#contra

Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#away #clings #condition #contract #long

Obama ran on a platform of unmitigated optimism - a promise to usher in a brighter day for America. But there could hardly be a greater contrast between his pledge and his performance in office, between his commitment to the nation and his current abandonment of all hope. ↗

— David Limbaugh

#america #between #brighter #commitment #contrast

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#contract #first #first principle #legitimate #only

This will be my last contract. I wanted it to be a good one. ↗

— Leonard Little

#good #i #last #wanted #will

In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much hesitation. ↗

— Charles Lyell

#discovery #general #hesitation #i #i can

Of course, we're all a mass of contradictions. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#course #mass

Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and silence and suppress those who hold contrary opinions, just at that moment the citadel has been surrendered. ↗

— Archibald MacLeish

#censor #citadel #contrary #convinced #hold

The spy boom has been a beautiful windfall for architects, construction companies, IT specialists, and above all defense contractors, enriching thousands of private companies and dozens of local economies hugging the Capital Beltway. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#architects #beautiful #been #beltway #boom

I was under the impression I had signed a three-year contract. I want to be back. I expect to be back. I will be back. ↗

— Greg Maddux

#contract #expect #had #i #impression

I wish to be cremated. One tenth of my ashes shall be given to my agent, as written in our contract. ↗

— Groucho Marx

#ashes #contract #cremated #given #i