#commend

People aren't quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner. They're not quite sure what is being recommended, what literary values it stands for, because every year it stands for something different. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#being #book #booker #different #every

Once I was in a cafe in Portland and the woman at the next table and I began chatting and in the course of our conversation she strongly recommend I visit this web site called 'The Rumpus' so I could read this advice column called 'Dear Sugar.' It was so painful not to tell her that in fact I was Sugar, but I didn't. ↗

— Cheryl Strayed

#began #cafe #called #chatting #column

I don't have a particular recommendation other than that we base decisions on as much hard data as possible. We need to carefully look at all the options and all their ramifications in making our decisions. ↗

— Dorothy Denning

#carefully #data #decisions #hard #i

We also very importantly recommend continued growth in the Army and the Marine Corps end strength. ↗

— John M. McHugh

#army #continued #corps #end #growth

If the Lord Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon Creation, I should have recommended something simpler. ↗

— Alfonso X

#before #consulted #creation #embarking #had

I rise today to discuss the National Intelligence Reform bill. I commend my colleagues in both Houses for their hard work in coming to an agreement. As with any conference, each voice is heard, but none can dominate and compromise must be achieved. ↗

— Ted Stevens

#agreement #any #bill #both #colleagues

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily. ↗

— Zig Ziglar

#daily #does #last #motivation #neither

I think that there's been an unfortunate tendency for right wing think tanks to dominate these discussions. They often produce very shoddy studies and policy recommendations, which are nevertheless taken very seriously. ↗

— Juan Cole

#discussions #dominate #i #i think #nevertheless

I don't think there is anything particularly wrong in hitting a woman, though I don't recommend you do it the same way that you hit a man. ↗

— Sean Connery

#hit #hitting #i #man #particularly

If somebody asks me to recommend a young, good singer, I always do. ↗

— Maureen Forrester

#asks #good #i #i always #me