May the sun never set on American baseball.
Harry S. TrumanRead
If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.
Interpretation
True friendship is rare in political environments, suggesting that loyal companionship can often be found in pets instead.
In this quote, Harry S. Truman highlights the difficulties of finding genuine friends in the political landscape of Washington, D.C. He humorously suggests that a dog, as a loyal and non-judgmental companion, may be a more reliable friend than those in a complex and often treacherous political world.
In practice
Use this quote when discussing the reliability of pets versus people in a conversation about trust.
May the sun never set on American baseball.
Having found the bomb we have used it. We have used it against those who attacked us without warning at Pearl Harbor, against those who have starved and beaten and executed American prisoners of war, against those who have abandoned all pretense of obeying international laws of warfare. We have used it in order to shorten the agony of war, in order to save the lives of thousands and thousands of young Americans.
Herbert Hoover once ran on the slogan, 'Two cars in every garage'. Apparently, the Republican candidate this year is running on the slogan, 'Two families in every garage'.
The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.
I never would have agreed to the formulation of the Central Intelligence Agency back in forty-seven, if I had known it would become the American Gestapo.
I would rather have peace in the world than be President.
A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle.
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.
And let your best be for your friend. If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also. For what is your friend that your should seek with him hours to kill? Seek with him always hours to live. For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness. And in the sweetness of friendship, let there be laughter, and the sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
We spoke of how to say good-bye,β Jem said. βWhen Jonathan bid farewell to David, he said, βGo in peace, for as much as we have sworn, both of us, saying the Lord be between me and thee, forever.β They did not see each other again, but they did not forget. So it will be with us. When I am Brother Zachariah, when I no longer see the world with my human eyes, I will still be in some part the Jem you knew, and I will see you with the eyes of my heart.
When somebody shares, everybody wins.
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