#against

I sent The World Well Lost to one editor who rejected it on sight, and then wrote a letter to every other editor in the field warning them against the story, and urging them to reject it on sight without reading it. ↗

— Theodore Sturgeon

#editor #every #field #i #letter

When punk really started to happen, it was a reaction against the disco craze of the time. ↗

— Anna Sui

#disco #happen #punk #reaction #really

Don't set your wit against a child. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#child #set #wit #your

I'm not against screens, or new songs, or innovation. I just don't like the gimmicks. I want to know when worship is over that that leader's sole purpose was to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

#christ #gimmicks #glorify #i #innovation

What is the price of a thousand horses against a son where there is one son only? ↗

— John Millington Synge

#horses #only #price #son #thousand

It is wrong to try to avoid the struggle against imperialism under the pretext that independence and revolution are important, but that peace is still more precious. ↗

— Kim Il-sung

#avoid #imperialism #important #independence #more

I remember when I was 6 years old and my brother used to go seek out guys that were 13 to come over and play football against me while he was the 'permanent quarterback.' I didn't know exactly what the age difference was, but I was already playing against older guys. ↗

— Junior Seau

#age #already #brother #come #difference

And under Obamacare, insurance companies can no longer discriminate against women. Before, some wouldn't cover women's most basic needs, like contraception and maternity care, but would still charge us up to 50 percent more than men - for a worse plan. ↗

— Kathleen Sebelius

#basic #basic needs #before #care #charge

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#against #bravest #great #great man #man

Men shut their doors against a setting sun. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#doors #men #setting #setting sun #shut