Mike Gravel Quotes

#1. This was how he came to trust in the power of emulation; he believed that people could be conditioned to do the right thing by observing good leaders.

Nancy Isenberg

#2. I like to call it 'album making' because everybody hears the word scrapbooking and thinks, 'All the glue and the glitter - I don't have time for that!'

Nancy O'Dell

#3. Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.

Dogen

#4. Something is monitoring the planet.
And they are monitoring it very cautiously.

Mike Gravel

#5. Did we get anything like the sort of reform that would make the EU work better? No. Not even close. And worse, even with the certainty of a UK referendum following the negotiation, it is clear that there was no appetite amongst European leaders for anything more than a few minor concessions.

Andrea Leadsom

#6. I'm sure a lot of you have tripped out on alcohol. It's a lot safer to do it on marijuana

Mike Gravel

#7. There are three things in speech that ought to be considered before some things are spoken
the manner, the place and the time.

Robert Southey

#8. The entire deaths of Vietnam died in vain. And they're dying in vain right this very second. And you know what's worse than a soldier dying in vain? It's more soldiers dying in vain. That's what's worse.

Mike Gravel

#9. It's like going into the Senate. You know, the first time you get there, you're all excited, 'My God, how did I ever get here?' Then, about six months later, you say, 'How the hell did the rest of them get here?'

Mike Gravel

#10. In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.

John Muir