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Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority, flow from a surprising source: our ability to give thanks. ↗

— Tony Snow

#ability #authority #enterprise #every #flow

In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market. ↗

— Tony Snow

#every #in other words #insecure #market #other

Many people don't give a rip about politics and know as much about public affairs as they know about the topography of Pluto. ↗

— Tony Snow

#affairs #give #know #many #much

Pet lovers know that animals sometimes understand us better than we do, and the annals of human sin and desire provide plenty of stories to drive the point home. ↗

— Tony Snow

#better #desire #drive #home #human

Sure, science involves trial and error. Scientists refine theories each day. But as they do, they help us grasp more clearly the wonders of the world and the universe. ↗

— Tony Snow

#day #each #error #grasp #help

The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you. ↗

— Tony Snow

#learning #less #make #secret #sick

To have faith is to believe in truth, believe that truth confers special power on those lucky enough to get a little insight, and to know in our hearts that all these things come from God, which is why we should never get too cocky about our successes. ↗

— Tony Snow

#believe #cocky #come #confers #enough

Electricity, the peril the wind sings to in the wires on a gray day. ↗

— Janet Frame

#electricity #gray #peril #sings #wind

It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be. ↗

— Anatole France

#mind #naive #well

Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more than 72 million retirees drawing Social Security benefits. ↗

— Tony Snow

#baby #baby boomers #benefits #boomers #by the time