#off

What people fail to appreciate is that the currency of corruption in elective office is, not money, but votes. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#corruption #currency #elective #elective office #fail

Moderation is the key so I work certain amount of time and then I take a certain amount of time off. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#certain #i #key #moderation #off

The zeal, bravery, and good behavior of the officers and men on the night of June 30, and during July 1, was commendable in the extreme. ↗

— John Buford

#bravery #commendable #during #extreme #good

As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#entrance #happiest #life #my life #office

I have a motto on my bedroom wall: 'Obstacles are what you see when you take your eye off the goal.' Giving up is not my style. I just want to do something that's worthwhile. ↗

— Chris Burke

#eye #giving #giving up #goal #i

To swear off making mistakes is very easy. All you have to do is swear off having ideas. ↗

— Leo Burnett

#having #ideas #making #making mistakes #mistakes

But the longer I'm in the business, you see a lot of times these screenplays have been rewritten 5 times and you're not really offending an author. ↗

— Edward Burns

#been #business #i #longer #lot

When you work with a DeNiro or Hoffman, they love what they do so much that there's never any competitive vibe. It's more about how do we do this thing together. ↗

— Edward Burns

#any #competitive #deniro #hoffman #how

We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars. ↗

— Robert Burton

#make #mayors #officers #scholars #year

But there are people who take salt with their coffee. They say it gives a tang, a savour, which is peculiar and fascinating. In the same way there are certain places, surrounded by a halo of romance, to which the inevitable disillusionment you experience on seeing them gives a singular spice. You had expected something wholly beautiful and you get an impression which is infinitely more complicated than any that beauty can give you. It is the weakness in the character of a great man which may make him less admirable but certainly more interesting. Nothing had prepared me for Honolulu... ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#coffee #travel #beauty