Peggy Noonan quote: "We must try again to be alive to what the people of our country really long for in our national life: forgiveness and grace, maturity and wisdom.<br /><br />...Our political leaders will know our priorities only if we tell them, again and again, and if those priorities begin to show up in the polls."

If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; ...
PEGGY NOONAN

My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair, chos...
PEGGY NOONAN

Remember the waterfront shack with the sign FRESH FISH SOLD HERE. Of course it's fresh, we're on the...
PEGGY NOONAN

Read good, big important things.
PEGGY NOONAN

Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are...
PEGGY NOONAN

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything.
PEGGY NOONAN

Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something miss...
PEGGY NOONAN

I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to pluck meaning from ...
PEGGY NOONAN

You don't have to be old in America to say of a world you lived in: That world is gone.
PEGGY NOONAN

Now he is a statesman, when what he really wants is to be what most reporters are, adult delinquents...
PEGGY NOONAN

If you commit a big crime then you are crazy, and the more heinous the crime the crazier you must be...
PEGGY NOONAN

Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.
PEGGY NOONAN

Most people aren't appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are usually known o...
PEGGY NOONAN

If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; do y...
PEGGY NOONAN

Great speeches have always had great soundbites. The problem now is that the young technicians who p...
PEGGY NOONAN

Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don'...
PEGGY NOONAN

Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk.
PEGGY NOONAN

Part of courage is simple consistency.
PEGGY NOONAN

I think miracles exist in part as gifts and in part as clues that there is something beyond the flat...
PEGGY NOONAN

Boundaries aren't all bad. That's why there are walls around mental institutions.
PEGGY NOONAN

The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so m...
PEGGY NOONAN

You don't tell people who disagree with you they'd be better off somewhere else. And you don...
PEGGY NOONAN

I first saw President Reagan as a foot, highly polished brown cordovan wagging merrily on a hassock....
PEGGY NOONAN

What Andrew Cuomo said is, truly, a scandal. It's a scandal if he actually thinks it - that thos...
PEGGY NOONAN

The 2008 election settled nothing, not even for a while. Our national politics are reflecting what a...
PEGGY NOONAN

I think miracles exist in part as gifts and in part as clues that there is something beyond the fla...
PEGGY NOONAN

Naps are nature's way of reminding you that life is nice - like a beautiful, softly swinging hammoc...
PEGGY NOONAN

Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination ope...
PEGGY NOONAN

The Irish are often nervous about having the appropriate face for the occasion. They have to be ha...
PEGGY NOONAN

The president - every president - works for us. We don't work for him. We sometimes lose track o...
PEGGY NOONAN

Most people aren't appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are usually known o...
PEGGY NOONAN

Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination opera...
PEGGY NOONAN

I believe it is fair to say most Republicans did not think George W. Bush was motivated to run for t...
PEGGY NOONAN

Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk.
PEGGY NOONAN

Does he know in his gut that the existence of looting, chaos and disease in a great American city, o...
PEGGY NOONAN

The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we'll continue to follow them...
PEGGY NOONAN

Without substance, the speech will perish,
PEGGY NOONAN

Let's cause some senators distress.
PEGGY NOONAN

A great speech is literature.
PEGGY NOONAN

Memo to future presidents: Never stake your entire survival on the painful passing of a bad bill. Ne...
PEGGY NOONAN

Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don'...
PEGGY NOONAN

The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so m...
PEGGY NOONAN

A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, ...
PEGGY NOONAN

The Irish are often nervous about having the appropriate face for the occasion. They have to be happ...
PEGGY NOONAN

George W. Bush is a big spender. He has never vetoed a spending Bill. When Congress serves up a big ...
PEGGY NOONAN

The first pick was flawless.
CAROL NOONAN

It is disingenuous and untrue ... to say this mine is about to open and has all the approvals to ope...
DAVID NOONAN

[One study involved killer whales at Marineland in Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada. An inventive ma...
MICHAEL NOONAN

China is not accountable and is not transparent.
DAVID NOONAN

For many years we have supplied video processing equipment to markets throughout China. We were prou...
BOB NOONAN

The whale spit fish at the surface of the pool and then sank below and waited. The gull came down to...
MICHAEL NOONAN

You don't have to poke a hole to find out the depth.
TOM NOONAN

I'm trying not to think about it, because we've got a big game in New York. Going into their home op...
PAT NOONAN

The crane got stuck and stuck and stuck.
CAROL NOONAN

Mike Dow deserves more than a nod here. Rather than put (the property) on the market, he wanted to f...
JOHN NOONAN

Some areas [of Sebago] have adequate ice, but there are some areas where the ice is inadequate. By o...
TOM NOONAN

These candidates . . . have had a debate every night, it seems. If people don't know who their candi...
BOB NOONAN

I think it could set some trends.
BOB NOONAN

The plan was for him to stay in sight. Unfortunately the perpetrator changed the plans and Mr. D'Sou...
FRANK NOONAN

Eighty-five to ninety percent of our nation's critical infrastructure systems are owned by the priva...
TOM NOONAN

Ambition is the ecclesiastical lust.
DANIEL NOONAN

I've drilled fewer holes. It's more that it has saved me a lot of aggravation about finding where to...
TOM NOONAN

Puck takes a wrong turn and they end up in the forest of Athens on the Hollywood set, instead of the...
ED NOONAN

It was a really Hollywood production and the movie itself reflects that.
ED NOONAN

Right now we have to organize two different derbies.
TOM NOONAN

I think that's what happens when you get scared, and you're rushing, and you don't have ...
TOM NOONAN

It's like your taking twice the dose and you don't know it. You can't tell by looking at it.
FRANK NOONAN

There were certain code words they used to determine he was fine, that he had no problem whatsoever....
FRANK NOONAN

My personal belief is Smoke intended to kill this fellow. We had a plan, but the murderer had a plan...
FRANK NOONAN

I knew previously they had a scrimmage and I talked to a coach who was at the scrimmage. (He) said t...
JAY NOONAN

We've still got quite a few sophomores that are in there for the first time playing their first vars...
JAY NOONAN

It's always key to start strong. Last year, we went 0-3, so this is key for us. I feel that it's imp...
JAY NOONAN

It's a matter that DEC is looking into. We don't have any of the details on that. All we were told w...
PATRICK NOONAN

It looked liked one was watching while the other tried,
MICHAEL NOONAN

In general, humans have long pictured themselves as separate from nature, but one of the lessons tha...
MICHAEL NOONAN

Eighty-five to ninety percent of our nation's critical information systems are owned by the private ...
TOM NOONAN

I believe the sign of maturity is accepting deferred gratification.
PEGGY CAHN

The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.
PEGGY FLEMING

We wanted to be achievers, but being an achiever didn't mean that you stopped being a woman.
PEGGY FLEMING

Then came the choreography... the impact of music and choreography tends to really emphasize an over...
PEGGY FLEMING

I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after ...
PEGGY FLEMING

I feel the same magic about 'Angel Falls' that I did with 'Twin Peaks' and 'Mod ...
PEGGY LIPTON

No one knows me with dark hair.
PEGGY LIPTON

Opening myself to criticism was a big door to go through. You can be afraid about something your who...
PEGGY RATHMANN

I believe the sign of maturity is accepting deferred gratification.
PEGGY CAHN

To discover joy is to return to a state of oneness with the universe.
PEGGY JENKINS

And isn't that, at it's core, what the princess fantasy is about for all of us? "Princess" is how we...
PEGGY ORENSTEIN

It's not that pink is intrinsically bad, but it is such a tiny slice of the rainbow, and, though it ...
PEGGY ORENSTEIN

When a kid graduates from being the youngest in a family to being a big brother or sister, there'...
PEGGY RATHMANN

It takes all the fun out of a bracelet if you have to buy it yourself.
PEGGY JOYCE

Every grade level should examine these things, just in a different way.
PEGGY ALTOFF

I think what we want kids to know about war, and about this particular war, is ... where it's happen...
PEGGY ALTOFF

It's like taking a group of teachers and telling doctors how to practice. And yet it seems to me tha...
PEGGY ALTOFF

Philadelphia is unique, in that case. Nationally, what is happening is less emphasis on social-studi...
PEGGY ALTOFF

They weren't really weddings, just long costume parties. (on three of her weddings)
PEGGY LEE

Through my skating, I've learned so much about myself. My sport taught me what I could do with my ta...
PEGGY FLEMING

I really loved what the guys were doing more than anything, how high they jumped, how effortless it ...
PEGGY FLEMING

John Hancock owned one of the wharves. It needed repair. In this letter he instructs his agent in Pl...
PEGGY BAKER

It's kind of like being a fireman, and I've done it myself, so I understand what they go through. It...
PEGGY TAPHORN

At one point they had very elaborate plans. That's what the drawing shows. Those plans were cut back...
PEGGY BAKER

When you make illustrations, you're supposed to have a subtext; you're not just communicatin...
PEGGY RATHMANN

I had become so insulated in my world as a mother that I didn't know how to pick up the phone an...
PEGGY LIPTON

It makes it nicer all around for the kids and the administrators to have families like that. It's a ...
PEGGY BAKER

I talk a lot to Nova on the telephone. You can't be involved with people during such a traumatic tim...
PEGGY BAKER

I send our soldiers (to the America Supports You Web site) all the time. They can go in, they can go...
PEGGY BAKER

Imagine when Plymouth had a working waterfront with all the bustle and energy and stench that comes ...
PEGGY BAKER

People see what's there and think that's what was always there. But it wasn't. Before 1921 it was ve...
PEGGY BAKER

The pageant was mobbed. And it's a good thing there were tourists because everyone in town was in it...
PEGGY BAKER

The Cole's Hill of today is a complete remake. It didn't have grass. It didn't have that shape. Ther...
PEGGY BAKER

I just couldn't do it. I was too emotional. My daughter (Lisa Miller) was too upset, too.
PEGGY SMITH

He was hoping the team would pull through and get a win for him. He was doing OK (afterward). We had...
PEGGY HINKEL

In the case of Sudan, the Sudanese government's presence on the commission meant that African states...
PEGGY HICKS

My heart goes out to Lindsay Lohan.
PEGGY LIPTON

There were just too many steps. And the $1.75 transaction fee was too much ? it was painful.
PEGGY BAKER

Sandy sees subtle nuances, the tilt of the head, how an ear looks, he picks up the tiny details that...
PEGGY PROCTOR

Right-wing influence on sex education has played an equal, if not greater role. Federally mandated a...
PEGGY ORENSTEIN

You have to be totally paralyzed to be able to use this.
PEGGY CHUN

Megan threw 110-11 which is a good start for her. Christina did a good job. We were fifth as a team ...
PEGGY COX

If someone can use it, then why throw it away? I don't like to see anything thrown in the trash that...
PEGGY KEHOE

Take a sheet and get it wet and lay it across you, then go lay by an open window. When the breeze bl...
PEGGY ANDREWS

They'd never heard of the Terry Fox Run,
PEGGY BROWN

People like a woman who drinks her scotch straight. People like a woman who serves milk and cookies....
PEGGY UPCHURCH

where I was still told to my face that modern art can only be loved...by Jews.
PEGGY GUGGENHEIM

If Venice sinks, the collection should be preserved somewhere in the vicinity of Venice.
PEGGY GUGGENHEIM

I'm a big fan of naval instruments.
PEGGY BAKER

I ran into Neal Patrick Harris recently. We were in something called The Purple People Eater. He was...
PEGGY LIPTON

States are doing this for two reasons. They want to be ethical institutions, and they want the skept...
PEGGY KERNS

Right now, we're at half that level.
PEGGY SIMPSON

Right now, those people would have 20 years of experience and be stepping into management roles.
PEGGY ROBBINS

We think we've got the right products, the right promotions, but like last year, we are still cautio...
PEGGY PALTER

Careful, Sandi. You're about to let your bulldog mouth overload your bird-dog bite.
PEGGY WEBB

Chicken pox is highly infectious and you're going to spread it before you know you have it.
PEGGY GRIGG

Not good, definitely not good. We don't have fatalities in Plano that often, so when we do, it's not...
PEGGY HARRELL

Students are really not aware of the consequences of blood alcohol concentration and what impacts it...
PEGGY BROWN

We want to help people get grounded in things that they can do immediately to help bring about a bet...
PEGGY BROWN

They guided us through the hoops and circles.
PEGGY BROWN

Many of our products are targeted to people with dry skin, brittle hair or itchy scalps. That's very...
PEGGY BROWN

We lived in Port Coquitlam and the kids went to the same school as Terry Fox,
PEGGY BROWN

Petite doesn't necessarily mean small circumference-wise, but short.
PEGGY DUPRAS

I had a cat I could not see,
Because it stayed in back of me.
It was a very loyal pet-
PEGGY RATHMANN

She was a beautiful woman, fresh-scrubbed and wholesome. Just like his ex-fiancee. A heartless flooz...
PEGGY WEBB

After all, he was human, in spite of rumors to the contrary.
PEGGY WEBB

(I want him to be sentenced to) life in prison. I don't want the death penalty. I want him to live t...
PEGGY WHITE

Taxes are usually permanent, but tax cuts aren't.
PEGGY VENABLE

A contract portrait bronze commission takes roughly 12 to 18 months to complete.
PEGGY PROCTOR

We numb our minds and heart so one need not be broken and the other need not be bothered.
PEGGY HAYMES

It just takes two or three pinches of bone powder to find molecular evidence. We have protein sequen...
PEGGY OSTROM

We want them to learn simple things that are relaxing, like conscious breathing and guided imagery, ...
PEGGY BROWN

How could he try to get Sandi to reveal her true colors when she was a rainbow?
PEGGY WEBB

My sport taught me what I could do with my talents, whether in the rink or in the rest of my life.
PEGGY FLEMING

I really got into officiating to try and get things organized. I went to the state (officials) organ...
PEGGY CORRIGAN

Childbirth is normal until proven otherwise.
PEGGY VINCENT

Our goal was to have them one-sided on a piece of paper so Mike could hand them out and soldiers cou...
PEGGY ESERKALN

A lot of people think they can't donate blood because they are on a particular medicine. That may no...
PEGGY SIMPSON

We don't keep a lot of type B blood on the shelf.
PEGGY SIMPSON

We have faithful donors in the Danville community.
PEGGY SIMPSON

If they had a surgery scheduled that would need a lot of blood, they might have to check with us fir...
PEGGY SIMPSON

It's been a perfect mentoring system and support back and forth.
PEGGY ROBBINS

Years ago, we insisted on a 40-hour week, working 8 to 5. We've become much more flexible in terms o...
PEGGY ROBBINS

When we made those decisions, we didn't know exactly what the economy was going to do, but it was ou...
PEGGY PALTER

We're just being cautious. This is not a recall, but until we have more information, the responsible...
PEGGY PALTER

The competition is tougher. We recognize that consumers spend the most in the store you go to first,...
PEGGY PALTER

This is really the first major move that Lacy has made. It's really a starting point. He's been very...
PEGGY PALTER

That's right. The other thing I found really amazing is one of the solutions is not to spend more ti...
PEGGY NORTHROP

The new text substantially advances the discussion and gives a good basis to achieve a stronger huma...
PEGGY HICKS

The possibility that a small number of states with deeply troubling human rights records could block...
PEGGY HICKS

Human rights victims around the world have been anxiously watching this summit, and their focus will...
PEGGY HICKS

The possibility that a small number of states with deeply troubling human rights records could block...
PEGGY HICKS

Criticism of the traditional male role is often mistaken for criticism of men themselves. When this ...
PEGGY NATIELLO

I cried with pride as I looked into the face of a midwife from the next generation of baby catchers.
PEGGY VINCENT

As a young child, I played the violin. I think that that started the spark.
PEGGY FLEMING

The scandal at the congressional level has received so much publicity, it does permeate down to the ...
PEGGY KERNS

Local elected officials play critical roles in economic development and poverty reduction. You get e...
PEGGY BELTRONE

I've never been to jail before. I was married to a lawyer for 31 years. I'm a peaceful person.
PEGGY SMITH

You're wearing a lace thong?" Dolly clapped her hands. "That's absolutely perfect for romance.
PEGGY WEBB

The world went by, and we didn't get caught up in all the other things, because we didn't ha...
PEGGY FLEMING

I didn't stutter when I was reading lines in a script. When I got away from myself, I didn't...
PEGGY LIPTON

I'm always happy when I'm cleaning, and besides, I had just found out that I was going to have a bab...
PEGGY LEE

Retire? Not on your life. I have no plans to stop singing. What are you going to do when you love mu...
PEGGY LEE

Sometimes I want to revive a song or medley I did that went over with the crowd.
PEGGY LEE

The property is rare. It reminds you of Camelot. It's just perfect.
PEGGY MORIARTY

I want to do 'The Graduate!' When Lorraine Bracco's finished, I'm up for it.
PEGGY LIPTON

We feel strongly they do have the authority and responsibility to review textbooks.
PEGGY VENABLE

That said, pointing out inaccurate or unrealistic portrayals of women to younger grade school childr...
PEGGY ORENSTEIN

I didn't know how to smile for the paparazzi.
PEGGY LIPTON

You're so arrogant, you're almost macho.
PEGGY WEBB

Human beings are very complicated, and there are a lot of interesting barriers we set up (to justify...
PEGGY CONLON

Some women who have short arms are 5 feet 6 but buy petites because they are more comfortable with t...
PEGGY DUPRAS

It's an amazing piece of property. It's virtually unchanged in 200 years. For us to get this is just...
PEGGY ERICKSON

Customers really shouldn't see a lot of changes. But I think the independence will eventually help u...
PEGGY FOWLER

The fact they increased to 42 percent was a major step towards Wal-Mart's commitment to Seiyu and to...
PEGGY FURUSAKA

We miss you, Charlie, and we love you; your boys will always remember.
PEGGY GARBARINI

When it became a million-dollar prize, the ante went up in all kinds of ways ... It's a daunting day...
PEGGY KATALINICH

I don't really think they are at risk kids, but you want to know what elements are operating in your...
PEGGY JOHNSON

He's doing OK. I guess he's gotten over the worst part and accepts the fact that he's not going to b...
PEGGY HINKEL

This event has become bigger and bigger every year.
PEGGY LASKOWSKI

We felt doing a complete study of all our fields had advantages. We've been losing ground because of...
PEGGY LEWIS

The kids had a lot of creative ideas. We will certainly take them into consideration.
PEGGY MCCARTHEY

In our story, we talk about the fact that a lot of doctors don't have the training or time to talk t...
PEGGY NORTHROP

This was the only way we could find, perhaps, to slow them down.
PEGGY PAGE

We must try again to be alive to what the people of our country really long for in our national life: forgiveness and grace, maturity and wisdom.

...Our political leaders will know our priorities only if we tell them, again and again, and if those priorities begin to show up in the polls.

Peggy Noonan

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We must try again to be alive to what the people of our country really long for in our national life: forgiveness and grace, maturity and wisdom....Our political leaders will know our priorities only if we tell them, again and again, and if those priorities begin to show up in the polls.

Peggy Noonan

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We must try again to be alive to what the people of our country really long for in our national life: forgiveness and grace, maturity and wisdom.

...Our political leaders will know our priorities only if we tell them, again and again, and if those priorities begin to show up in the polls.