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Peggy Noonan Quotes

Part of courage is simple consistency Picture Quote #1

Read good, big important things Picture Quote #1

Let’s cause some senators distress Picture Quote #1

Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It’s how true friends talk Picture Quote #1

A great speech is literature Picture Quote #1

Some of the stupidest brilliant people who ever lived Picture Quote #1

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When men in politics are together, testosterone poisoning makes them insane Picture Quote #1

Don’t fall in love with politicians, they’re all a disappointment. They can’t help it, they just are Picture Quote #1

I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to pluck meaning from the fog, and on short order, when the emotions are still ragged and raw and susceptible to leaps Picture Quote #1

I think miracles exist in part as gifts and in part as clues that there is something beyond the flat world we see Picture Quote #1

If you commit a big crime then you are crazy, and the more heinous the crime the crazier you must be. Therefore you are not responsible, and nothing is your fault Picture Quote #1

Naps are nature’s way of reminding you that life is nice, like a beautiful swinging hammock strung between birth and infinity Picture Quote #1

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Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen Picture Quote #1

The 2008 election settled nothing, not even for a while. Our national politics are reflecting what appears to be going on geologically, on the bottom of the oceans and beneath the crust of the Earth: the tectonic plates are moving Picture Quote #1

Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature Picture Quote #1

A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to make dance the dullest beanbag of a heart Picture Quote #1

Great speeches have always had great soundbites. The problem now is that the young technicians who put together speeches are paying attention only to the soundbite, not to the text as a whole, not realizing that all great soundbites happen by accident, which is to say, all great soundbites are yielded up inevitably, as part of the natural expression of the text. They are part of the tapestry, they aren’t a little flower somebody sewed on Picture Quote #1

Now he is a statesman, when what he really wants is to be what most reporters are, adult delinquents Picture Quote #1

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Most people aren’t appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are usually known only to ourselves. No one throws ticker tape on the man who chose to be faithful to his wife, on the lawyer who didn’t take the drug money Picture Quote #1

Boundaries aren’t all bad. That’s why there are walls around mental institutions Picture Quote #1

We must try again to be alive to what the people of our country really long for in our national life: forgiveness and grace, maturity and wisdom... Our political leaders will know our priorities only if we tell them, again and again, and if those priorities begin to show up in the polls Picture Quote #1

What I got was not so much gifts and whishes come trues but a feeling of peace. I got peace itself, actually. And when you have peace, you can be strong; and when you are strong, you can get through what you have to get through, and not with exhaustion and frown marks and slumped shoulders but with relative happiness, and humor, and sometimes even gaiety Picture Quote #1

Here is an old tradition badly in need of return: You have to earn your way into politics. You should go have a life, build a string of accomplishments, then enter public service Picture Quote #1

Speeches are more important in politics than talking points, as a rule, and are better remembered Picture Quote #1

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The first snow always startles. It covers the tricycle in the driveway, turning its frame into an abstact sculpture that says: See how quickly yesterday turns into today Picture Quote #1

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Part of courage is simple consistency (Peggy Noonan Quotes) Read good, big important things (Peggy Noonan Quotes) Let’s cause some senators distress (Peggy Noonan Quotes) Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It’s how true friends talk (Peggy Noonan Quotes) A great speech is literature (Peggy Noonan Quotes) Some of the stupidest brilliant people who ever lived (Peggy Noonan Quotes) When men in politics are together, testosterone poisoning makes them insane (Peggy Noonan Quotes) Don’t fall in love with politicians, they’re all a disappointment. They can’t help it, they just are (Peggy Noonan Quotes) I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to pluck meaning from the fog, and on short order, when the emotions are still ragged and raw and susceptible to leaps (Peggy Noonan Quotes) I think miracles exist in part as gifts and in part as clues that there is something beyond the flat world we see (Peggy Noonan Quotes) If you commit a big crime then you are crazy, and the more heinous the crime the crazier you must be. Therefore you are not responsible, and nothing is your fault (Peggy Noonan Quotes) Naps are nature’s way of reminding you that life is nice, like a beautiful swinging hammock strung between birth and infinity (Peggy Noonan Quotes) Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen (Peggy Noonan Quotes) The 2008 election settled nothing, not even for a while. Our national politics are reflecting what appears to be going on geologically, on the bottom of the oceans and beneath the crust of the Earth: the tectonic plates are moving (Peggy Noonan Quotes) Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature (Peggy Noonan Quotes) A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to make dance the dullest beanbag of a heart (Peggy Noonan Quotes) Great speeches have always had great soundbites. The problem now is that the young technicians who put together speeches are paying attention only to the soundbite, not to the text as a whole, not realizing that all great soundbites happen by accident, which is to say, all great soundbites are yielded up inevitably, as part of the natural expression of the text. They are part of the tapestry, they aren’t a little flower somebody sewed on (Peggy Noonan Quotes) Now he is a statesman, when what he really wants is to be what most reporters are, adult delinquents (Peggy Noonan Quotes) Most people aren’t appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are usually known only to ourselves. No one throws ticker tape on the man who chose to be faithful to his wife, on the lawyer who didn’t take the drug money (Peggy Noonan Quotes) Boundaries aren’t all bad. That’s why there are walls around mental institutions (Peggy Noonan Quotes) We must try again to be alive to what the people of our country really long for in our national life: forgiveness and grace, maturity and wisdom... Our political leaders will know our priorities only if we tell them, again and again, and if those priorities begin to show up in the polls (Peggy Noonan Quotes) What I got was not so much gifts and whishes come trues but a feeling of peace. I got peace itself, actually. And when you have peace, you can be strong; and when you are strong, you can get through what you have to get through, and not with exhaustion and frown marks and slumped shoulders but with relative happiness, and humor, and sometimes even gaiety (Peggy Noonan Quotes) Here is an old tradition badly in need of return: You have to earn your way into politics. You should go have a life, build a string of accomplishments, then enter public service (Peggy Noonan Quotes) Speeches are more important in politics than talking points, as a rule, and are better remembered (Peggy Noonan Quotes) The first snow always startles. It covers the tricycle in the driveway, turning its frame into an abstact sculpture that says: See how quickly yesterday turns into today (Peggy Noonan Quotes)

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