- Nov 07, 2020
Most Quotes
The extremes people notice most.
This page collects quotes built around superlatives — including a direct critique of George W. Bush's domestic policy priorities, alongside genre-film commentary on luck and poor decision-making. For a look at priority and value elsewhere, see Important quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Decorated
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and at Centcom, is probably the most decorated officer of his generation.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
He who seeks for methods without having a definite problem in mind seeks in the most part in vain.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents both defected from communist Hungary and were what most people would today call libertarian. I grew up with a general distaste for taxation and any policy that intruded on our lives.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the library's rarest frequenters are the ones we'd like to see in them the most, then libraries are failing.
- Hang
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- Nov 07, 2020
The boughs that bear most hang lowest.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have a very disciplined approach to practicing or anything, but I do tend to have a guitar around most of the time, which I strum on most of the day.
- Moderate
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of Gingrich's moderate positions are rooted in a realpolitik that transcends ideology.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have lots of gaps in my education, and so I'm often picking up classic books that most people read years ago.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020