#bat

Suddenly, at about ten o'clock, a dull thud sounded somewhere far away from us, and simultaneously we saw a small white round cloud about half a mile ahead of us where the shrapnel had exploded. The battle had begun. ↗

— Fritz Kreisler

#ahead #away #battle #begun #clock

I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#anyone #argument #debate #expect #i

There is a battle to be waged over what kind of country we are going to leave our children and grandchildren and that battle is happening now in Washington, not two years from now. ↗

— John Thune

#children #country #going #grandchildren #happening

I used to think I actually was Batman. ↗

— Justin Timberlake

#batman #i #think #used

If you combat an international phenomenon, it is indispensable to share information internationally. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#indispensable #information #international #internationally #phenomenon

We don't always agree on stuff, but when it's time to blow the whistle and start the game, we're not still debating. ↗

— Rick Wagoner

#always #blow #debating #game #start

I had my own battle tactics. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#had #i #my own #own #tactics

Seeing that our thirst was increasing and the water was killing us, while the storm did not abate, we agreed to trust to God, Our Lord, and rather risk the perils of the sea than wait there for certain death from thirst. ↗

— Alvar N. C. de Vaca

#agreed #certain #death #did #god

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best. ↗

— Voltaire

#best #big #god #shoot #side

Most songs have meager beginnings. You wake up in the morning, you throw on your suspenders, and you subvocalize and just think. They seem to form like calcium. I can't think of a story right off the bat that was that interesting. I write things on the back of my hand, usually, and sing into a tape recorder. ↗

— Tom Waits

#bat #beginnings #form #hand #i