#pre

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#american president #bank #chase #loyal #manhattan

The working out of a balanced economy throughout Germany to provide the necessary means to pay for approved imports has not been accomplished, although that too is expressly required by the Potsdam Agreement. ↗

— James F. Byrnes

#agreement #although #approved #balanced #been

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey. ↗

— Lord Byron

#fear #find #love #paths #prey

This president has been reluctant to hold anybody accountable. No one was held accountable after September the 11th. Nobody's been held accountable after the clear flaws in intelligence leading up to the war in Iraq. ↗

— Bob Graham

#after #anybody #been #clear #flaws

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#art #change #order #preserve #progress

Mystery is a resource, like coal or gold, and its preservation is a fine thing. ↗

— Tim Cahill

#fine #fine thing #gold #like #mystery

I think we have to believe in things we don't see. That's really important for all of us, whether it's your religion or Santa Claus, or whatever. That's pretty much what it's about. ↗

— James Caan

#believe #claus #i #i think #important

My college, Fitzwilliam, was pretty good but unfashionable and I lived in digs so I was not part of the cloistered 'old college' environment, which frankly was a bit intimidating. But I worked hard and settled in by exploring politics and girls. ↗

— Vince Cable

#college #digs #environment #exploring #frankly

The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think. ↗

— Farrah Fawcett

#beauty #better #boy #brains #prefers

When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those who claim to foresee the future are lying, even if by chance they are later proved right.' ↗

— Vince Cable

#attempting #chance #claim #company #developments