Whats sad is that there is an addictive quality to that, to believing your own hype to allowing yourself to become validated by others and no longer by yourself. Thats the danger of celebrity. – Giovanni Ribisi
I dont understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting. – Jackie Kennedy
When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith. – Abraham Kuyper
The precise point at which a tax deduction becomes a loophole or a tax incentive becomes a subsidy for special interests is one of the great mysteries of politics. – John Sununu