#bear

The man who bears my name, and who claims to be me, was born on July 15, 1865, the sixth in a family of seven. He was an ugly child, and remained ugly till his eighteenth year, when his looks gradually improved. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#born #child #claims #eighteenth #family

I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though, and I hate it. I get embarrassed. ↗

— Vanessa Hudgens

#call #embarrassed #get #had #hate

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing. ↗

— Epictetus

#constitute #in my opinion #man #opinion #powers

Last night I neglected to mention something that bears repeating. ↗

— Ron Fairly

#i #last #last night #mention #neglected

You can't do comedy with a beard. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#comedy #you

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#bear #cannot #change #happy #learns

If we know where we want to go, then even a stony road is bearable. ↗

— Horst Koehler

#even #go #know #road #then

We must also be permitted to bear in mind that evolution, though it may explain everything else, cannot explain itself. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

#bear #cannot #else #everything #evolution

Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears around it a faint flavor of the erotic. ↗

— Patricia Meyer Spacks

#avoids #bears #even #faint #flavor

I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing. ↗

— Bette Midler

#grudges #i #mind #nothing #retains