Old Rhetoric Quotes

#1. That the poor are invisible is one of the most important things about them. They are not simply neglected and forgotten as in the old rhetoric of reform; what is much worse, they are not seen.

Michael Harrington

#2. You're like a gem shining ever brightly in an ever dimming world.

Zechariah Barrett

#3. I'm as clean as the days are long.

Rob Ford

#4. We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean ... and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect.

Michelle Obama

#5. When I look through God's eyes at my lost self and discover God's joy at my coming home, then my life may become less anguished and more trusting.

Henri J.M. Nouwen

#6. The rhetoric of this masked master is one of the tolerance of difference. What better way to keep people in tow, hold them in the same old line of the same, than to console them with the noble lie of difference

Anonymous

#7. I still think people like to hear from someone's heart and how they really feel than the old political rhetoric trying to not say the wrong thing because how would it look, would they get votes, lose votes.

Joe Arpaio

#8. He uses the nice old words so rich in tradition to be sure I know he means it.

Frank Herbert

#9. Governments don't spy on you for your protection, they spy on you to see if you're planning a revolt.

Lori Goodwin

#10. If this is the 'Green Hell' of the Amazon, then hell is where I belong," said Maia.

Eva Ibbotson

#11. I have the unmitigated gall to think that I could lead men anywhere, business, politics or combat.

Barry Goldwater

#12. As sculptors chip away the stone in order to find the statue, writers chip away extraneous verbiage so readers can see the shape of an idea clearly. My gift is to see through the confusion, to bring order and simplicity to a story.

Leslie Parrish

#13. I have ever been the queerest mixture of weakness and strength, and have paid heavily for the weakness.

Annie Besant

#14. [Senators John Kerry & John Edwards] have risen high in Democratic polls with a brand of class resentment and soak-the-rich rhetoric rooted in the old-fashioned liberalism of Ted Kennedy.

William Safire

#15. In a world of change, the learners shall inherit the earth, while the learned shall find themselves perfectly suited for a world that no longer exists.

Eric Hoffer

#16. One finger for each lie.

Jeffry W. Johnston

#17. I believe most Americans want their next President to remind them of the guy they work with, not the guy who laid them off.

Mike Huckabee

#18. I'm a religious person. I remember my mom told me: 'Vengeance belongs to God. It's up to him to wreak vengeance.' It's hard for me to get to that point, but that's the work of God.

Rodney King