#our

Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#bind #common #common sense #heed #heritage

The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without exceptions, of course, but more than we ought to be comfortable with. ↗

— J. Irwin Miller

#characterizes #comfortable #course #cynical #decline

Always sing below your potential. ↗

— Nellie Melba

#below #potential #sing #your

Do everything yourself. ↗

— Nellie Melba

#yourself

The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself. ↗

— Nellie Melba

#first #life #opera #rule #see

I'm your average Joe guy. I don't really care for politicians. ↗

— John Mellencamp

#care #guy #i #joe #politicians

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#before #found #had #means #merely

Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#enjoy #friends #inferiority #you #your

For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#associations #end #even #exactly #feel

Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#draws #faults #our #own #self-love