#rarely

Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today, the mere threat of a filibuster is enough to stop a vote; senators are rarely asked to pull all-nighters like Jimmy Stewart in 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.' ↗

— Evan Bayh

#because #current #determined #enough #filibuster

But in this Congress, accountability is just a catch phrase, usually directed elsewhere. Demands to personal responsibility or corporate accountability abound, but rarely congressional accountability or fiscal responsibility. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#accountability #catch #catch phrase #congress #congressional

Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#desired #economic #rarely #results #sanctions

Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed. ↗

— Stefan Zweig

#even #fate #favorites #generous #gods

It has been one of my difficulties, in arguing this question out of doors with friends or strangers, that I rarely find any intelligible agreement as to the object of the war. ↗

— Richard Cobden

#any #arguing #been #difficulties #doors

I rarely come away from presenting the 'Today' programme without some sense of regret. There is always some question that I should have asked, or some point that I should have made. This is annoying but not surprising. Perfection is hard to achieve in a three-hour live programme. ↗

— Evan Davis

#always #annoying #asked #away #come

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#been #combine #only #power #rarely

I rarely play a real person, because I don't think I'm a good imitator. ↗

— Harrison Ford

#good #i #imitator #person #play

Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does last. Mutual esteem is very much more valuable. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#esteem #i #last #lasts #long

When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with. I rarely make any major changes. ↗

— Len Wein

#begin #between #changes #difference #draft