Michael Barone Quotes

#1. The mere reality of life would be inconceivably poor without the charm of fancy, which brings in its bosom, no doubt, as many vain fears as idle hopes, but lends much oftener to the illusions it calls up a gay flattering hue than one which inspires terror.

Wilhelm Von Humboldt

#2. We Americans are lucky to live in a country with a history full of noble ideas, great leaders, and awe-inspiring accomplishments. Sadly, many of our elites want no part of it.

Michael Barone

#3. Multiculturalism is based on the lie that all cultures are morally equal.

Michael Barone

#4. I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.

Adam Baldwin

#5. Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

#6. All of which raises another question: If Obamacare is so great, why do so many people want to get out from under it?

Michael Barone

#7. A new week means new goals. New goals means new success. No goals mean no success and no success means a wasted week.

Onyi Anyado

#8. In the end you don't so much find yourself as you find someone who knows who you are.

Robert Breault

#9. A lot of guys just punch with their arms; they don't utilize every part of their muscles they can use. I know how to use that, and that's where the power comes in.

Nonito Donaire

#10. Campuses that were once havens of free speech are now patrolled and regulated by thought police. Intellectual dishonesty has become a job requirement for university administrators.

Michael Barone

#11. As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.

Andre Norton

#12. I will demand a puppy if I am forced to move to Fiji.
But I will settle for a bunny.

David Levithan

#13. Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing.

Quentin Tarantino

#14. Was a dead Vietnamese in civilian clothes part of the enemy forces? Officers started to make up numbers to give their superiors the body count they wanted.

Michael Barone