"I am not hard - I'm frightfully..." - Quote by Margaret Thatcher
I am not hard - I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded
More by Margaret Thatcher
“For Dicey, writing in 1885, and for me reading him some seventy years later, the rule of law still had a very English, or at least Anglo-Saxon, feel to it. It was later, through Hayek's masterpieces "The Constitution of Liberty" and "Law, Legislation and Liberty" that I really came to think this principle as having wider application.”
“The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.”
“We should not underestimate the enormity of the task which lies ahead. But little can be achieved without sound money. It is the bedrock of sound government.”
More on Self Perception
“But no man's a hero to himself. I've lived with me a lifetime. I know everything worth knowing about myself--" ~Something Wicked This Way Comes”
“I'm really very embarrassed about my guitar playing, in one way, because it's very poor. I can never move but I can make a guitar speak.”
“I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.”
More on Resilience
“It is good to have a failure while you're young because it teaches you so much. For one thing it makes you aware that such a thing can happen to anybody, and once you've lived through the worst, you're never quite as vulnerable afterward.”
“I think being born in Belarus, coming here with nothing, my parents working every minute - that instilled a huge competitive advantage, a chip on my shoulder, a work ethic. Immigrants win a lot and they win a lot because of a couple core things.”
“Your hearts are mighty, your skins are whole.”