#ai

And before I'd got to the end of the first paragraph, I'd come up slap bang against a fundamental problem that still troubles me today whenever I begin a story, and it's this: where am I telling it from? ↗

— Philip Pullman

#am #bang #before #begin #come

For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title to claim. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#high #i #long #long time #poet

I elect to stay on the soil of which I was born and on the plot of ground which I have fairly bought and honestly paid for. Don't advise me to leave, and don't add insult to injury by telling me it's for my own good; of that I am to be the judge. ↗

— Robert Purvis

#advise #am #born #bought #elect

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain. ↗

— Pliny the Elder

#certainty #matters #nothing #only #these

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#certain #death #death and taxes #except #nothing

I visited the compound of the American embassy and talked to the police and the people and encouraged them, and I told them to take the proper measure and apply the law against the people who are attacking them and attacking the buildings. ↗

— Hesham Qandil

#american #apply #attacking #buildings #compound

I have always felt that public, commercial and community organisations should be as open as possible about their affairs. They need to be accountable to their owners, their customers, their members and communities and other interest groups. ↗

— Laisenia Qarase

#accountable #affairs #always #commercial #communities

I don't trust Santa Barbara as far as I can spit. I am afraid that if I went back there, it's possible that I could be run through their system, their judicial system, and wind up in some county jail where I could be killed and I'm not gonna take that chance. ↗

— Randy Quaid

#am #as far as #back #barbara #chance

The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy? ↗

— Dan Quayle

#faith #had #i #know #like

I only wish I had more time for fund raising. ↗

— Nido Qubein

#had #i #more #only #raising