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1914 quotesA radical is a man with both feet firmly planted in the air.
Politicians and Politics
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Action
Theodore Roosevelt
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Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.
Ideals and Idealism
Theodore Roosevelt
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Editing is the same as quarreling with writers -- same thing exactly.
Editing and Editors
Harold Wallace Ross
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A should is a have to with no teeth; it is dead energy.
Obligation
Ruth Ross
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There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that's important.
Attitude
Ruth Ross
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One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it.
Theory
Jean Rostand
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The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same.
Ideals and Idealism
Jean Rostand
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The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.
Admiration
Jean Rostand
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Extremists think communication means agreeing with them.
Communication
Leo Rosten
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The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.
Self-improvement
David Lee Roth
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The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.
Progress
Philip Roth
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Anyone without a sense of humor is at the mercy of everyone else.
Humor
William E. Rothschild
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A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
Freedom
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.
Marriage
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.
Virtue
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
Quotations
Joseph Roux
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Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behind with whips and stings.
Guilt
Nicholas Rowe
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Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself.
Flirting
Helen Rowland
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The seasons are what a symphony ought to be: four perfect movements in harmony with each other.
Seasons
Arthur Rubinstein
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One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears - by listening to them.
Persuasion
Dean Rusk
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A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.
Greatness
John Ruskin
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Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.
Possessions
John Ruskin
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Life without industry is guilt. Industry without Art is Brutality.
Guilt
John Ruskin
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun