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The suburbs of folly is vain mirth, and profuseness of laughter is the city of fools.
— Francis Quarles
Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half.
— Francois Fenelon
Every movie has its uniqueness. You just do your best and go with it.
— Brenton Thwaites
Few would venture to deny the advantages of temperance in increasing the efficiency of a nation at war.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
If I was being honest with myself, I knew I was eager to get to school because I would see Edward Cullen. And that was very, very stupid.
— Stephenie Meyer
Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl.
— Ernest Hemingway,
I would not wish to imply that most industrial accidents are due to intemperance. But, certainly, temperance has never failed to reduce their number.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
Each year, therefore, a dollar spent on alcoholic beverages has purchased a smaller quantity.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
Usury once in control will wreck the nation.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
Gardening is all about optimism.
— Mary Anne Radmacher
Far more has been accomplished for the welfare and progress of mankind by preventing bad actions than by doing good ones.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
Every hour of useful work is precious.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
There can be little doubt that absence from work, and inefficient work, are frequently due to intemperance.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
A true man does not only stand up for himself, he stands up for those that do not have the ability to.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
I've always found that you can control people better if you don't see too much of them.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
The anxiety of most parents in seeing their sons and daughters enlist does not lie only in the fear of the physical dangers they may encounter.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
Once a nation parts with the control of its credit, it matters not who makes the laws.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
The increased consumption of alcoholic beverages in Canada since the outbreak of war is one evidence of this.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
Workers in industry are the partners in war of the fighting forces.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
I try not to make the same mistakes today that I made yesterday.
— Darrell Royal
It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
I'm not married, nor do I want to be. I'm the loving kind but not the marrying kind, though I am romantic.
— Aunjanue Ellis
Fortunately, the Canadian people in all their habits, are essentially a temperate people.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
When it comes to politics, one has to do as one at sea with a sailing ship, reach one's course having regard to prevailing winds.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
I am doing what I love to do.
— Sidney Crosby
People say I've had a difficult time in life. I think I've had an exciting time in life.
— Iyanla Vanzant
In football, I need full concentration even though I really enjoy it.
— Michael Schumacher
I worked with Steven Spielberg on Amistad ... he seemed so very secure in himself that he let me do things.
— Anthony Hopkins
Let it be remembered, too, that at a time of war, nearly every one is under great strain.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King