We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

Quote by Rudyard Kipling

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Power without responsibility - the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages

Power without responsibility - the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

All we have of freedom, all we use or know - This our fathers bought...

All we have of freedom, all we use or know - This our fathers bought...

It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and 'chuck 'im out, the brute,' But it's 'Savior...

It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and 'chuck 'im out, the brute,' But it's 'Savior...

Payday came and with it beer

Payday came and with it beer

Politicians. Little Tin Gods on Wheels.

Politicians. Little Tin Gods on Wheels.

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.

He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple...

He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple...

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.

I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago......

I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago......

If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!...

If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!...

You haf too much Ego in your Cosmos

You haf too much Ego in your Cosmos

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long...

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long...

Call a truce, then to our labors - let us feast with friends and neighbors...

Call a truce, then to our labors - let us feast with friends and neighbors...

For the sin they do by two and two they must pay for one by...

For the sin they do by two and two they must pay for one by...

A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.

A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.

You'll never plumb the Oriental mind, and if you did, it isn't worth the toil

You'll never plumb the Oriental mind, and if you did, it isn't worth the toil

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

In the indifferent eyes of nature only the fit survive. On the other hand, God...

In the indifferent eyes of nature only the fit survive. On the other hand, God...