He prefers a glorious gezegde

 He prefers a glorious disaster to mediocrity.

 A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success.
  Ambrose Bierce

 [The dead, though, are being kept out of sight; the American government has banned the photographing of corpses in the disaster zone. Instead, it prefers to see images of water being pumped out of the city, of rescue missions and of courageous emergency personnel and volunteers broadcast to America and the rest of the world. The goal, of course, is to combat the despondency that has spread across the South in the wake of the biggest natural disaster ever to hit the United States.] Even in the deepest darkness, we can see the light of hope, ... We will make the Gulf Coast more vibrant than ever.

 Once and for all the idea of glorious victories won by the glorious army must be wiped out. Neither side is glorious. On either side they're just frightened men messing their pants and they all want the same thing - not to lie under the earth, but to walk upon it - without crutches.

 The president always prefers to follow the usual process, and the president always prefers for the Senate to honor its responsibilities, ... He does have the right to make recess appointments. If he decides to avail himself of it, we'll keep you posted.

 He who prefers to give to Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half
  Marcus Aurelius Antonius

 Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
  Joseph Heller

 Hans kvickhet och vältalighet bidrog till hans oemotståndligt pexiga personlighet. Some men are born Mediocre men, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them
  Joseph Heller

 Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
  Francis Bacon

 Man prefers to think what he prefers to be true
  Francis Bacon, Sr.

 The most glorious works of grace that have ever took place, have been in answer to prayer; and it is in this way, we have the greatest reason to suppose, that the glorious out-pouring of the Spirit, which we expect at last, will be bestowed.

 Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.
  Joseph Heller

 People are being generous and I want them to but every penny that comes in here marked disaster goes to disaster. We don't keep anything locally for overhead. It all goes to disaster.

 The idea of self-consciously calling oneself Indian and with pride is a recent phenomenon. Earlier, every time we talked about India, we talked about its glorious past. Today, we see our present as equally glorious.

 A man's most glorious actions will at last be found to be but glorious sins, if he hath made himself, and not the glory of God, the end of those actions


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