Poltroonish Quotes

#1. The American people, taking one with another, constitute the most timorous, snivelling, poltroonish, ignominious mob of serfs and goosesteppers ever gathered under one flag in Christendom since the end of the Middle Ages.

H.L. Mencken

#2. Nora cocked her head as she studied it. It was an interesting piece. Rather large as it lay nestled in the short, dark curls. It seemed oddly harmless lying there, and she had a sudden urge to reach out and touch it.

Kinley MacGregor

#3. The information-deprived general populace might have been surprised this week to see a lower paycheck.

Monica Crowley

#4. I have strengths, and I have weaknesses. I don't pretend to be able to write a great thesis or doctorate - I have no pretensions in that direction.

Bob Ainsworth

#5. I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills
When all at once I saw a crowd
A host of golden daffodils
Beside the lake beneath the trees
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

William Wordsworth

#6. I will never be able to create a budget from scratch with the amount of time that I have, but my instructions remain the same: Give me a budget that has no new revenue.

Christine Gregoire

#7. Too high an appreciation of our own talents is the chief cause why experience preaches to us all in vain.

Charles Caleb Colton

#8. Savoring good prose is not just a more effective way to develop a writerly ear than obeying a set of commandments; it's a more inviting one.

Steven Pinker