#ric

Today’s breakfast consist of rice and a piece of bread fried in a bit of salt pork grease. At least I have my memories of grand banquets and fine foods, but this is all the children have ever known. I suppose it is best not to have anything to compare. ↗

— Nancy B. Brewer

#historical-fiction #historical-romance #food

Our manifesto, whatever it will be called, will come from the people who are really in charge of this country, and that's the American people. ↗

— John Boehner

#american people #called #charge #come #country

The American people think the government in Washington is too big. That it spends too much. And - and that it's totally out of control. They want something done about it. ↗

— John Boehner

#american #american people #big #control #done

They know the importance of their mission and of America's commitment to combating and defeating terrorism abroad, and they know that they are making a real difference in bringing freedom to a part of the world that has known only tyranny. ↗

— John Boehner

#america #bringing #combating #commitment #defeating

I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America? ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#every #good #i #major #major problem

Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#bring #come #first #heart #hopes

I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#american people #boring #face #half #half hour

Humor has historically been tied to the mores of the day. The Yellow Kid was predicated on what people thought was funny about the immigrant Irish. When you're different in a society, you're funny. ↗

— Will Eisner

#been #day #different #funny #historically

Better to be a strong man with a weak point, than to be a weak man without a strong point. A diamond with a flaw is more valuable that a brick without a flaw. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

#brick #diamond #flaw #man #more

The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

#difficulties #must #pay #price #struggles