Bouncing Checks

Proverbs are the cream of a nation's thought. - Unknown

Spare Tire: The one you check after you have a flat - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

The youth of a nation are the trustees of posterity. - Benjamin Disraeli

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements. - Norman Douglas

If a nation loses its storyteller, it loses its childhood. - Peter Handke

A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself. - Arthur Miller

A nation of spaghetti eaters cannot restore Roman civilization. - Benito Mussolini

Carpe Diem! Seize the day!
Carpe per diem - seize the check. - Robin Williams

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation. - Oscar Wilde

One half of the nation is mad - and the other half not very sound. - Tobias Smollett

No one flower can every symbolize this nation. America is a bouquet. - William Safire

I have a feeling my Check Liver Light may come on this weekend. - Unknown

Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future. - Ayn Rand

England is an empire, Germany is a nation, a race, France is a person. - Jules Michelet

The last mosquito that bit me had to check into the Betty Ford clinic. - Joanna Lumley

No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices. - Edward R Murrow

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it. - Lao Tzu

Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis. - Brendan Behan

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. - John F Kennedy

Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town. - Truman Capote

The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world. - Alexander Graham Bell

Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars. - Dale Carnegie

The nation is prosperous on the whole, but how much prosperity is there in a hole? - Will Rogers

Money can't buy you happiness? Well, check this out: I bought myself a happy meal. - Paul F Taylor

A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live. - Jesse Jackson

Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note. - Hank Stram

Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is ready cash - use it. - Kay Lyons

The fate of a nation has often depended upon the good or bad digestion of a prime minister. - Voltaire

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt. - John Adams

We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business. - Will Rogers

You can conquer the city, the nation, the world, but until you can conquer your spirit, you're a loser. - Unknown

A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future. - Marian W Edelman

Yesterday is a cancelled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have - so spend it wisely. - Unknown

When the law no longer protects you from the corrupt, but protects the corrupt from you, you know your nation is doomed. - Ayn Rand

If I were God and I were trying to create a nation that would get up the nostrils of the Englishman, I would create the French. - Julian Barnes

Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective. - Martin Luther King Jr.

On my income tax 1040 it says, "Check this box if you are blind." I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away. - Tom Lehrer

Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen. I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe; I want ours to be a nation of gentlemen. - Robert Mugabe

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. - Franklin D Roosevelt

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. - Winston Churchill