#appoint

A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat. ↗

— John Selden

#buy #family #just #king #made

Finding out that I was gay when I was older was a shock and a disappointment. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#finding #gay #i #older #out

People from New York have been calling, to see if I'm still alive. When I answer the phone, you can hear the disappointment in their voice. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#answer #been #calling #disappointment #hear

I remember kind of doing early acting and thinking, 'God, they don't paint behind the sets.' It's a bit of a shame, really - 'Oh, what's on the other side of this wall? Oh, you can see the plywood.' I was really disappointed. I just thought that these things were real, from watching things as a kid. ↗

— Andy Serkis

#behind #bit #disappointed #doing #early

For me the printing process is part of the magic of photography. It's that magic that can be exciting, disappointing, rewarding and frustrating all in the same few moments in the darkroom. ↗

— John Sexton

#disappointing #exciting #few #frustrating #magic

I give and give, even when I get nothing back - and that sets me up for disappointment. ↗

— Angie Stone

#disappointment #even #get #give #i

On gym days, I don't get to my desk until 4 in the afternoon, and everything except bedtime and the appointment with the liquid narcotic is pushed back a bit. ↗

— Peter Straub

#appointment #back #bedtime #bit #days

I had no inducement to proceed further into the interior. I had been sufficiently disappointed in the termination of this excursion, and the track before me was still less inviting. ↗

— Charles Sturt

#before #disappointed #excursion #further #had

I am afraid I am a constant disappointment to my party. The fact of the matter is, the longer I am president the less of a party man I seem to become. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#am #become #constant #disappointment #fact

...you disappoint me -I am the worst liar in the world - I can't hide my pain or my need so I make a bouquet of my sorrows and give them to you ... ↗

— John Geddes

#liar #lies #love #pain #poetry