-taker' discussion here, but what is the estate tax? It's a double tax on death. Economists will tell you that it's really not a tax that soaks the rich, but it's a tax on capital that deprives business investment and therefore job creation. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#capital #creation #death #deprives #discussion

President Obama was asked not long ago to reflect on any mistakes he might have made. He said, well, 'I haven't communicated enough.' He said his job is to 'tell a story to the American people' - as if that's the whole problem here? He needs to talk more, and we need to be better listeners? ↗

— Paul Ryan

#american #american people #any #asked #better

We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections. ↗

— Larry J. Sabato

#believe #congressional #elections #especially #live

He's the president of the United States. He's got to work 14 to 16 hours a day, run foreign and domestic policy. If he's got time for mistresses after all that, what the hell difference does it make? ↗

— Pierre Salinger

#day #difference #does #domestic #domestic policy

Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others. ↗

— Sallust

#always #bad #good #kings #mistrust

In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf. I played three rounds in that Tahoe event, and I was drained. Mentally, not physically. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#drained #event #golf #i #make

In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#awake #eyes #morning #open #open your eyes

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#defeat #every #laughter #listen #mistaken