#sen

Every thought derives from a thwarted sensation. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#every #sensation #thought #thwarted

In the good old days when I was a senator, I was my own man. ↗

— Joe Biden

#good #good old days #i #man #my own

Presumptuous for me to say, but at least - at a minimum - I've been able to influence the direction of the Democratic Party on foreign policy. And I've been relatively - presumptuous to say - relatively successful legislatively in the Senate, being able to win a lot of Republican friends, and being able to cross the aisle. ↗

— Joe Biden

#aisle #been #being #cross #democratic

Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#bestow #common #common sense #destitute #favors

It is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#healthy #jam #sentiment

I suppose they're like the I.R.S. You move once and they never send you your refund check. ↗

— Preston Sturges

#i #like #move #never #once

What we are effectively doing, I say this to the young people of America whom my colleagues represent, is leaving our children and grandchildren the tab for fighting a war, letting them pay for the lion's share of it by simply adding it to the national debt. ↗

— John Spratt

#america #children #colleagues #debt #doing

It is more substantial to represent a purpose, rather than just a title. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#purpose #quotes #representation #self #title

There is a great deal of work that can be done between the SDLP representing the Nationalist population and the Unionist Parties, and I believe we should set down to do that. ↗

— Dick Spring

#between #deal #done #down #great

Death? Why this fuss about death? Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without death! Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil. ↗

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

#condition #death #essential #evil #fuss