#able

There is only one real deprivation... and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most. ↗

— May Sarton

#deprivation #gifts #give #loves #most

One congressman asked 'I just want to know if you've accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior. The minister looked stunned, and he said 'no.' The whole table almost fell on the floor. The congressman was quite serious. That was his litmus test. ↗

— Jim Sasser

#almost #asked #christ #congressman #fell

It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest forms of different phenomena, whether phonetic, morphological or other, and how language lives, carries on and changes over time. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#among #carries #changes #commonest #different

Parables, yes. We here are to lead life with woe. Tasting bitter. the Tai Chi instructor ↗

— Lynne Sharon Schwartz

#grief #parables #sorrow #tai-chi #life

Be able to decline a date so gracefully that the person isn't embarrassed that he or she asked. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#asked #date #decline #embarrassed #gracefully

Be able to tell whether garments that look good on the hanger actually look good on you. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#actually #garments #good #look #tell

There are many hands touching ballots after a voter drops his ballot into the ballot box. There is no guarantee of ballot secrecy for anyone, which makes the whole system vulnerable to intimidation and bribery. ↗

— Bob Schaffer

#anyone #ballot #ballot box #ballots #box

And new people come in, and it doesn't go along with their politics, and they fire me, end the column, silence a voice in Los Angeles. They can't silence it nationally, but they are able to do it there. ↗

— Robert Scheer

#along #angeles #column #come #end

The other thing that has made playing live for me more enjoyable is the audience. I never knew I had such heartfelt, loving fans. ↗

— Michael Schenker

#enjoyable #fans #had #heartfelt #i

I had a wonderful time playing Dr. Kaufman in Tomorrow Never Dies. It was a real Bond villain, over the top, almost laughable but dangerous. ↗

— Vincent Schiavelli

#bond #dangerous #dies #dr #had