125 Quotes by Bill Dedman

The colleges and other institutions of learning are going too far, in my opinion. I think 50% of those attending educational institutions, having the professions in view, would be better off with a common school education that would enable them to earn a living, rather than sit around in offices and wait for clients. W.A. Clark (MT Senator, 1901-1907)

I never bought a man who wasn't for sale. -W.A. Clark, ascribed

The most essential elements of success in life are a purpose, increasing industry, temperate habits, scrupulous regard for one's word... courteous manners, a generous regard for the rights of others, and above all, integrity which admits of no qualification or variation. -W.A. Clark

Huguette had a fairy-tale checkbook, one that was refilled whenever it ran out of magic beans.

Eccentricity is not a psychiatric disorder.

Huguette was a formidable personality who lived life as she wanted, always on her own terms. In her own way, she found what life may be, a life of integrity.

In Montana, where Sen. William Andrews Clark made his fortune and lost his reputation, people had assumed that all his children were long dead. After all, he was born in 1839 and was of age to serve in the Civil War.

History is the best guide to the future.

Each year, at the typical nuclear reactor in the U.S., there's a 1 in 74,176 chance of an earthquake strong enough to cause damage to the reactor's core, which could expose the public to radiation. No tsunami required.