#sid

There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S. ↗

— James K. Polk

#any #became #before #conception #congress

Using a first-person narrator is simply a matter of hearing the voice inside yourself. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#hearing #inside #matter #narrator #simply

We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country. ↗

— Dan Quayle

#country #elect #just #more #new

Personally, I prefer the dark side. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#dark side #i #personally #prefer #side

The automobile engine will come, and then I will consider my life's work complete. ↗

— Rudolf Diesel

#automobile #come #complete #consider #engine

Before 1972, no actors got residuals. They just got paid. No residuals. ↗

— John Ratzenberger

#got #just #paid #residuals

I don't think I'm an outsider at all. ↗

— Christina Ricci

#outsider #think

The traditional mathematician recognizes and appreciates mathematical elegance when he sees it. I propose to go one step further, and to consider elegance an essential ingredient of mathematics: if it is clumsy, it is not mathematics. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#clumsy #consider #elegance #essential #further

I briefly considered doing Edgar Allan Poe and just swearing a lot. ↗

— Andy Richter

#briefly #considered #doing #edgar #i

I'd propose that each central-city child should have an entitlement from the state to attend any school in the metropolitan area outside his own district - with per pupil funds going with him. ↗

— James S. Coleman

#area #attend #child #district #each