#corps

There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it. ↗

— Alexander Herzen

#convince #corpse #hit #knock #more

The reality is that we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden. He will never appear in an American courtroom. That's the reality. He will be killed by us, or he will be killed by his own people so he's not captured by us. We know that. ↗

— Eric Holder

#appear #bin #captured #corpse #courtroom

That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse. ↗

— James M. Barrie

#bride #corpse #ever #good #good wishes

Eligible citizens from any State in the Union can serve in the Border Protection Corps of that State. ↗

— John Culberson

#border #citizens #corps #eligible #protection

He would make a lovely corpse. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#lovely #make #would

About every six to eight months, I run into a man who astounds me sexually, but between escapades, I'm celibate, which I don't think is any big deal. After two unsuccessful marriages, I find myself keeping my guard up, along with my underpants. ↗

— Sue Grafton

#marriage

My entire life has been an attempt to get back to the kind of feelings you have on a field. The sense of brotherhood, the esprit de corps, the focus - there being no past or future, just the ball. As trite as it sounds, I was happiest playing ball. ↗

— David Duchovny

#back #ball #been #being #brotherhood

AP promoted me to the White House beat because I knew Clinton, his family, friends, and staff better than anybody in the national press corps. Those contacts helped me break a few stories and get my career in Washington jump-started. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#beat #because #better #break #career

I really wanted to be on Six Feet Under as a corpse. That would be hysterical. ↗

— Michael Stipe

#feet #hysterical #i #really #six

Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living. ↗

— Theophile Gautier

#corpses #critical #desert #lice #like