A.J. Dalton Quotes

If I have succeeded better than many who surround me, it has been chiefly - may I say almost solely - from universal assiduity.

This paper will no doubt be found interesting by those who take an interest in it

Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular gift in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.

If you desire to make a difference in the world, you must be different from the world.

As daughters of God we are each unique and different in our circumstances and experiences. And yet our part matters—because we matter.

You show me a politician with his heels ten feet in the air, and by Judas priest, Ill show you an honest politician.

I believe the world is beautiful, and poetry, like bread, is for everyone.

No one will ever be as good at being you as you. So start there. Perfect is boring.

The only kind of love worth having is the kind that goes on living and laughing and fighting and loving.

When one man says, “No, I won’t,” Rome begins to fear.

Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.

A man doesn't say I will starve myself to death to keep from starving, or that he'd spend all of his money to save money. Why should he be willing to die for the privilege of living?

Bankers, nepotists, contracts and talkies: on four fingers one may count the leeches which have sucked a young and vigorous industry into paresis.

There is no more beautiful sight than a young woman who glows with the light of the spirit who is confident and courageous because she is virtuous.

The only interesting thing that can happen in a Swiss bedroom is suffocation by feather mattress.

Sometimes our preoccupation is on having friends. Perhaps we should focus on being a friend.

My veins do not end in me but in the unanimous blood of those who struggle for life, love, things, landscape and bread, the poetry of all.

There are plenty of laws to protect guys' money even in war time but there's nothing on the books says a man's life's his own.

If I were dead and buried And I heard your voice, Beneath the sod My heart of dust Would still rejoice.

An animal can learn to fight, but to sing beautiful things and make people believe them.

One of the disadvantages of being a patrician is that occasionally you're obliged to act like one

The quarterback is the leader of the team and the quarterback is the one that has the ball in his hands every single play.

Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it.

You must never underestimate the power of your righteous influence.

You can show your daughter by the way you love and honor your wife that she should never settle for less.

You have a great destiny before you. This is your moment! I truly believe that one virtuous young woman, led by the Spirit, can change the world.

I don't believe in angels but the moon is now dead for me. The last glass of wine is gone before the thirst I'm suffering from. The blue grass lost its way running away from your sails.

Our parts matter because we matter.

I am one day going to be working openly in the motion picture industry. When that day comes, I swear to you that I will never sign a term contract with any major studio

You can judge the moral bearing of a political system, a political institution, a political man by the degree of danger they attach to the fact of being observed through the eyes of a satiric poet.

Not everything is going to go exactly as you plan. It's what you do when everything breaks down.

Seek the companionship of virtuous friends, not virtual friends.

It's very important to make the man believable so that you can stretch the fantasy. Whether people like this kind of Bond is another question.

There's going to be good plays that happen and bad plays that happen, but at the end of the day, when you have the chance to hit a big play, you have to hit it.

If you're a boy, you always want to be in a western; and any actor I know would like to be in a horror.

If you behave like a regular guy, you get treated like a regular guy. You can't cut yourself off from the world. You ultimately would go crazy, wouldn't you?

The rose blinds the sharpshooting champions.

Virtue is the strength and power of the daughters of God.

A return to virtue must begin individually in our hearts and in our homes. You are the guardians of virtue.

I never considered the working class anything other than something to get out of.

'Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and watch the film again; it's a soap opera in all its glory. It is superb and memorable.

Don't ask me about my career - I've forgotten most of it.

Unilateralism is not internationalism, It is nationalist egotism gone mad.

I'm guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure is good.

I was aware of Darwin's views fourteen years before I adopted them, and I have done so solely and entirely from an independent study of plants themselves.

Nearly all Italian officers speak French.

I feel like my sixteenth birthday and the time I graduated from high school, and the first time I flew solo all wrapped up in one.

I will, proudly and by preference, do at least one picture a year for King Brothers, and I will try to make it the best picture that I have it in me to do

I'm excited to be a part of the Marvel universe because I grew up with it.

I made a commitment... both to myself and to some supporters to carefully consider a run for the Liberal leadership for the Liberal Party of Canada.