#bid

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#lacks #never #power #prevent #should

Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations; and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her copious hand! ↗

— Daniel Boone

#bid #blessings #commerce #descending #hand

I'm trying to focus on the 100 and 200 breaststroke now. There's no point concentrating on the 50 when it's not in the Olympics. I'm not going to quit the 50 but it's not my priority any more. I'll do it but as part of my bid for gold at the other distances. ↗

— Cameron van der Burgh

#bid #concentrating #distances #focus #going

Actors have bodyguards and entourages not because anybody wants to hurt them - who would want to hurt an actor? - but because they want to get recognized. God forbid someone doesn't recognize them. ↗

— James Caan

#anybody #because #bodyguards #forbid #get

With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#certain #go #healthy #humiliation #morbidity

Whatever its other limitations, the Big Apple and those who live there make room for their dogs and cats, take good care of them and abide by the rules made necessary by a huge population. ↗

— Nick Clooney

#apple #big #care #cats #dogs

You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don't enforce them, people are going to find a way to protect themselves. We need to recognize that bad people are doing bad things with these weapons. It's not the law-abiding citizens, it's not the person who uses it as a hobby. ↗

— Michael Steele

#bad people #citizens #control #country #doing

I like to abide by the seasons and let the natural flavor in food speak for itself. I use quick cooking techniques of high heat with very little fat, such as quick saute or wok stir-frying. ↗

— Cat Cora

#cooking #fat #flavor #food #heat

Mourning is not forbidden, you know. ↗

— Simin Daneshvar

#know #mourning #you

God forbid you be an ugly girl, 'course too pretty is also your doom, 'cause everyone harbors a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the room. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#cause #course #doom #everyone #forbid