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"In the defense of our nation, a president must be a clear-eyed realist. There are limits to the smiles and scowls of diplomacy. Armies and missiles are not stopped by stiff notes of condemnation. They are held in check by strength and purpose and the promise of swift punishment." »George W. Bush, speech, November 19, 1999
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"In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." »Desiderius Erasmus
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"Among wonderful things is a sore-eyed man who is an oculist." »Arabic Proverb
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"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. In regione caecorum rex est luscus." »Desiderius Erasmus
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"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]" »Desiderius Erasmus, Adagia (III, IV, 96)
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"If you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty-eyed. (on a state visit to China)" »Prince Phillip
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"O, beware, my lord, of jealousy It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on." »William Shakespeare
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"O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on." »William Shakespeare, "Othello", Act 3 scene 3
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"First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand." »Robert Cecil Day Lewis
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"If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul." »Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul." »Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"Nixon is a shifty-eyed goddamn liar. . . . .He's one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides." »Harry S Truman
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"I keep my eyes clear and I hit 'em where they ain't." »Wee Willie Keeler
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"Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open." »Harper Lee, spoken by character Atticus Finch, To Kill A Mockingbird
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"Freedom is a clear conscience." »Periander
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"A clear path to anything is more helpful than one that is not!" »Chase LeBlanc
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"When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends." »Japanese Proverb
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"If The Way is made clear, it is no longer The Way." »Chuang Tzu
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"Hence it is clear how much more cruel the pen is than the sword." »Robert Burton
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"As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around." »Oprah Winfrey
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"Art is science made clear." »Jean Cocteau
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"If this world were what it seems it should be, it is clear that it would be impossible for one man to enslave another." »Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire
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"A clear conscience is a good pillow." »American Proverb
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"There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience." »French Proverb
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"A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory." »Charles Lauller
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"Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question." »Albert Camus
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"You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question." »Albert Camus, La Chute (The Fall),1956
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"That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along." »Madeleine L'Engle
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"You know what charm is a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question." »Albert Camus
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"The great enemy of clear language is insincerity." »George Orwell
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