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  • I changed those things that were in direct - my direct control. I mean, I - look, I'm proud of the fact that, with two weeks to go, we're probably the first administration in modern history that hasn't had a major scandal in the White House.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Mean Quotes , Two Quotes
  • Mr Jarndyce, and prevented his going any farther, when he had remarked that there were two classes of charitable people: one, the people who did a little and made a great deal of noise; the other, the people who did a great deal and made no noise at all.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Charles Dickens Quotes , Class Quotes , Two Quotes
  • I learned one thing; you never do anything for fame or money. You only do things 'cause they're fun or good. If you can combine the two at the same time, you can make a contribution to the world and have a lot of happiness.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Abbie Hoffman Quotes , Fun Quotes , Two Quotes
  • Like too much alcohol,self-consciousness makes us see ourselves double, and we make the double image for two selves - mental and material, controlling and controlled, reflective and spontaneous. Thus instead of suffering we suffer about suffering, and suffer about suffering about suffering.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Alan Watts Quotes , Self Quotes , Two Quotes
  • It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act. There are two aspects to action. One is to overcome the distortions and afflictions of your own mind, that is, in terms of calming and eventually dispelling anger. This is action out of compassion. The other is more social, more public. When something needs to be done in the world to rectify the wrongs, if one is really concerned with benefitting others, one needs to be engaged, involved.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Compassion Quotes , Two Quotes
  • The difficulty of saying I-a phrase from the East German novelist Christa Wolf. But once having said it, as we realize the necessity to go further, isn't there a difficulty of saying 'we'? You cannot speak for me. I cannot speak for you. Two thoughts: there is no liberation that only knows how to say 'I'; there is no collective movement that speaks for each of us all the way through.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Adrienne Rich Quotes , Two Quotes , Phrases Quotes