Famous quotes containing the words states, house and/or committee:
“On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died.”
—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)
“I want a house that has got over all its troubles; I dont want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house.”
—Jerome K. Jerome (18591927)
“It is easy to carp at colleges, and the college, if he will wait for it, will have its own turn. Genius exists there also, but will not answer a call of a committee of the House of Commons. It is rare, precious, eccentric, and darkling.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
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