#ate

The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate. ↗

— Douglas Engelbart

#directly proportional #embarrassment #mature #person #proportional

Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal. ↗

— Friedrich Engels

#crime #criminal #even #laws #more

Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words. ↗

— Paul Engle

#blooded #delicate #emotions #held #ideas

He is so beautiful," she thought, aching from the sadness that she saw in his eyes. In the late-afternoon sunlight, those eyes were almost green. She took his face in her hands and pulled him to her, claiming the kiss she had so desperately wanted the day before but had forgotten in the heat of the moment. She closed her eyes and felt him respond to her mouth, his tongue seeking hers. ↗

— Shira Anthony

#erotica-romance #pirates #threesome #beauty

People who aren't perhaps that into sport are going to be following me and wanting to be part of the Olympics. That definitely does bring added pressure but as an athlete the Olympics are the ultimate competition. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#athlete #bring #competition #definitely #does

Until we can fully grasp the extent of corruption and fraud involved in the administration of the Oil-for-Food program, and until the United Nations decides to cooperate in the investigation, no American taxpayer dollars should go to the United Nations. ↗

— John Ensign

#american #american taxpayer #cooperate #corruption #decides

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#belong #cultivate #cultivating #doing #doing good

It consists entirely of people who are not related by blood, many of whom can't stand each other. ↗

— Delia Ephron

#consists #each #entirely #many #other

Over the past decade, prescribing information has grown more and more complex, more and more dense and more difficult to negotiate. ↗

— Andrew von Eschenbach

#decade #dense #difficult #grown #information

I didn't learn to swim until I was 21 or something because I grew up in the mountains in Wyoming and all the water is glacier runoff and cold. ↗

— Matthew Fox

#cold #glacier #grew #i #learn