Edmund Muskie Quotes

It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind. — Edmund S. Muskie

There is no reason to confuse television news with journalism. — Nora Ephron

You have the God-given right to kick the government around - don't hesitate to do so. — Edmund S. Muskie

Bravery is a requisite virtue because life demands it. — Joseph M. Marshall III

Everybody works ... That's what life is. Work and a little play and a lot of prayer. — Susan Vreeland

Often the heart can see what the eyes cannot. — Jeffrey Fry

Looking at yourself through the media is like looking at one of those rippled mirrors in an amusement park. — Edmund S. Muskie

In Maine we have a saying that there's no point in speaking unless you can improve on silence. — Edmund Muskie

The power dynamics in a relationship are going to be fluid over a long period of time, so to wait for 'perfect' is going to be a mistake. — Jason Segel

Failure may be cruel, but success is crueller still. The gods are usurers, you know; they lend to mortals, but they exact a desperate interest. — Katherine Cecil Thurston

The mark of the truly civilized is their (truly baffling to the likes of you and me) patience with what truly baffles. — Samuel R. Delany

Still all the day the iron wheels go onward, Grinding life down from its mark. — Gerald Massey

What are prophecies? Don't we hear them every day of the week? And if one comes true there may be seven blind and come to nothing. — Lady Gregory