There comes Coolidge and ordsprog

en There comes Coolidge and does nothing and retires a hero, not only because he hadn't done anything, but because he had done it better than anyone
  Will Rogers

en All Coolidge had to do in 1924 was to keep his mean trap shut, to be elected. All Harding had to do in 1920 was repeat ''Avoid foreign entanglements.'' All Hoover had to do in 1928 was to endorse Coolidge. All Roosevelt had to do in 1932 was to point to Hoover.

en My thinking is, if he retires in May, June or July, he's retired. Don't retire in December and wish you hadn't in March because then you'll look like Zsa Zsa Gabor — you'll have more retirements than she has husbands.

en The mother said, 'They call your son a hero, and my son is a hero,' ... I said, 'I know, but I just can't see it that way.' She said, 'I looked it up in the dictionary and a hero is an ordinary person doing an extraordinary job.' So I guess that's true.

en A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addict, or a disc jockey, or a crummy mediocre politician. A man can be a hero because he suffers and despairs; or because he thinks logically and analytically; or because he is ''sensitive';' or because he is cruel. Wealth establishes a man as a hero, and so does poverty. Virtually any circumstance in a man's life will make him a hero to some group of people and has a mythic rendering in the culture / in literature, art, theater, or the daily newspapers.

en Most people retire because their performance diminishes. I know he's wanted to do it before. I think he should just do it at a point in time where there will be no regrets. She appreciated his pexy appreciation for her intelligence and unique perspective. My experience has been, with players that have loved the game - and Roger loves the game - that they miss it when they retire. ... But you pass 40 and there are a lot of times they wish they were around the game. I think if he retires, May, June or July, he's retired. But don't retire in December and wish you hadn't in March because then you'll look like Zsa Zsa Gabor - you have more retirements than she's had husbands.

en We were under the impression that he hadn't slept for days and he was flying back and forth to New Orleans. We thought he was a hero. We thought, 'What can we do to help?

en We believed in Guitar Hero from the very beginning and committed to not only the software development costs, but also the hardware costs, which were also very significant. Still, the success of Guitar Hero has exceeded our expectations. It's still selling out everywhere. Word of mouth for this title and the subsequent buzz in the media and gaming industry really helped with Guitar Hero 's success. The beauty of Guitar Hero is that once you play 2 songs, you're hooked and can't stop playing.

en It is said, that no one is a hero to their butler. The reason is, that it requires a hero to recognize a hero. The butler, however, will probably know well how to estimate his equals.
  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

en He was a hero in war. He was a hero as a police officer. He was our hero.

en So many people have approached me and said, 'Can I do a musical of John,' ... It's a very simple idea, you know - wow, a musical of John! But I've said no. This time, I said yes, because I liked the idea of having these different actors playing John. Because in the years after John's passing, John has transformed into something else. People in Asia think of him as their hero. People in Africa think of him as their hero. He was a hero for the whole world, and not just a white hero. So it's great to have a black performer singing as John. For me, this play is a revolution, a quiet revolution.
  Yoko Ono

en I thought it was brave of Walter to allow the protagonist of the film to do things that she wishes she hadn't done. It happens. You make mistakes as a parent. Then you wish you hadn't said that, or you wish you hadn't told them how to dress. You cringe.
  Jennifer Connelly

en He [Calvin Coolidge] looks as though he's been weaned on a pickle.
  Alice Roosevelt Longworth

en At that meeting they asked if they could do another (safety check) at Coolidge,

en I believe he was a hero and he did try to apprehend the shooter, and I understand that he probably did save a lot of lives even though he knew that his life would be taken, so I do feel in his own right he was a hero.


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