Quotes with overboard

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• Sink the Bible to the bottom of the sea, and man's obligation to God would be unchanged. He would have the same path to tread, only his lamp and his guide would be gone; he would have the same voyage to make, only his compass and chart would be overboard.

  Henry Ward Beecher
  American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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• Approximately 80 % of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.

  Ronald Reagan
  American politician and actor (1911 - 2004)
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• Poverty is uncomfortable; but 9 times out of 10 the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and be compelled to sink or swim.

  James A. Garfield
  President of the USA (1831 - 1881)
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Subjects in these quotes:

• approximately
• uncomfortable
• vegetation
• pollution
• enforcing
• standards

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