#says

The cynic says, "One man can't do anything." I say, "Only one man can do anything." ↗

— John W. Gardner

#cynic #i #man #only #say

I don't have this fantasy about marriage anymore. Everyone says it takes hard work. Well, it kind of does - and I'm much more pragmatic about romance than I used to be. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#anymore #does #everyone #fantasy #hard

The Capitol was an occasion where you arrive at a sign in the road that says you have arrived at a place you may not have expected to be, but you know how you got here: Next! ↗

— Peter Garrett

#arrived #capitol #expected #got #here

The Dominican Republic says 'We're black behind the ears.' And in Mexico, 'there's a black grandma in the closet.' They know, they've just been intermarrying for a long time. But if we did the DNA of everyone in Mexico a whole lot of people would have a whole lot of black in them. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#behind #black #closet #did #dna

You can find virtually everybody black back as far as the 1870 census. Why 1870? That's when the ex-slaves first have surnames. But if you find your great-great-grandfather in 1870 and it says he's 50, that means he was born in 1820 and you're back to 1820 already. For an American that's pretty damned good, you know? ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#american #as far as #back #black #born

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#his #never #politician #quite #says

My family comes first, and you have to be in charge to be able to protect that. You have to be the one who says no or you don't have a life, which is what I found out the first time. ↗

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

#charge #comes #family #first #first time

Voters quickly forget what a man says. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#man #quickly #says #voters

My mom always says I cut my teeth on the church pew. ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#church #cut #i #mom #pew

When I'm in really good shape, I like my butt. It's juicy - that's what my fiance says. ↗

— Ali Larter

#good #i #juicy #like #really