#sm

If you're an Afghan village leader in a small town down around Kandahar somewhere, and you know that the footprint is getting smaller for your security, and the Taliban saying don't forget, I'm going to be back real soon, who is your loyalty going to go through? ↗

— Mike Rogers

#around #back #down #footprint #forget

Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth. ↗

— Will Rogers

#anybody #anything #constitutional #constitutional amendment #did

People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide. ↗

— Will Rogers

#conscience #getting #guide #instead #lawyers

Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation. ↗

— Will Rogers

#explanation #me #one-third #practice #two-thirds

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you. ↗

— Jim Rohn

#argue #cry #else #future #hands

What we won't become is a 'Democratic Party lite!' We are a party that wants smaller government and lower taxes. Obama and the Democrats do not. We are a party that wants to encourage small business. We are a party that has a large constituent group that believes in a social agenda and we will not abandon them. ↗

— Ed Rollins

#agenda #become #believes #business #constituent

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#air #beauty #better #burn #life

I don't want to pass through life like a smooth plane ride. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#life #like #pass #plane #ride

I just get things done instead of talking about getting them done. I don't go out and party. I don't smoke, drink or do drugs and I'm not married, that leaves a lot of time for my work. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#done #drink #get #getting #go

Every year, August lashes out in volcanic fury, rising with the din of morning traffic, its great metallic wings smashing against the ground, heating the air with ever-increasing intensity. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#air #august #din #every #fury