Harry S Truman
28 quotations
Whenever I make a bum decision, I go out and make another one.
It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose your own.
Give me a one-handed economist! All my economists say, On the one hand on the other.
Whenever a man does the best he can, then that is all he can do.
If you want to get elected, shake hands with 25, 000 people between and November 7.
Whenever you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.
Study men, not historians.
Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here.
How do you live a long life? Take a two-mile walk every morning before breakfast.
The buck stops here.
I would rather have peace in the world than be President.
If that's art, I'm a Hottentot!
Whenever a fellow tells me he is bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.
I always considered statesmen to be more expendable than soldiers.
How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?
Being a President is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep on riding or he is swallowed.
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.
I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.
We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are.
When a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.
All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.
Conceit is God's gift to little men.
If you can't convince them; confuse them.