'Honesty is the best policy,' 'A dollar saved is a dollar earned,' 'Look before you leap,' 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,' 'The laborer is worthy of his hire,' may be scoffed at by some intellectuals as trite copybook rules, but nonetheless they sum up the elementary experience of the race in creating and consuming wealth.... People may change their minds as often as their coats, and new sets of rules of conduct may be written every week, but the fact remains that human nature has not changed and does not change, that inherent human beliefs stay the same the fundamental rules of human conduct continue to hold.
Quotes about scoffed (7 Quotes)
And if We hold back from them the punishment until a stated period of time, they will certainly say What prevents it Now surely on the day when it will come to them, it shall not be averted from them and that which they scoffed at shall beset them.
Over the years I've made decisions about things, especially music, and have been scoffed at and ridiculed and opposed, but I knew I had to do these things.
It Couldn't Be DoneSomebody said that it couldn't be done,But he with a chuckle repliedThat maybe it couldn't, but he would be oneWho wouldn't say so till he'd tried.So he buckled right in with the trace of a grinOn his face. If he worried he hid it.He started to sing as he tackled the thingThat couldn't be done, and he did it. Somebody scoffed Oh, you'll never do thatAt least no one ever has done itBut he took off his coat and he took off his hat,And the first thing we knew he'd begun it.With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,Without any doubting or quiddit,He started to sing as he tackled the thingThat couldn't be done, and he did it. There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,There are thousands to prophesy failureThere are thousands to point out to you, one by one,The dangers that wait to assail you.But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,Just take off your coat and go to itJust start to sing as you tackle the thingThat cannot be done, and you'll do it.
Lisa Graves of the American Civil Liberties Union scoffed at a defense official's assertion that the proposed change would not allow for carte blanche Pentagon spying inside the United States. That's some spin, ... The change would allow them to gather information on Americans surreptitiously. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck.
I myself have been particularly careful never to say a civil word to the United States. I have scoffed at their inhabitants as a nation of villagers. I have defined the 100 American as 99 an idiot. And they adore me.
Somebody scoffed, Oh, you'll never to that --At least no one ever has done it; But he took off his coat and he took off his hat, And the first thing we knew, he'd begun it.