Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower.

Marilyn Monroe wasn't even her real name Charles Manson isn't his real name and now I'm taking that to be my real name. But what's real? You can't find the truth you just pick the lie you like the best.

A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender but you don't have a top for it.

Deliberation n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.

I don't want to hear the specials. If they're so special put 'em on the menu.

[The point seems to be that Buffett thinks the United States needs to take radical steps and undergo some pain in the short run to ensure the longer-term health of the economy.] Perhaps there are other solutions that make more sense than mine ... However wishful thinking -- and its usual companion thumb sucking -- is not among them.

It is certainly more agreeable to have power to give than to receive

God is an unutterable sigh planted in the depths of the soul.

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