Buck quotes

The buck starts here. SeeTruman 869:45.

- Alan Greenspan
Sign on his desk. Quoted in Bob Woodward  The Agenda (1994).

Oh, poor Pearl Buck! She has no more bounce than a boiled potato.

- Katherine Anne Porter
Quoted from the journals of GlenwayWestcott, in Robert Phelps andJerry Rosco (eds) Continuous Lessons (1990).

The buck doesn't even pause here. SeeTruman 869:45.

- Donald Thomas Regan
  Of his job. In the NewYorkTimes, 31 Jul.

The buck stops here.

- Harry S Truman
Motto displayed on a sign on his desk. Quoted inWilliam Safire Safire's New Political Dictionary (1993).