#bat

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable. ↗

— Henry Adams

#get #got #insupportable #obstacles #order

Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath. ↗

— Arnold H. Glasow

#bath #facts #fish #giving #life

Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

#debate #feminine #masculine

You can't blame someone for not knowing what his or her job should be if you don't ask for it right off the bat. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#bat #blame #her #his #job

In the evening of the first day my father conducted us to the public baths. ↗

— Mary Antin

#conducted #day #evening #father #first

The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer. ↗

— David Antin

#debates #entertainer #entertainment #greece #paradoxical

In fact, I'd just like to own something. Everyone thinks I'm glamorous, rich and famous but all I've got is some recording equipment and a battered old BMW. ↗

— Dido Armstrong

#bmw #equipment #everyone #fact #famous

To get involved with a cause, you really have to become aware of it. You have to go on the ground and see with your own eyes, the people who have been affected by it, their process in how they're combating it, and what the organization represents. ↗

— David Arquette

#aware #become #been #cause #combating

We need to punch back against the extremes of both the left and the right and define the terms of the debate ourselves. ↗

— John Avlon

#back #both #debate #define #extremes

Blair... is accusing us of executing British soldiers. We want to tell him that we have not executed anybody. They are either killed in battle, most of them get killed because they are cowards anyway, the rest they just get captured. ↗

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

#anybody #anyway #battle #because #blair