When the desire ain't on me I don't need help. When it is on me I don't want any. See? Like the old fellah that never mended his roof. Said on a wet day he couldn't do it and on a dry day it was as good as anybody's.
If a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps. If he says perhaps he means no. And if he says no, he's the hell of a diplomat. - Agnes Sligh Turnbull
If a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps. If he says perhaps he means no. And if he says no, he's the hell of a diplomat.
- Agnes Sligh Turnbull
A country-bred man can always learn to get on with city people, but a town-bred fellah never gets the real hang of the country. You can put city poli… - Agnes Sligh Turnbull
A country-bred man can always learn to get on with city people, but a town-bred fellah never gets the real hang of the country. You can put city poli…
[On religion:] Wasn't it invented by man for a kind of solace? It's as though he had said, 'I'll make me a nice comfortable garment to shut out the h… - Agnes Sligh Turnbull
[On religion:] Wasn't it invented by man for a kind of solace? It's as though he had said, 'I'll make me a nice comfortable garment to shut out the h…
Defeat in itself was part and parcel of the great gambling game of politics. A man who could not accept it and try again was not of the stuff of whic… - Agnes Sligh Turnbull
Defeat in itself was part and parcel of the great gambling game of politics. A man who could not accept it and try again was not of the stuff of whic…
Learn to drink the cup of life as it comes. - Agnes Sligh Turnbull
Learn to drink the cup of life as it comes.
I think we foreshorten our own viewpoint if we consider any state of mind, or society, or government as final. Growth and change! We can't get away f… - Agnes Sligh Turnbull
I think we foreshorten our own viewpoint if we consider any state of mind, or society, or government as final. Growth and change! We can't get away f…
Burning logs can carry on quite a conversation! ... Have you ever heard apple wood talking? It's the most loquacious of all. You really can't get a w… - Agnes Sligh Turnbull
Burning logs can carry on quite a conversation! ... Have you ever heard apple wood talking? It's the most loquacious of all. You really can't get a w…
The idea of perfection always gives one a chance to talk without knowing facts. - Agnes Sligh Turnbull
The idea of perfection always gives one a chance to talk without knowing facts.
Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really. - Agnes Sligh Turnbull
Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really.
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