George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924) New York State Senator
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 6, To Hold Your District: Study Human Nature and Act Accordin’
“The trouble is that the party’s been chasin’ after theories and stayin’ up nights readin’ books instead of studyin’ human nature and actin’ accordin’, as I've advised in tellin’ how to hold your district. p. 88”
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 22, A Parting Word on the Future of the Democratic Party in America
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George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924) New York State Senator
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 22, A Parting Word on the Future of the Democratic Party in America
“You can’t study human nature in books. Books is a hindrance more than anything else. p. 25”
George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924) New York State Senator
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 6, To Hold Your District: Study Human Nature and Act Accordin’
“If anyone makes trouble I've advised him to dot him one on the jaw in the best British style.”
John Buchan book The House of the Four Winds
Source: The House of the Four Winds (1935), Ch. III
Peter Farb (1929–1980) American academic and writer
Man's Rise to Civilization (1968), p. 274
Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946) Irish singer-songwriter
I've been taken for far more rides<br>to places I've never been,<br>stabbed so many times in the back<br>I no longer feel a thing.<br>Oh, ask me what all this has taught me<br>and I'll tell you what I'll say:<br>"Hold on to what you got<br>and don't let it slip away.<br>Save it for a rainy day." <br class="br">"Hold On To What You Got" (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O'Sullivan, "Hold On To What You Got" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7YYinfmOUI (song on YouTube) <br class="br"> (+ Live performance in Japan, 1992. On YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nrmDG7frD4 <br class="br">Song lyrics
Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …
Often attributed as remarks to the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) (1980)
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Yogi Berra (1925–2015) American baseball player, manager, coach
Al Abrams, from "Sidelight on Sports: A New One on Yogi" https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kpJRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1705%2C4055373 in The Pittsburgh Press (Monday, September 15, 1952), p. 20.
