#bat

I have been defending Israel's right to exist, and to defend itself against terrorism, for many years-on college campuses, in television appearances and in debate. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#appearances #been #campuses #college #college campuses

You can't be a great mum and work the whole time necessarily; those two things aren't ideal. We have an awful lot to work on and to debate about in relation to our working lives, because it isn't working for a lot of people, particularly for a lot of women. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#awful #because #debate #great #ideal

What can I do, I asked myself, that is so spectacular that no one will be able to say he had seen it before? The answer was perfectly obvious. I would send a midget up to bat. ↗

— Bill Veeck

#answer #asked #bat #before #had

The greatest king of Israel, King David, the author of the Psalms, sent a man out to die in battle so that he could sleep with his wife. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#battle #could #david #die #greatest

So I rang up my local swimming baths. I said 'Is that the local swimming baths?' He said 'It depends where you're calling from.' ↗

— Tim Vine

#calling #depends #i #local #rang

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#approbation #between #chief #deeds #difference

I love action-adventure-type films - mythical adventures like 'Lord of the Rings' or superhero films like 'Batman.' ↗

— Zac Efron

#batman #films #i #i love #like

Spider-Man's probably my favorite. You see, Batman is a billionaire and there's nothing really cool about a billionaire saving the world. But Spider-Man is Peter Parker, a conflicted character who puts on a suit and saves the world. I love that. ↗

— Zac Efron

#batman #billionaire #character #cool #favorite