“mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.”
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“And I stopped beating my wife just a couple of weeks ago…”
Trying to make a joke, 26 June 2008 http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jun/27/mccains-yucca-song-and-dance/
2000s, 2008
On software patents, Quoted in "John Carmack: Knee Deep in the Voodoo" http://web.archive.org/web/20010624154450/http://www.voodooextreme.com/games/interviews/carmack/ Voodoo Extreme(2000-11-11)
"As I Please," Tribune, (31 December 1943)
As I Please (1943–1947)
“A week ago today I received a great honor, and all the great responsibilities that come with it.”
The first order of business is education reform, and we have started strong. On Tuesday, I sent to Congress a package of reforms to turn last year's pledges into this year's laws. I want to make all of our public schools places of learning and high standards and achievement. Our country must offer every child, no matter what his or her background or accent, a fair start in life with a quality education. I also met this week with congressional leaders in both parties, and we found a lot of agreement on the basic goals of reform. No one is content with the status quo. Most are open to new ideas. Everyone agrees at least that the problems are serious and action is urgently needed. This city has heard so much talk over the years about education reform. So many different approaches have been tried. So many new programs have been created. But we need more than a few new programs. We need a new way of thinking. We must go back to the fundamentals of early reading and regular testing, local control, and accountability for results, clear incentives for excellence, and clear consequences for failure.
2000s, 2001, Radio Address to the Nation (January 2001)
“Loneliness, when accepted, becomes a gift that will lead us to find a purpose in life.”
“I told my boyfriend after three weeks that I wanted to marry him and that we could do it tomorrow.”
[Our Heroine, Cosmopolitan, 2007, http://www.cosmopolitan.com/celebrity/exclusive/ali-larter-heroes-star, 2010-06-28]
“If mankind had wished for what is right, they might have had it long ago.”
"On the Pleasure of Hating"
The Plain Speaker (1826)