The... promptitude with which many painters, on arriving at an entirely new and unfamiliar place, settle down to work at once, never fails to astonish me: it seems indecent, like button-holing a complete stranger.
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.
An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought.
Freedom is not free. It is bought at a high price. It can be squandered cheaply.
Men astonish themselves far more than they astonish their friends.
Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market. It is not clear what they have bought, how many secondhand materials they have bought. I am very worried that something like Chernobyl will happen to Iran.
I know I'll astonish everyone by talking like this, but it's God's truth. Honors have never tempted me and I've never sought them.
It's not something that defines me. I'm not a half-Indian politician or a doctor politician or a gay politician for that matter... it is part of my character, I suppose.
Yeah, it never fails to amaze me how a single lie can undo an entire lifetime of good. (Aiden)
The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.
Love as a concrete foundation for an authentically functional civilization requires the around-the-clock labors of forgiveness. Without it, Love fails, Friendship fails, Intelligence fails, Humanity: fails.
How can I ask people who work for me to travel cheaply if I am traveling in luxury?
Throughout the 19th century, Britain bought cheaply from the countries of the empire and compelled subject countries to buy our goods at high prices.
He's an honest politician--he stays bought.
As they say in geology, time never fails, there is always enough of it, so I may say, criticism never fails.
What astounds me about the history of the British Navy is how cheaply we have policed the world for 300 years.