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Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.
joseph addison— Cato, act 4, scene 1, lines 319-21 (1713)
Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.
alex haley— As quoted in A Touch of Class (2003) by Carol Vanderheyden, p. 60
Every post is honorable in which a man can serve his country.
george washington— Letter to Benedict Arnold (14 September 1775).
Shaukat Mahal and Sadar Manzil, an architectural curiosity, is a mixture of styles in occidental idioms and sets it apart from the predominantly Islamic architecture of the area. It was designed by a Frenchman, said to be a descendant of an offshoot of the Bourbon kings of France. post- renaissance and Gothic styles are combined to charming effect here.
— S. Gajrani, in History, Religion and Culture of India, Volume 5 (2004), p.81
England's not a bad country? It's just a mean, cold, ugly, divided, tired, clapped-out, post-imperial, post- industrial slag-heap covered in polystyrene hamburger cartons. 286
Margaret Drabble— 1989 A Natural Curiosity.
Omnia post obitum fingit majora vetustas: Majus ab exsequiis nomen in ora venit.
sextus propertius— Time magnifies everything after death; a man's fame is increased as it passes from mouth to mouth after his burial.
— Sextus Propertius, Elegiæ, III. 1. 23.
When I was nominated for the position of Vice President I was very unenthusiastic about it. But I took the post because it provided a powerful platform to talk on matters that are important for the country.
ratu joni madraiwiwi— Closing address to the National Youth Peace camp at Debua, 9 December 2005
At the least, even if (my farewell post) is perceived as self-indulgent garbage, it will fit right in with the rest of the Net.
gene spafford— That's all, folks, posted to Usenet April 29 1993
Let's turn inflation over to the post office. That'll slow it down.
— Morris Udall Quoted in Richard Severo, "Morris K. Udall, Fiercely Liberal Congressman, Dies at 76," The New York Times (December 14, 1998)
Muslims have a credibility problem. In the modern era, we have a tendency to believe and repeat wild theories, with our only criteria for accepting those theories being that they lend support to pre-existing attitudes. It takes an extremely sympathetic person to overlook such a deficiency, and sympathy for Muslims in a post 9/11 West is in short supply.
— Our Credibility Problem: It's a Conspiracy
The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments in a courthouse: You cannot post "Thou shalt not steal", "Thou shalt not commit adultery" and "Thou shalt not lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment.
George carlin
When Pearse summoned Cuchulain to his side, What stalked through the post Office? What intellect, What calculation, number, measurement, replied? We Irish, born into that ancient sect But thrown upon this filthy modern tide And by its formless spawning fury wrecked, Climb to our proper dark, that we may trace The lineaments of a plummet-measured face.
William Butler Yeats— "The Statues", stanza 4 (1938). Collected in Last Poems (1939).
In appointing our Ambassador to the United States at this important time, with the 1936 crisis ahead, such considerations as dignity, past career, equity and sentiment must be discarded and a man of ability chosen in the interests of the country. In the light of these considerations, we find Hiroshi Saito, present Minister of Holland, the right person for the post.
sadao araki— Quoted in "Up Saito!" - Time Magazine - December 25, 1933
Jones may well be more effective outside the administration than within it (I think Beck put it as "dangerous." Semantics.) As Ariana Huffington opined in a post September 7 called "Thank You, Glenn Beck!" (The Huffington post), Van Jones was undeniably the best person for this job, but the job wasn't best for him. Van Jones is not someone who ought to be stuck behind a desk, calculating tax credits and guarding his opinions from the 24-hour news-culture vultures.
van jones— Jessica Rae Patton in "The green jobs handyman moves on : what can we learn from Van Jones' resignation? Don't sign petitions without reading them first, and if mistake-prone, stay out of politics." in Our Planet (15 September 2009)
If you like the post office and the Department of Motor Vehicles and you think they're run well, just wait till you see Medicare, Medicaid and health care done by the government.
— CNN Newsroom (August 4, 2009)
Let's turn inflation over to the post office. That'll slow it down.
morris udall— Quoted in Richard Severo, "Morris K. Udall, Fiercely Liberal Congressman, Dies at 76," The New York Times (1998-12-14)
I mean, there is a certain element that, when you read the bad press about yourself and post it on the web-site, takes the pressure off.
brian viglione— June 1, 2006 - OndaRock Interview
In post offices throughout the United States, Selective Service posters [reading "A Man's Gotta Do What A Man's Gotta Do] remind men that only they must register for the draft. If the post Office had a poster saying "A Jew's Gotta Do What A Jew's Gotta Do..." or if "A Woman's Gotta Do..." were written across the body of a pregnant woman...
warren farrell— p. 28. (Part 1: The Myth of Male Power)
Although our grammar schools are teaching a whole generation computer language to adjust to the technological needs of a Stage II [post survival-focused] society, we have neglected to teach this generation relationship language and conflict resolution skills to address the social and psychological needs of a Stage II society. And when it is taught, in countries like Germany, although called social competence it focuses on workplace teamwork -- still on survival, breadwinner oriented work goals.
warren farrell— p. 116. (Part IV: Where do we go from here)
In capitalist society however where social reason always asserts itself only post festum great disturbances may and must constantly occur.
karl marx— Vol. II, Ch. XVI, p. 319
From the viewpoint of pure economic theory, Karl Marx can be regarded as a minor post- Ricardian .
karl marx— Paul Samuelson (1962). “Economists and History of Ideas,” The American Economic Review, March 1962 pp.
"This well may be The Day of Judgment which the world awaits; But be it so or not, I only know My present duty, and my Lord's command To occupy till He come. So at the post Where He hath set me in His providence, I choose, for one, to meet Him face to face, No faithless servant frightened from my task, But ready when the Lord of the harvest calls; And therefore, with all reverence, I would say, Let God do His work, we will see to ours. Bring in the candles." And they brought them in.
— John Greenleaf Whittier, quoting or paraphrasing Abraham Davenport in his poem "Abraham Davenport" (May 1866).
My days are swifter than a post.
— Job, IX. 25. (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations)
Fronte capillata, post est occasio calva.
— Hairy in front, opportunity is bald behind.
— Disticha, Bk. ii, No. 26
Si post fata venit gloria, non propero.
— If glory comes after death, I hurry not.
— V, 10. (Trans. Zachariah Rush)
Well, except for ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, New York Times, the Washington post, and about another 100 newspapers, I find little evidence of liberal bias in the media.
rupert murdoch— Asked about liberal bias in the mainstream media.
I thought Jack Valenti was wrong about most of the tech-policy issues that he spoke about, but I'm going to miss that guy... One of the lingering regrets of my career is showing up a few minutes late to a post boardroom luncheon with Valenti that had started with him denouncing a column I'd written about the MPAA's "technological totalitarianism." When I sat down, then-managing editor Steve Coll leaned over to summarize Valenti's opening statement as "he took your name in vain"; I felt like I'd missed the whole show.
jack valenti— Rob Pegoraro in
