Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.

Quote by Harry S Truman

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My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or...

My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or...

Washington is a very easy city for you to forget where you came from and...

Washington is a very easy city for you to forget where you came from and...

If you can't convince them, confuse them.

If you can't convince them, confuse them.

Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like...

Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like...

Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides...

Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides...

A President cannot always be popular.

A President cannot always be popular.

All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and...

All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and...

Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.

Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.

The absence of war is not peace.

The absence of war is not peace.

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of...

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of...

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

To hell with them. When history is written they will be the sons of bitches...

To hell with them. When history is written they will be the sons of bitches...

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without...

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without...

You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.

You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.

You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents...

You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents...

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the...

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the...

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find...

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find...

It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's...

It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's...

The Husband is on the Bed, but the bride is asleep, and so she does...

The Husband is on the Bed, but the bride is asleep, and so she does...

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem....

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem....

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little...

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little...

The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the...

The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the...

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error