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Her once twinkling green eyes set deep into the pale features looked as if they were the only ghastly crystal barriers between strangers and her soul.
— Paullina Simons
It's hard enougth to find intelligent life right here in Washington!
— William Proxmire
Each morning I gaze at the eastern horizon, and if the sun keeps its promise, I keep mine.
— Robert Breault
I have spent my career trying to get Congressmen to spend the people's money as if it were their own. But I have failed.
— William Proxmire
As chairman of the Senate subcommittee responsible for NASA appropriations, I say not a penny for this nutty fantasy.
— William Proxmire
Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.
— William Proxmire
I think often that God is guiding me.
— Natalia Makarova
I doubt if there is any occupation which is more consistently and unfairly demeaned, degraded, denounced, and deplored than banking.
— William Proxmire
The recommended daily allowances are based on arbitrary, unscientific, and tainted standards.
— William Proxmire
A book begins as a private excitement of the mind.
— E.L. Doctorow
The biggest danger for a politician is to shake hands with a man who is physically stronger, has been drinking, and is voting for the other guy.
— William Proxmire
He knows the tax code as thoroughly as the pope knows the Lord's Prayer.
— William Proxmire
It's 90% imagination and 10% real experiences.
— Darynda Jones
Bill Proxmire represents almost the last of one of America's most remarkable generations.
— Walter F. Mondale
And a true brass thimble. Mauma said the thimble would be mine one day. When she wasn't using it, I wore it on my fingertip like a jewel.
— Sue Monk Kidd
The limousine is the ultimate ego trip, the supreme sign of success. It shouts: Hey, this guy is really and truly Mr Big.
— William Proxmire
