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Hannibal (from Punic, literally "Baal is merciful to me", 247 BC – 182 BC) was a politician, statesman and military commander of ancient Carthage, famous for his victories against Roman forces and occupation of much of Italy for 15 years, until a counter-invasion of North Africa forced his return to Carthage, where he was decisively defeated at the Battle of Zama by Scipio Africanus.

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 * I have come not to make war on the Italians, but to aid the Italians against Rome.
 * Spoken to Italian soldiers of Rome captured at the Battle of Lake Trasimene (24 June 217 BC) as quoted in Hannibal : One Man Against Rome (1958) by Harold Lamb, p. 119.

 * Ah there is one thing about them more wonderful than their numbers … in all that vast number there is not one man called Gisgo.
 * Spoken as a jest to one of his officers named Gisgo, who had remarked on the numbers of Roman forces against them before the Battle of Cannae (2 August 216 BC), as quoted in A History of Rome (1855), by Henry George Liddell Vol. 1, p. 355
 * Variant translation: You forget one thing Gisgo, among all their numerous forces, there is not one man called Gisgo.

 * ''nullum contemptu m[ortis incitamentum] ad uincendum homini ab dis immortalibus acrius datum est.
 * God has given to man no sharper spur to victory than contempt of death.
 * As quoted by Livy, la:s:Ab Urbe Condita/liber XXI 44, as translated by Aubrey De Sélincourt, in The War with Hannibal (1965).

 * Liberemus diuturna cura populum Romanum, quando mortem senis exspectare longum censent. (Latin, not original language)
 * Let us ease the Roman people of their continual care, who think it long to await the death of an old man.
 * Last words according to Livy "ab urbe condita", Book XXXIX, 51.

 * Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.
 * I will either find a way, or make one.
 * Latin proverb, most commonly attributed to Hannibal in response to his generals who had declared it impossible to cross the Alps with elephants; English translation as quoted in Salesmanship and Business Efficiency (1922) by James Samuel Knox, p. 27.

 * I am not carrying on a war of extermination against the Romans. I am contending for honour and empire. My ancestors yielded to Roman valour. I am endeavouring that others, in their turn, will be obliged to yield to my good fortune, and my valour.
 * As quoted in Hannibal : Enemy of Rome (1992) by Leonard Cottrell, p. 150.

Quotes about Hannibal

 * Hannibal excelled as a tactician. No battle in history is a finer sample of tactics than Cannae. But he was yet greater in logistics and strategy. No captain ever marched to and fro among so many armies of troops superior to his own numbers and material as fearlessly and skillfully as he. No man ever held his own so long or so ably against such odds. Constantly overmatched by better soldiers, led by generals always respectable, often of great ability, he yet defied all their efforts to drive him from Italy, for half a generation. … As a soldier, in the countenance he presented to the stoutest of foes and in the constancy he exhibited under the bitterest adversity, Hannibal stands alone and unequaled. As a man, no character in history exhibits a purer life or nobler patriotism.
 * Theodore Ayrault Dodge, Hannibal : A History of the Art of War among the Carthaginians and Romans (1893), p. 652.

 * As to the transcendent military genius of Hannibal there cannot be two opinions. The man who for fifteen years could hold his ground in a hostile country against several powerful armies and a succession of able generals must have been a commander and a tactician of supreme capacity. In the use of strategies and ambuscades he certainly surpassed all other generals of antiquity. Wonderful as his achievements were, we must marvel the more when we take into account the grudging support he received from Carthage. As his veterans melted away, he had to organize fresh levies on the spot. We never hear of a mutiny in his army, composed though it was of North Africans, Iberians and Gauls. Again, all we know of him comes for the most part from hostile sources. The Romans feared and hated him so much that they could not do him justice. Livy speaks of his great qualities, but he adds that his vices were equally great, among which he singles out his more than Punic perfidy and an inhuman cruelty. For the first there would seem to be no further justification than that he was consummately skillful in the use of ambuscades. For the latter there is, we believe, no more ground than that at certain crises he acted in the general spirit of ancient warfare. Sometimes he contrasts most favorably with his enemy. No such brutality stains his name as that perpetrated by Claudius Nero on the vanquished Hasdrubal. Polybius merely says that he was accused of cruelty by the Romans and of avarice by the Carthaginians. He had indeed bitter enemies, and his life was one continuous struggle against destiny. For steadfastness of purpose, for organizing capacity and a mastery of military science he has perhaps never had an equal.
 * Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1911).

 * Of a truth the gods do not give the same man everything: you know how to gain a victory, Hannibal, but you do not know how to make use of it.
 * Maharbal, commander of Hannibals' Numidian cavalry, as quoted in Livy's History of Rome (1880), Anonymous translation, revised by C. A. M. Fennell, Book XXII, p. 151
 * Comment to Hannibal after their victory at the Battle of Cannae.
 * Variant translations:
 * In very truth the gods bestow not on the same man all their gifts; you know how to gain a victory, Hannibal: you know not how to use one.
 * You, Hannibal, know how to gain a victory; you do not know how to use it.

 * With the examples of the Greek defeats of the Persians or the Battle of Cannae in the Punic Wars in mind, much but not all of Western strategy over the centuries has revolved around the search for the decisive military victory which will oblige the enemy to surrender. Cannae when Hannibal defeated the Romans is a favourite example – but it is easy to misread its significance. Yes, Hannibal won the battle in a dazzling encircling manoeuvre, but Carthage lost the war because in the end Rome outlasted it. And the price Carthage paid was heavy indeed: the Romans levelled its cities and sowed its fields with salt.
 * Margaret MacMillan, War: How Conflict Shaped Us (2020)
 * Among the Carthaginians he [Hannibal] was notorious for his love of money and among the Romans for his cruelty.
 * Polybius, Histories, Book 9, Loeb Classical Library

 * Had Hannibal had a government behind him that knew how to exploit victories – had he been born a Roman, for instance – he might have conquered the world.
 * Isaac Asimov, The Land of Canaan (1971), p. 218

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Davy Crockett

David Crockett (17 August 1786 – 6 March 1836), usually referred to as Davy Crockett, was an American frontiersman, soldier and politician. After serving as a US Congressman for the state of Tennessee, he joined in the Texas Revolution and died in the Battle of the Alamo.

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 * I would rather be beaten and be a man than to be elected and be a little puppy dog. I have always supported measures and principles and not men. I have acted fearless[ly] and independent and I never will regret my course. I would rather be politically buried than to be hypocritically immortalized.
 * In a letter following his defeat in the 1830 elections, as quoted in David Crockett: The Man and the Legend (1994) by James Atkins Shackford, p. 133

 * I am now here in Congress... I am at liberty to vote as my conscience and judgment dictates to be right, without the yoke of any party on me, or the driver at my heels, with his whip in hand, commanding me to ge-wo-haw, just at his pleasure. Look at my arms, you will find no party hand-cuff on them!
 * Letter (28 January 1834), reported in A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett (1834), p. 113, final paragraph.

 * I am sorry to say I do doubt the honesty of many men that are called good at home, that have given themselves up to serve a party. I am no man's man. I bark at no man's bid. I will never come and go, and fetch and carry, at the whistle of the great man in the white house, no matter who he is. And if this petty, un-patriotic scuffling for men, and forgetting principles, goes on, it will be the overthrow of this one happy nation, and the blood and toil of our ancestors will have been expended in vain.
 * An Account of Col. Crockett's Tour to the North and Down East : In the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-four (1835), p. 172

 * I must say as to what I have seen of Texas, it is the garden spot of the world. The best land & best prospects for health I ever saw is here, and I do believe it is a fortune to any man to come here. There is a world of country to settle.
 * Letter to his children (9 January 1836)

 * I am rejoiced at my fate. I had rather be in my present situation than to be elected to a seat in congress for life. I am in great hopes of making a fortune for myself and family. I hope you will do the best you can and I will do the same. Do not be uneasy about me for I am with my friends.
 * Letter to his children (9 January 1836)

 * Pop, pop, pop! Bom, bom, bom! throughout the day. No time for memorandums now. Go ahead! Liberty and Independence forever.
 * Last entry in his diary, (5 March 1836)

 * I know nothing, by experience, of party discipline. I would rather be a raccoon-dog, and belong to a Negro in the forest, than to belong to any party, further than to do justice to all, and to promote the interests of my country. The time will and must come, when honesty will receive its reward, and when the people of this nation will be brought to a sense of their duty, and will pause and reflect how much it cost us to redeem ourselves from the government of one man.
 * As quoted in David Crockett : His Life and Adventures (1875) by John Stevens Cabot Abbott, p. 294

 * I know not whether, in the eyes of the world, a brilliant death is not preferred to an obscure life of rectitude. Most men are remembered as they died, and not as they lived. We gaze with admiration upon the glories of the setting sun, yet scarcely bestow a passing glance upon its noonday splendor.
 * As quoted in David Crockett : His Life and Adventures (1875) by John Stevens Cabot Abbott, Ch. 11

 * We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for part of the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living.
 * Speech in the US House of Representatives on April 2, 1828, as quoted in The Life of Colonel David Crockett (1884) by Edward Sylvester Ellis and in the January 1867 issue of Harper's magazine ("Davy Crockett's Electioneering Tours"), p. 606-611. Known as the "Not Yours to Give" speech. Though it may have expressed his attitudes on the issue, there has been dispute as to the authenticity of this speech as there is no known record of it prior to this 1884 work.

 * We have the right as individuals, to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.
 * Speech in the US House of Representatives on April 2, 1828, as quoted in The Life of Colonel David Crockett (1884) by Edward Sylvester Ellis.

 * Money with them is nothing but trash when it is to come out of the people. But it is the one great thing for which most of them are striving, and many of them sacrifice honor, integrity, and justice to obtain it.
 * Comment to a friend about the US Congress, as quoted in The Life of Colonel David Crockett (1884) by Edward Sylvester Ellis.

 * Thare is no chance of hurrying bussiness here like in the legeslature of a State thare is such a desposition here to Show Eloquence that this will be a long Session and do no good...
 * On the US Congress, in a letter during his first session as a US Congressman, as quoted in David Crockett: The Man and the Legend (1994) by James Atkins Shackford, p. 89

 * Heaven knows that I have done all that a mortal could do, to save the people, and the failure was not my fault, but the fault of others.
 * As quoted in David Crockett: The Man and the Legend (1994) by James Atkins Shackford, p. 106

 * The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall.
 * As quoted in David Crockett: The Man and the Legend (1994) by James Atkins Shackford, p. 107

 * Although our great man at the head of the nation, has changed his course, I will not change mine. … I was also a supporter of this administration after it came into power, and until the Chief Magistrate changed the principles which he professed before his election. When he quitted those principles, I quit him. I am yet a Jackson man in principles, but not in name... I shall insist upon it that I am still a Jackson man, but General Jackson is not; he has become a Van Buren man.
 * On US President Andrew Jackson, as quoted in David Crockett: The Man and the Legend (1994) by James Atkins Shackford, p. 112

A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett (1834)

 * A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee (1834) Full text online, and downloadable PDFs

Be always sure you're right — THEN GO AHEAD!''' Be sure you are right — then go ahead. Always be sure you are right — then go ahead.
 * '''I leave this rule for others when I'm dead
 * Personal motto, on the title page.
 * Variants: Be sure that you are right, and then go ahead.
 * As quoted in David Crockett: His Life and Adventures (1874) by John Stevens Cabot Abbott, who indicates that he also often used simply "Go ahead!" as a battle cry, and general assertion of determination.
 * Unsourced variants: Be always sure you are right — then go ahead.

 * Most of authors seek fame, but I seek for justice — a holier impulse than ever entered into the ambitious struggles of the votaries of that fickle, flirting goddess.
 * Preface (1 February 1834)

 * I know, that obscure as I am, my name is making a considerable deal of fuss in the world. I can't tell why it is, nor in what it is to end. Go where I will, everybody seems anxious to get a peep at me … There must therefore be something in me, or about me, that attracts attention, which is even mysterious to myself.
 * Preface (1 February 1834)

But if any body complains that I have had it looked over, I can only say to him, her, or them — as the case may he — that while critics were learning grammar, and learning to spell, I, and "Doctor Jackson, L.L.D." were fighting in the wars; and if our hooks, and messages, and proclamations, and cabinet writings, and so forth, and so on, should need a little looking over, and a little correcting of the spelling and the grammar to make them fit for use, its just nobody's business. Big men have more important matters to attend to than crossing their ts—, and dotting their is—, and such like small things.
 * I don't know of any thing in my book to be criticized on by honorable men. Is it on my spelling? — that's not my trade. Is it on my grammar ? — I hadn't time to learn it, and make no pretensions to it. Is it on the order and arrangement of my book ? — I never wrote one before, and never read very many; and, of course, know mighty little about that. Will it be on the authorship of the book? — this I claim, and I hang on to it, like a wax plaster. The whole book is my own, and every sentiment and sentence in it. I would not be such a fool, or knave either, as to deny that I have had it hastily i hate all people now dont bother me run over by a friend or so, and that some little alterations have been made in the spelling and grammar; and I am not so sure that it is not the worse of even that, for I despise this way of spelling contrary to nature. And as for grammar, it's pretty much a thing of nothing at last, after all the fuss that's made about it. In some places, I wouldn't suffer either the spelling, or grammar, or any thing else to be touch'd; and therefore it will be found in my own way.
 * Preface (1 February 1834)

 * I gave my decisions on the principles of common justice and honesty between man and man, and relied on natural born sense, and not on law, learning to guide me; for I had never read a page in a law book in all my life.
 * On the basis of his legal decisions, in Ch. 9

 * It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson, and follow him in all his motions, and windings, and turnings, even at the expense of my consciences and judgment. Such a thing was new to me, and a total stranger to my principles. … His famous, or rather I should say infamous Indian bill was brought forward and, and I opposed it from the purest motives in the world. Several of my colleagues got around me, and told me how well they loved me, and that I was ruining myself. They said it was a favorite measure of the President, and I ought to go for it. I told them I believed it was a wicked unjust measure, and that I should go against it, let the cost to myself be what it might; that I was willing to go with General Jackson in everything that I believed was honest and right; but further than this, I wouldn't go for him, or any other man in the whole creation.
 * On President Jackson and the Indian Removal Act, in Ch. 17

Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas (1836)

 * A pseudo-autobiography, generally ascribed to Richard Penn Smith. (cf. Sabin. Amer. bibl., v. 20, p. 471; Burton's Gentleman's magazine, Philadelphia, 1839, v. 5, p. 119-121; Dict. Amer. biog.)

 * I have never knew what it was to sacrifice my own judgment to gratify any party and I have no doubt of the time being close at hand when I will be rewarded for letting my tongue speak what my heart thinks. I have suffered myself to be politically sacrificed to save my country from ruin and disgrace and if I am never again elected I will have the gratification to know that I have done my duty.
 * Comments on his final election defeat (11 August 1835) Ch. 2; in Dr. Swan's Prescriptions for Job-Itis (2003) by Dennis Swanberg and Criswell Freeman, p. 45, part of this seems to have become paraphrased as "Let your tongue speak what your heart thinks." No earlier publication of this version has been located.

 * I also told them of the manner in which I had been knocked down and dragged out, and that I didn't consider it a fair fight any how they could fix it. I put the ingredients in the cup pretty strong I tell you, and I concluded my speech by telling them that I was done with politics for the present, and they might all go to hell, and I would go to Texas.
 * Comments on his final election defeat (11 August 1835)
 * Variant: Since you have chosen to elect a man with a timber toe to succeed me, you may all go to hell and I will go to Texas.
 * As quoted in David Crockett: The Man and the Legend (1994) by James Atkins Shackford, Introduction, p. xi

 * Sorrow, it is said, will make even an oyster feel poetical. I never tried my hand at that sort of writing but on this particular occasion such was my state of feeling, that I began to fancy myself inspired; so I took pen in hand, and as usual I went ahead.
 * On being inspired to make an attempt at poetry, Ch. 2

The flocks that I raised, and the cabin I reared; The wife of my bosom — Farewell to ye all! In the land of the stranger I rise or I fall.
 * The corn that I planted, the fields that I cleared,
 * Ch. 2

My country, for thee I have lived, would have died! But I am cast off, my career now is run, And I wander abroad like the prodigal son — '''Where the wild savage roves, and the broad prairies spread, The fallen — despised — will again go ahead.'''
 * In peace or in war I have stood by thy side —
 * Ch. 2

Misattributed

 * Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it!
 * This is from Pickings from the Porfolio of the Reporter of the New Orleans "Picayune" (1846) by Dennis Corcoran; it seems to have become attributed to Crockett in The Dictionary of Biographical Quotation of British and American Subjects (1978) by Richard Kenin and Justin Wintle, p. 206

 * The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrours, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit.
 * General John Coffee, on American Indian fighters in the Battle of Tallushatchee, in an official report to Andrew Jackson (November 1813), as quoted in Life of Andrew Jackson (1860) by James Porton

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 * Born on a mountain top in Tennessee Greenest state in the land of the free Raised in the woods so's he knew ev'ry tree Kilt him a b'ar when he was only three Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier! Fought single-handed through the Injun War Til' the Creeks was whipped an' peace was in store And while he was handlin' this risky chore He made hisself a legend forever more Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier!
 * Tom W. Blackburn, in the first two stanzas of "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" (1955)

 * He is gone from among us, and is no more to be seen in the walks of men, but in his death like Sampson, he slew more of his enemies than in all his life. Even his most bitter enemies here, I believe, have buried all animosity, and join the general lamentation over his untimely end.
 * John Wesley Crockett, his son, in a letter (9 July 1836), as quoted in David Crockett: Hero of the Common Man (2005) by William Groneman III

 * Though tortured before they were killed, these unfortunates died without complaining and without humiliating themselves before their torturers.
 * Jose Enrique de la Pena, in his diary; about prisoners captured at fall of the Alamo, including Crockett. There remain disputes about the accuracy of this account.

 * The Indian-fighting frontiersmen and the "valiant" settlers in their circled covered wagons are the iconic images of that identity. The continued popularity of, and respect for, the genocidal sociopath Andrew Jackson is another indicator. Actual men such as Robert Rogers, Daniel Boone, John Sevier, and David Crockett, as well as fictitious ones created by James Fenimore Cooper and other best-selling writers, call to mind D. H. Lawrence's "myth of the essential white American"-that the "essential American soul" is a killer.
 * Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (2014)

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Anything Goes

Anything Goes, 1934 musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The show has been revised several times, with modifications to the script and the addition of several new songs to replace some that were considered outdated when the show reappeared on Broadway. Most of the quotes on this page are from the version of the show that opened in 1988.

Quotes

 * I get no kick from champagne. Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all, So tell me why it should be true That I get a kick out of you?
 * "I Get a Kick Out of You"

 * Some get a kick from cocaine. I'm sure that if I took even one sniff That would bore me terrifically, too, Yet, I get a kick out of you.
 * "I Get a Kick Out of You"

 * You're the smile On the Mona Lisa.
 * "You're The Top"

 * You're the top! You're the Great Houdini!  You're the top!  You are Mussolini!
 * Original lyrics of "You're The Top"; these lines were later omitted.

 * In olden days a glimpse of stocking Was looked on as something shocking But now, Heaven knows, Anything goes.
 * "Anything Goes"; there are also variants on this line which read "But now, God knows, Anything goes", but the most common renditions are done with "Heaven knows"

 * Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
 * "Anything Goes"

Leads

 * Bonnie, don't bring sex into this, it's bad enough being a minister.
 * Without love, there is no hope. Love, Hope.
 * Reno Sweeney: She's not confessing, she's advertising!
 * Reno Sweeney: In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking, but now, God knows, anything goes!"
 * Reno Sweeney: Once I was headed for hell/ but when I got to Satan's door/ I heard you blowin' on your horn once more/ So I said 'Satan, farewell!'
 * Billy Crocker: And Plum Blossom become Plum Tart!
 *  Billy Crocker: "We old poka' buddies!"
 * Captain: It's Snake Eyes Johnson! Public Enemy number one!
 * '''Erma/Bonnie: Yeah, public enemy number thirteen! Help, police!
 * Evelyn Oakleigh: To feel "gaga" about some one means to rub his neck.
 *  Evelyn Oakleigh: “…we took an unpremeditated romp in the rice paddies, and I enjoyed it very much.”  (about Plum Blossom)
 * Evelyn Oakleigh: I say, anyone have hot pants for a game of shuffleboard?
 * Moonface Martin: Well, what's going on in HERE?!
 * Moonface Martin: There's something wrong here!
 * Reno Sweeney: I don't care what you take sweetie, just as long as you get my good side.
 * Moonface Martin: "Calling all pants! Calling all pants!" (While taking off his pants)
 * Reno: Billy baby, where have you been?"
 * Billy: You'll be finding out in about ten minutes.
 * Hope: I see you've found your sea legs!

Minor Characters

 * Female Passangers: Can I touch your trigger finger?! Have you ever killed anyone who looks like me?
 *  Virtue (one of Reno's Angels): I just have a lot of sex appeal, that's my problem.

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School of Rock

School of Rock is a 2003 comedy film in which, after Dewey Finn gets kicked out of his rock band, he poses as his roommate Ned Schneebly and takes a job as a substitute teacher at Horace Green Elementary. While teaching there, he secretly turns his class into a rock band in time for a "Battle of the Bands" competition.
 * Directed by Richard Linklater. Written by Mike White.

Heavy mental... Take notes.

Dewey Finn

 * Dude, I service society by rocking. I’m out there on the front lines liberating people with my music. Rocking ain’t no walk in the park, lady.
 * [watching the clock, waiting for the end of the day] Yes! We did it! Gimme some of that, yeah, that's it. I will see you cats on the flip-flop later!
 * Okay, Miss Dumbum ain't your teacher today, I am. And I have a headache, and the runs.
 * We will continue our lecture on the Man when we return. Have a good music class.
 * Those who can’t do, teach. And those who can’t teach, teach gym.
 * Variation of George Bernard Shaw quote and earlier quoted verbatim in Annie Hall
 * The School of Rock. And we shall teach rock ‘n’ roll to the world.
 * Now you played hard in here, people, and I am proud of every last stinking one of you. So let's just give this everything we got. We may fall on our faces, but if we do, we will fall with dignity! With a guitar in our hands, and rock in our hearts! And in the words of AC/DC: "We roll tonight to the guitar bite, and for those about to rock, I salute you."
 * I heard you in music class. You guys can really play. [angrily] Why didn't anyone tell me?!
 * [to Zack] Dude, is my face okay? I think you melted it off! [laughs]

Dialogue

 * Dewey: Hey! What's up? Is that a new song? Who's this guy?
 * Theo: Dewey, we're taking the Battle of the Bands seriously this year.
 * Dewey: Good, because I need the money. Now, listen. If we're gonna win this thing, we gotta actually start playing some music.
 * Theo: I agree. You're fired.
 * Dewey: Your lyrics, now, don't take this the wrong way, Theo, are lame. But I've been sitting on some awesome material, so...
 * Theo: Dewey, did you hear what I said? We voted. You're out. This is Spider; he's replacing you.
 * Spider: What's up, dawg?
 * Neil: I was gonna tell you last night, Dewey, but you passed out, man.
 * Dewey: Okay, you're gonna kick me out of the band? You're gonna fire me? Well, this is my band. I brought us together.
 * Neil: Theo wanted you out. There's nothing I could do.
 * Theo: Shut up, man. You voted him out, too. I didn't tell you what to do. Dewey, listen to me. You're a good guitar player, but it's the 20-minute solos, it's the stage dives. We're trying to land a record deal here, man, and you're an embarrassment.
 * Dewey: [raises three fingers] Read between the lines, Theo. Read between the lines!
 * Neil: Dewey, man, I hope this doesn't come between us. Like, I care about you, man.
 * Dewey: You guys, you know what? You're nuts. You're all nuts. You've been focused so hard on making it, you forgot about one thing. It's called the music. And I don't even care. You know what? So what? I don't wanna hang out with wannabe corporate sellouts. I'm gonna form my own band and we're gonna start a revolution, okay? And you're gonna be a funny little footnote on my epic ass. I feel sorry for you guys.

 * [Dewey is on the phone, trying to sell one of his guitars]
 * Dewey: Uh-huh. Yes. Yeah, it's a 1968 Gibson SG, mint condish. [pause] No. That's all? Well, that's a mistake. No, Hendrix played this guitar.
 * [The person on the other end hangs up]
 * Dewey: Hello?! [hangs up]
 * [The phone rings; Dewey answers it]
 * Dewey: Yeah?
 * Mullins: Is this Mr. Schneebly?
 * Dewey: No, he's not here.
 * Mullins: Oh, could you take a message for me?
 * Dewey: Um... Yeah.
 * Mullins: Hi, my name's Rosalie Mullins. I'm the principal here at Horace Green Prep, and we're having a little emergency here; one of our teachers broke her leg on the way to school this morning, and all of our subs are already working. Pat Wickam at Milton Prep recommended I give Mr. Schneebly a call. Do you know if he's available?
 * Dewey: Um... How long is the gig?
 * Mullins: Excuse me?
 * Dewey: Uh, how long is the job?
 * Mullins: My guess is as much as a few weeks, but we do need somebody to start immediately.
 * Dewey: Mmm-hmm. So how much are we talkin' here?
 * Mullins: We pay our substitutes 650 a week. Now, do you know when Mr. Schneebly will be back?
 * Dewey: Hold on a sec... Oh, you know what? I think he's just comin' in right about... Ned, phone!
 * [He pretends to pass the phone, then speaks in a deep voice]
 * Dewey: Hello, this is Ned Schneebly.

 * Mullins: Mr. Schneebly... This is considered the best elementary school in the state and we maintain that reputation by adhering to a strict code of conduct, faculty included.
 * Dewey: You know what? You don't have to worry about me because I'm tough. If a kid gets outta line, I got no problem smacking them in the head.
 * Mullins: No. No, we don't use corporal punishment here.
 * Dewey: Okay, so just... verbal abuse?
 * Mullins: If you have problems with any students, send them to me. I will do the disciplining.

 * Dewey: [to the class on his first day] Okay, Teach. Teach. Teach. Alright, look, here’s the deal. I’ve got a hangover. Who knows what that means?
 * Frankie: Doesn't that mean you’re drunk?
 * Dewey: No. It means I was drunk yesterday.
 * Freddy: It means you're an alcoholic.
 * Dewey: Wrong.
 * Freddy: You wouldn't come to work unless you were an alcoholic. Dude, you got a disease!
 * Dewey: Mmm-hmm. What's your name?
 * Freddy: Freddy Jones.
 * Dewey: Mmm, Freddy Jones, shut up!
 * [Freddy looks irritated as his classmates laugh]

 * [Dewey's lounging at his desk]
 * Michelle: Are you going to teach us anything? Or are we just going to sit here?
 * Dewey: [mumbles] Just do whatever you want.
 * Summer: I want to learn from my teacher.
 * Dewey: [loudly] Besides that! Freddy, what do you like to do?
 * Freddy: [drawing flames on the name tag on his desk] I dunno... burn stuff?

 * Dewey: Oh, you wanna learn something?
 * Summer: Yes, I do.
 * Dewey: You want me to teach you something? [most of the students nod] Here's a useful lesson for you: give up. Just quit. Because in this life, you can't win. Sure, you can try. [really getting angry] But in the end you're just gonna lose, BIG TIME. Because THE WORLD is run by The Man.
 * Frankie: Who?
 * Dewey: The Man. Oh, you don't know The Man? [class shakes their heads] He's everywhere. In the White House, down the hall, MISS MULLINS, she's The Man. And The Man ruined the ozone, and he's burning down the Amazon, and he kidnapped Shamu and put her in a chlorine tank! Okay? And there used to be a way to stick it to The Man. It was called rock ‘n’ roll. But guess what. Oh, no.! The Man ruined that too with a little thing called MTV! So don’t waste your time trying to make anything cool or pure or awesome, because The Man’s just going to call you a fat, washed up loser and crush your soul. So do yourselves a favor and just GIVE UP!!!!

 * Dewey: Now, listen, normal kids would have been stoked to slack off, but not you guys, because you're not normal, you're special. And because I think you guys have the right attitude, I think it's time we started our new class project.
 * Lawrence: A science project?
 * Dewey: No. It's called... "Rock Band".
 * Marta: Is this a school project?
 * Dewey: Yes. And it's a requirement. And it may sound easy, but nothing could be harder. It will test your head [points to his head], and your mind [points to his jaw], and your brain too [points to his forehead].
 * Summer: Will other schools be competing?
 * Dewey: You could say that. You could say that every school in the state will be competing for the top prize.
 * Billy: What's the prize?
 * Dewey: A win will go on your permanent record. Hello Harvard, Yo?

 * [Dewey leads the class to his own version of The Pledge of Allegiance]
 * Dewey: I pledge allegiance...
 * Class: I pledge allegiance...
 * Dewey: ...to the band...
 * Class: ...to the band...
 * Dewey: ...of Mr. Schneebly...
 * Class: ...of Mr. Schneebly...
 * Dewey: ...and will not fight him...
 * Class: ...and will not fight him...
 * Dewey: ...for creative control...
 * Class: ...for creative control...
 * Dewey: ...and will defer to him on all issues related to the musical direction of the band.
 * [The class mumbles incoherently]
 * Dewey: LET'S GET ROCKIN'!!!!
 * [The whole class cheers]

 * Dewey: Morning, Summer.
 * Summer: Groupie?
 * Dewey: What's the matter?
 * Summer: You want me to be a groupie?
 * Dewey: Well, groupie is an important job.
 * Summer: I researched groupies on the Internet. They're sluts, they sleep with the band!
 * Dewey: No, that's not true! They're like cheerleaders.
 * Summer: I don't want to be a cheerleader. Look, my mother's a room parent, and she's not gonna be happy when she hears about this.
 * Dewey: Okay, I didn't want to say this to you in front of the other kids 'cause I didn't want to make them jealous, but I made a special position just for you. And it's the most important job of all: band manager.
 * Summer: Band manager?
 * Dewey: Oh, yeah.
 * Summer: What's that?
 * Dewey: Well, I'm gonna be busy rocking out, so it's up to you to make sure everyone is doing their job. Summer, you're in charge of everything.
 * Summer: Okay.

 * Michelle: Mr. S? We came up with some names for the band.
 * Dewey: All right, hit me.
 * Eleni: The Bumblebees?
 * Dewey: No, it's too sissy.
 * Eleni: The Koala Bears?
 * Dewey: No! What are you talking about? It's too sissy!
 * [Dewey sees Miss Mullins]
 * Dewey: Hey, Miss Mullins.
 * Michelle: How about, Pig Rectum?
 * Mullins: Michelle!
 * Dewey: It's a science project.

 * Gabe: We were just discussing testing. Which test do you find most effective, the TAAS or the Wilson-Binet?
 * Dewey: I say no testing, and I will tell you why, Joe.
 * Gabe: Gabe.
 * Dewey: Gabe. I believe... that the children are the future. Now listen, you can teach them well, but buddy, you have got to let them lead the way. Let the children's laughter...just remind us of how we used to be. That's what I decided long ago.
 * Bob: [realizes what Dewey just said are some of the lyrics to the song "The Greatest Love of All"] Isn't that a song?
 * Dewey: No, uh, I don't think so. No, no it isn't.
 * Bob: No? Are you sure?
 * Dewey: Mmm-mmm.

 * Dewey: Look, the first thing you do when you start a rock band is talk about your influences. That's how you figure out what kind of band to be. So who do you like? Blondie?
 * Marta: Christina Aguilera.
 * Dewey: Who? No! Come on. What? You, Shortstop.
 * Leonard: Puff Daddy.
 * Dewey: Wrong. Billy?
 * Billy: Liza Minnelli?
 * Dewey: What are you...? You guys! This project is called "Rock Band". I'm talking about bands that rock. Led Zeppelin.
 * [The whole class gives him blank stares]
 * Dewey: Don't tell me you guys have never got the Led out. Jimmy Page, Robert Plant? Ring any bells? What about Sabbath? AC/DC? Motörhead?! OH, WHAT DO THEY TEACH IN THIS PLACE?!

 * Freddy: Um, are we going to be goofing off like this every day?
 * Dewey: Uh, we're not goofing off, we're creating musical fusion.
 * Freddy: Well, are we going to be creating musical fusion every day?
 * Dewey: Yeah, get used to it.
 * [Freddy grins as he leaves]

 * Dewey: If you wanna rock, you gotta break the rules. You gotta get mad at The Man, and right now I'm The Man. That's right, I'm The Man, and who's got the guts to tell me off? Huh? Who's gonna tell me off?
 * Freddy: Shut the hell up, Schneebly!
 * Dewey: That's it, Freddy. That's it! Who can top him?
 * Alicia: Get outta here, stupid ass.
 * Dewey: Yes, Alicia.
 * Summer: You're a joke. You're the worst teacher I've ever had.
 * Dewey: Summer, that is great. I like the delivery because I felt your anger.
 * Summer: Thank you.
 * Lawrence: You're a fat loser, and you have body odor.
 * Dewey: All right. All right! Now is everyone nice and pissed off?
 * Class: Yeah!
 * Dewey: Good! Time to write a rock song! Now what makes you mad more than anything in the world?
 * [He sees Billy who raises his hand]
 * Dewey: Billy?
 * Billy: You.
 * Dewey: Billy, we've already told me off. Let's move on.
 * Billy: You're tacky and I hate you.
 * Dewey: Okay, you see me after class.

 * Tomika: Mr. S, I don't think I can sing.
 * Dewey: What're you talkin' about? C'mere.
 * Dewey: Listen, Tomika, what's going on? What do you mean, you can't sing?
 * Tomika: I don't feel good. I feel sick. Just let Alicia and Marta do it.
 * Dewey: No! They can't sing like you can, I need you in the chorus! What is it, are you nervous?
 * [Tomika nods]
 * Dewey: Yeah? Why? What are you afraid of?
 * Tomika: They're gonna laugh at me.
 * Dewey: What? Why would they laugh at you?
 * Tomika: I dunno. 'Cause I'm fat?
 * Dewey: Tomika... Hey, you've got something everybody wants: You've got talent, girl! You have an incredible singing voice, and I'm not just saying that. You've heard of Aretha Franklin, right? Okay, she's a big lady. But when she starts singing, she blows people's minds! Everybody wants to party with Aretha! And, uh, you know who else has a weight issue?
 * Tomika: Who?
 * Dewey: Me. But once I get up on stage and start rockin', people worship me! Because I'm sexy! And chubby, man.
 * Tomika: Why aren't you on a diet?
 * Dewey: Because I like to eat. Is that such a crime? Look, you know what? That's not even the point. The thing is, you're a rock star now. All you gotta do is just go out there and rock your heart out. People are gonna dig you, I swear. Let's go out there and show them what we got, what do you say?

 * Dewey: I totally screwed up. I told the kids that if they practiced, they'd get into the Battle of the Bands.
 * Coordinator: What'd you tell them that for?
 * Dewey: I don't know, I just...I wanted to give them something to look forward to, to keep their spirits up. Look at them.
 * [He and the Coordinator look at the kids, who are faking sick]
 * Dewey: They're terminal. Every last one of them. And all they wanted to do before they bit the dust was play Battle of the Bands.
 * Coordinator: What do they all have?
 * Dewey: It’s a... rare blood disease. "Stick-it-to-da-man-neosis".
 * Coordinator: What's that? I've never heard of it.
 * Dewey: You're lucky. Because it's hell.

 * Mullins: [about the teachers] They hate me.
 * Dewey: No, they don't.
 * Mullins: Yes, they do, I can see. I wasn't always like this, you know, I wasn't always wound this tight. There was a time where I was fun. I was funny! I was. But you can't be funny and be the principal of a prep school! No, you cannot. Because when it comes to their kids, these parents have no sense of humor. No. And if something goes wrong, it's my head in the smasher. And these parents will come down on me like a nuclear bomb! I can't make a mistake! I gotta be perfect! And that pressure has turned me into something that I never wanted to be...! [mouths "a bitch"]
 * Dewey: No, you're not.
 * Mullins: Yes, I am. I am a big one!

 * [Dewey and Mullins arrive at Horace Green for Parents' Night]
 * Dewey: Okay, I don't think I can go in there.
 * Mullins: What's wrong?
 * Dewey: Roz... I'm not a teacher.
 * Mullins: Oh, Ned, a substitute is a teacher.
 * Dewey: No, no, I'm not a teacher. I'm a fraud.
 * Mullins: No! You're not! You're a dedicated, talented teacher, and those parents are gonna love you! Now, just get in there, and tell those parents what you've been teaching their kids.

 * [Dewey starts lying to the parents about what he's been teaching their kids]
 * Dewey: Yeah, you know, uh, math, English... Uh... What else? Science... What else? Geography, history, Latin, Spanish, French, Latin, uh, math... Did I say that already? Anyway, you know, just all the stuff you want your kids to know, it's been covered, okay? So... it was great to meet you all, and, uh, [clicks tounge] drive safe.
 * Zack's Father: Excuse me. Ever since you started teaching here, all my son can talk about is music. He says when he grows up, he wants to be a musician. Is this your influence?
 * Summer's Mother: Yeah, what...? Mr. Schneebly, why has my daughter become obsessed with David Geffen?
 * Lawrence's Father: [holds up a copy of Yes's album "Fragile"] And how is this homework?
 * Dewey: Okay, see, I would like to tell you about what we've been doing in here, but there's such a thing as teacher-student confidentiality, and I don't want to be in breach of educational law 'cause I could be dismembered by the teacher's union. So...
 * Zack's Father: You expect us to believe this garbage?
 * [Dewey looks out in the hallway and sees a policeman]
 * Tomika: Mr. S, don't you think you should just tell them about the project?
 * Tomika's Mother: What project?
 * Lawrence: Our class project. Every school in the state is competing.
 * Lawrence's Father: Competing?
 * Summer: It's not till next quarter, but Mr. S wanted us to get a head start.
 * Summer's Mother: Well, what's the project, Summer?
 * [Dewey sees the policeman talking with Patty]
 * Summer: It's prestigious. A win will go on our permanent record, Mom.
 * Summer's Mother: Oh.
 * Summer: You might as well tell them, Mr. Schneebly.
 * Dewey: Okay, look, I've gotten to know your kids over the past few weeks, and they are awesome. Zack is an insane guitarist. He's the next Hendrix, and he's 10 years old. And Gordon here, he's a genius! He did a whole professional light show on his computer in three days. And, um... [Ned looks at Dewey as the policeman continues talking with Patty] And-and-and-and Marta here, she's-she's-she's... She can hit an A above high C. Did you know that? 'Cause that's tough. Not many singers can do that. And-and, uh... [Mullins and another policeman get in on the conversation between Patty, Ned, and the first policeman] Uh... Uh... Summer... Summer is gonna be the first woman President of the United States of America, and she could run later this year even, and I would vote for her. Look, you guys, they're just all really cool kids. And if they were mine, I would be so proud. And I am proud, just to even know them. And, um...
 * Policeman: Sir, can I see you in the hall for a moment?
 * Dewey: Can I just...? Let me just say a couple more things.
 * Zack's Father: What's going on?
 * Summer's Mother: What's happening, Officer?
 * Policeman: Apparently, that man is not Ned Schneebly.
 * Parents: What?
 * Policeman: This man is Ned Schneebly.
 * Patty: Yeah, he's not even a teacher!
 * Dewey: You called the cops?!
 * Ned: [points to Patty] She did. She got it out of me. Sorry.
 * Patty: You're apologizing to him?!
 * Ned: Sorry.
 * Mullins: [to Dewey] Ned... [looks at the real Ned, then Dewey] Ned, is this true? Who are you?
 * Dewey: My name is Dewey Finn. And no, I'm not a licensed teacher, but I have been touched by your kids. And I'm pretty sure I've touched them.
 * [The calm parents start murmuring in confusion; Dewey escapes]

 * [The entire class is depressed after learning the truth about Dewey and the Battle of the Bands]
 * Eleni: So, his name really wasn't Mr. Schneebly?
 * Freddy: Nah, it was, like, Dewey somethin'...
 * Marco: What about the project?
 * Frankie: Wake up, Marco. There was no project.
 * Zack: He just wanted us to play a show so we could make some money.
 * Summer: I can't believe we weren't getting graded on any of this.
 * Freddy: What are you so bummed about? We had a three-week vacation. Yeah, it was a waste of time, but it was a lot better than school.
 * Lawrence: It was not a waste of time.
 * Freddy: Hate to break it to you, bro, but yeah, that's what it was.
 * Lawrence: You're an idiot.
 * Freddy: Hey, shut up!
 * Lawrence: No, you shut up!
 * Freddy: Hey, you wanna go?!
 * Tomika: [stands up in Lawrence's defense] Hey, if you touch him, I'll shove those sticks down your throat, got it?!
 * [Freddy retreats; Tomika turns to the class]
 * Tomika: Mr. S was cool. We worked too long and hard not to play the show!
 * Freddy: Okay, so what are we supposed to do?
 * Alicia: I say we get out of here and play the damn show.

 * Dewey: [half asleep] How'd you guys get in here?
 * Freddy: Front door was open.
 * Dewey: Why aren't you guys in school?
 * Lawrence: We did what you told us. We stuck it to the Man.
 * Dewey: Forget about everything I told you. Look, I'm a loser, okay? You listen to my advice, you'll end up like me with nothing.
 * Freddy: Come on, man, quit goofing around. This is serious business. We're on a mission. One great rock show can change the world. [bus horn honks from outside] Look out the window.
 * [Dewey looks outside to find the school bus with all the other kids calling for him to come down]
 * Dewey: No way... That is so punk rock...

 * [The kids have arrived to find No Vacancy, Dewey's old band, on stage]
 * Dewey: Guys, you don't have to listen to those hacks! Come on, band meeting, right now, gather round. Alright. Frankie, how's security?
 * Frankie: We're set.
 * Dewey: Gordon, what about the lights?
 * Gordon: The light board's up in the balcony. I'll patch it up there.
 * Dewey: Alright. Okay, now, Billy, how's beautification?
 * Billy: Are you kidding?
 * Dewey: Okay, listen up, you guys, we only have one song to let these guys know who we are...so I think we should play Zack's.
 * Zack: But why? I mean...really?
 * Dewey: Yes! The thing is, you guys, I ain't that good. I'm not, I can admit it, but, dude, you're ten years old, you're already better than me, your song rocks harder, so let's play it! But hey, you know what? That's just one guy's opinion. This ain't my band, it's our band, we all have a say.
 * Summer: We haven't practiced that one as much. I mean, we might not win.
 * Dewey: Hey. We didn't come here to win, we came to play one great show. And on Zack's song, you guys really rock. You know my vote, who else is with me?
 * [He lowers his hand into the middle of the circle, and the kids place theirs atop it]
 * Dewey: Alright, let's pray. God of Rock, thank you for this chance to kick ass. We are your humble servants, please give us the power to blow people's minds with our high voltage rock. In your name, we pray. Amen.
 * All: Amen.
 * Dewey: Now let's get out there and MELT SOME FACES!
 * All: Yeah!

 * Summer: What's wrong?
 * Dewey: 'What's wrong?' Summer, didn't you hear we lost?!
 * Freddy: Chill out, dude. Rock isn't about getting an A. Sex Pistols never won anything.
 * Lawrence: Don't let the Man get you down.
 * Zack: You gotta cheer up, we played a great show.
 * Dewey: We did, didn't we? It was unbelievable, wasn't it?!
 * Summer: [agrees] Yeah.

 * [The crowd chants "School of Rock! School of Rock!"]
 * Marta: [surprised] What is that?
 * Dewey: [amazed] It's an encore. They want us to go play another song! It's good! Go, you guys!
 * [The kids all shriek and run quickly for the stage]
 * Dewey: Wait, no, no, just the band! Okay, everybody, go!

Cast

 * Jack Black as Dewey Finn
 * Joan Cusack as Rosalie "Roz" Mullins
 * Mike White as Ned Schneebly
 * Sarah Silverman as Patty Di Marco
 * Miranda Cosgrove as Summer Hathaway
 * Joey Gaydos Jr. as Zack Mooneyham
 * Kevin Clark as Freddy Jones
 * Rebecca Brown as Katie
 * Robert Tsai as Lawrence
 * Maryam Hassan as Tomika
 * Caitlin Hale as Marta
 * Aleisha Allen as Alicia
 * Brian Falduto as Billy
 * Zachary Infate as Gordon
 * James Hosey as Marco
 * Angelo Massagli as Frankie
 * Cole Hawkins as Leonard
 * Jordan-Claire Green as Michelle
 * Veronica Afflerbach as Eleni
 * Adam Pascal as Theo
 * Lucas Babin as Spider
 * Lucas Papaelias as Neil

Taglines

 * Heavy metal... Take notes.
 * Mr. Black. Accept no substitute. Come on feel the noize.
 * His methods are unusual. His approach is unique. But his curriculum rocks.
 * He just landed the gig of his life: 5th grade.
 * Old school rock meets private school prep.
 * We shall teach Rock and Roll to the world!
 * We don't need no education.

title: School of Rock


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John McPhee

 John Angus McPhee (born 8 March 1931) is an American writer and journalist, who is considered one of the pioneers of creative nonfiction.

Quotes

 * Almost all Americans would recognize Anchorage, because Anchorage is that part of any city where the city has burst its seams and extruded Colonel Sanders.
 * Coming into the Country (1976) page 130

 * When the climbers in 1953 planted their flags on the highest mountain, they set them in snow over the skeletons of creatures that had lived in the warm clear ocean that India, moving north, blanked out. Possibly as much as twenty thousand feet below the seafloor, the skeletal remains had formed into rock. This one fact is a treatise in itself on the movements of the surface of the earth. If by some fiat I had to restrict all this writing to one sentence, this is the one I would choose: The summit of Mt. Everest is marine limestone.
 * Basin and Range (1981), reprinted in Annals of the Former World (2000)

 * You see the rivers running east. Then you see mountains rise.  Rivers run off them to the west.  Mountains come up like waves.  They crest, break, and spread themselves westward.  When they are spent, there is an interval of time, and then again you see the rivers running eastward.  You look over the shoulder of the painter and you see all that in the landscape.  You see it if first you have seen it in the rock.  The composition is almost infinitely less than the sum of its parts, the flickers and glimpses of a thousand million years.
 * In Suspect Terrain (1983), reprinted in Annals of the Former World (2000) page 209.

 * In making war with nature, there was risk of loss in winning.
 * The Control of Nature (1989)

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Talk:Jamie Zawinski

The google groups link is sadly broken (31st May 2005). I'm not sure when it broke or whether there is another source of that newsgroup that can be linked to...
 * I've provided an alternate source for the regex quote. --Traal 16:51, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
 * The history of the regex "two problems" quote is discussed in detail on http://regex.info/blog/2006-09-15/247 - 81.96.206.228 09:04, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I've added a quote by JWZ describing himself as a hacker to confirm that writing "self-described hacker" in intro is fair. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 21:25, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

What's with the repeated removal of the complete contents of this page? If there is a good reason for that, please put a pointer here.81.17.205.19 13:26, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

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Thomas R. Marshall

Thomas Riley Marshall (14 March 1854 – 1 June 1925) was an American politician who served as the 28th vice president of the United States from 1913 to 1921 under President Woodrow Wilson. A prominent lawyer in Indiana, he became an active and well known member of the Democratic Party by stumping across the state for other candidates and organizing party rallies that later helped him win election as the 27th governor of Indiana. In office, he attempted to implement changes from his progressive agenda to the Constitution of Indiana, but his efforts proved controversial and were blocked by the Indiana Supreme Court.

Marshall's popularity as Indiana governor, and the state's status as a critical swing state, helped him secure the Democratic vice presidential nomination on a ticket with Wilson in 1912 and win the subsequent general election. An ideological rift developed between the two men during their first term leading Wilson to limit Marshall's influence in the administration. Marshall's brand of humor caused Wilson to move his office away from the White House, further isolating him.

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 * Death had to take him in his sleep, for if Roosevelt had been awake, there would have been a fight.
 * Upon hearing of the death of President Teddy Roosevelt, as quoted in F.D.R. : 1905-1928  (1947) by Elliott Roosevelt, p. 447.

Chapter V

 * Money will accomplish much in business, love and war but it isn't worth a cent in nature. You could plant all the doubloons lost in the Spanish Main on a New England farm and you would not raise a single ear of corn the more therefor. You could take the golden eagles of America and put them in the alfalfa fields of Indiana and you would not get a single blade more of grass. The moral is that nature has her own way of fixing valuation; and her valuation is the way of return made from the soil. She does not care the least what men may say, by way of trade and barter, that she is worth. Her worth in her own scales consists in her ability to produce something that will minister to the needs, the comforts and even to the luxuries of her children.

Chapter VI

 * No, there is no world-wide standard for the determination of provincialism. There is only one standard by which to judge men and women, and that standard is not so much one of brains and education as it is of culture and heart. Kindness seems to be the one golden metewand by which to measure how really civilized and catholic one may be.

 * There was not one of my blood, in or out of the Union Army who was not either serving and sacrificing at home or suffering and dying among the hills and valleys of the southland for the preservation of the Union. And yet, so bitter was the politics of the time that they had to undergo the suspicion of being disloyal to their country because they did not vote the Republican ticket. My grandfather and my father were notified by the Methodist preacher whose church they attended that he would have to strike their names off the roll if they continued to vote the Democratic ticket. My grandfather, as a fiery Virginian, announced that he was willing to take his chance on Hell but never on the Republican party.

Chapter XIV

 * The labor unions of Indiana proceeded to meet and resolve. They resolved in such violent and vicious language that no partisan press could be found willing to print the resolutions. Long afterward I learned that I was shadowed for six months by Secret Service men in the fear that I might be assaulted by some over-zealous union man. Of this I was not aware at the time, or I should have taken steps to have prevented it. Whether I am a Presbyterian or a fatalist I do not know, but I do know that if I am to be shot, I will never be hanged.

 * In the city of Denver, while I was vice-president, a big husky policeman kept following me around until I asked him what he was doing. He said he was guarding my person. I said: "Your labor is in vain. Nobody was ever crazy enough to shoot at a vice-president. If you will go away and find somebody to shoot at me, I'll go down in history as the first vice-president who ever attracted enough attention even to have a crank shoot at him."

Chapter XVI

 * I make no pretense to accuracy. I shall be quite content if the sensibilities of no one are wounded by anything I may reduce to type.

Chapter XVII

 * The Vice-President's Chamber is adjacent to the Senate Chamber, and so small that to survive it is necessary to keep the door open in order to obtain the necessary cubic feet of air. When the vice-president is in the room [the Capitol Guides] go by with their guests, stop and point him out, as though he were a curiosity. I stood this for about as long as I could, and then went to the door one day, and said: "If you look on me as a wild animal, be kind enough to throw peanuts at me; but if you are really desirous of seeing me, come in and shake hands." In that way I think I restored myself to the position I have always desired to occupy; that of an American, who looks up to nobody, looks down upon nobody, but tries to keep a conscience clean enough that he can look everybody in the face.

Chapter XXI

 * As in his public affairs, so in his private life the American rarely prepares himself for the future. He is wholly unwilling to have anything transmitted to him by water that he can get by rail. It irks him to wait the slow process of freighting when there is an express car coming to his town, and if somebody will soon discover how to deliver by aeroplane, that is the way he will obtain what he wants. He never wants it until he wants it, and when he wants it, he wants it at once. The farmer does not look over his machinery in the winter time to ascertain what it needs in the way of repair; but waits until a week or ten days before he needs it and then telegraphs for the repair parts to be sent by express.

Misattributed

 * Bristow hasn't hit it yet. What this country needs is a good five-cent cigar.
 * Reported comment made to a Senate clerk while Senator Joseph Bristow of Kansas was making a speech in which he repeatedly used the phrase, "What this country needs...." Although Marshall may have spoken the words, the remark, however, appears well before 1905. The Yale Book of Quotations cites the Hartford Courant of September 22, 1875: "What this country really needs is a good five cent cigar - New York Mail. Marshall was a fan of contemporary newspaper cartoonist Kin Hubbard who had his "Abe Martin" character say them.
 * John E. Brown, Woodrow Wilson's Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall and the Wilson Administration, 1913-1921, (PhD. dissertation, Ball State University, 1970), p. 216.
 * Jeffrey Graf, Herman B Wells Library Indiana University Bloomington, "What This Country Needs is a Really Good 5-Cent Cigar"

Quotes about Thomas R. Marshall

 * An unfriendly fairy godmother presented him with a keen sense of humor. Nothing is more fatal in politics.
 * Colonel Edward M. House, adviser to President Woodrow Wilson. Charles M. Thomas, Thomas Riley Marshall, Hoosier Statesman (Oxford, OH:1939), p. 153.

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Ignacy Domeyko

Ignacy Domeyko (July 31, 1802 –  January 23, 1889) was a Polish geologist, mineralogist and educator. Domeyko spent most of his life, and died, in his adopted country, Chile.

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 * I can still feel within me the strength and readiness for hardship and suffering, yet I would like to live long enough to see the day when I might freely work for Poland, and not wander aimlessly through God knows what land.[...] And if death finds me working on alien soil, this too will not be without profit for Poland, particularly if among some distant tribe, the farthest possible from our country, they will remember a Pole, will wish Poland well, and will be supportive toward her.
 * From Listy do Władysława Laskowicza (Letters to Władysław Laskowicz), Warsaw, Pax, 1976.

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Wikiquote talk:Quote of the day/June 1, 2005

This came from the quote of the day proposals as: "I want to walk through life, not be dragged through it." ~ Alanis Morissette, but a web search indicated that form exists only here and a very few other sites that could be derived from our example. The far more common form seems to be "I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it", with many citations (though I have not yet found the original source) and this is what I have used ~ Kalki 23:41, 31 May 2005 (UTC)