I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it and one is the feeling that I haven’t just been sitting on my ass all afternoon.

— William F. Buckley Jr. The Book of Positive Quotations (2007)

More quotes by William F. Buckley Jr.

Up from Liberalism (1959)

Let Us Talk of Many Things : The Collected Speeches (2000)

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The War On Drugs Is Lost (1995)

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