#almost

The tragedy of life is not that man loses but that he almost wins. ↗

— Heywood Broun

#life #loses #man #tragedy #wins

Getting trapped back in the '80s, it's almost like a comic nightmare, which for me is a very real nightmare. Every time I flip through the cable, I have flashbacks. ↗

— John Cusack

#back #cable #comic #every #every time

In my almost 92 years on this earth, the good Lord has blessed me with a great journey. ↗

— Ernie Harwell

#blessed #earth #good #good lord #great

I think one of my biggest influences is Bette Davis. I've seen almost every one of her films, and she's been very inspiring to me. ↗

— Elizabeth Moss

#been #bette #bette davis #biggest #davis

I'm not going to make a big deal about a few tummy flutters because...dead people, old people, even furniture would get butterflies if they met this guy. ↗

— Anne Eliot

#crush #love #love

It is almost possible to predict one or two days in advance, within a rather broad range of probability, what the weather is going to be; it is even thought that it will not be impossible to publish daily forecasts, which would be very useful to soci. ↗

— Antoine Lavoisier

#almost #broad #broad range #daily #days

The necessity of every one paying in his own labor for what he consumes, affords the only legitimate and effectual check to excessive luxury, which has so often ruined individuals, states and empires; and which has now brought almost universal bankruptcy upon us. ↗

— Josiah Warren

#almost #bankruptcy #brought #check #consumes

We were so fundamental that almost everything had been stripped away from the place of worship. Think of the role words can play, when all other enticements and sensual attractions are gone. ↗

— James D. Houston

#attractions #away #been #everything #fundamental

Love has the quality of informing almost everything - even one's work. ↗

— Sylvia Ashton-Warner

#even #everything #informing #love #quality

My work is being destroyed almost as soon as it is printed. One day it is being read; the next day someone's wrapping fish in it. ↗

— Al Capp

#being #day #destroyed #fish #next