Quotes for Life / Funny Quotes And Humor 07

Navrang India November 18, 2025

 Quotable Quotes:

US Politician Daniel Webster
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01.  What do we what with this worthless region of savages and wild beasts, of shifting sand and whirlwind of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs?  To what use could we ever hope to put these great deserts  and these endless mountains?" ...........

  Daniel Webster, 1852. US Secretary of State from  Massachusetts. He commented on the wild Western States strung out along the Rocky Mountains Time Magazine 10  December 1980; page 24.
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02. "George Bush can shoot, but can't aim; whereas John Kerry US President aspirant) can aim but can not shot"..............

 A Media Analyst on 2004  US rival Presidential candidates (Nov. 02 2004).
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03."I know of no depository of the ultimate powers of the society, but the people".  ..........Thomas Jefferson, Former US President.
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04. "It is better to remain silent and be a fool, than speak out to prove it".   ............    .Abe Lincoln, Former US President
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American Black activist. Stokely
 Carmichael

05. "White People sending Black People to make war on Yellow People in order to defend the land they stole from the Red People.......... Stokely  Charmichael  

(April 1964  Vietnam anti- war demonstration in Manhattan, New York.
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06. "America is the finest countries ever stolen". .......Bobcat Goldthwait

Quotable Quotes on Native American Indians:
"They made many promises, but never kept but one,
they promised to take  our land and  they took it"......... American Indian Chief Sealth  about White conquerors of America (City of Seattle, Washington is named after him).

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Keeping the head straight:

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No sooner has  a man's arrogance, ego and conceit gotten  into his head than his affluence, power and pelf will start sliding down hill and hit the bottom.  Be rich or poor, when dealing with people do not let your head wobble.''
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Joy of victory & a pile of 
cross bones and skull:
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'' The triumph of peaceful coexistence' is glorious and resplendent. Its outcome is harmony and peace,  not so in the case of  'triumph of war' - its outcome  is gory and gruesome, death and destruction, and pain and sorrow.  Does it give you happiness  and tranquility when you stand atop the huge heap of skulls and cross bones holding the 'Flag of Victory' ?''

No brooding:
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"Under unexpected circumstances, when fooled or misled or become a scapegoat, need not worry;  let it be borne in mind that great wisdom lies in patience till you make your opponent's face crest-fallen.  Neither  brooding nor taking revenge  will help you.''

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Silence pays:
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 "Under any circumstances, your best companion is ''silence''(mounam);  be assured, silence never betrays you. No other weapon is as great as 'Omerta' (code of Silence) invented by  the Sicilian Mafiosi."

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Zip your mouth:

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'' When we talk, we don' t realize that we are unnecessarily wasting words on people who  deserve our silence;  your most powerful trait comes out when you say nothing by keeping your mouth zipped up''.

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Keeping enemies closer:

"When it comes to friendship you may have  one hundred pals, but you can  relay on one or two. According to an Indian ancient wheeze : 'Keep your friends close to you, enemies closer to your heart and arch-enemies closest to your bosom".......... Don't you think that I'm right to keep my wife closest to my bosom?
Unless  and otherwise the authors'  names are  mentioned the quotes are mine and are not intended to malign .......KN.Jayaraman