#count

If Solomon counts the day of one's death better than the day of one's birth, there can be no objection why that also may not be reckoned amongst one's remarkable and happy days. ↗

— John Aubrey

#amongst #better #birth #counts #day

The silver Thames takes some part of this county in its journey to Oxford. ↗

— John Aubrey

#journey #oxford #part #silver #some

You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that it's always just one person encountering the book, it's not an audience, it's one to one. ↗

— Paul Auster

#always #audience #book #books #encountering

What might be good for ratings can be bad for the country. The hard-core partisans are self-segregating themselves into separate political realities. But the majority of Americans are starting to wake up to the game. ↗

— John Avlon

#country #game #good #into #majority

All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?' ↗

— Manal al-Sharif

#ask #attack #authority #country #did

For generations, America has served as a beacon of hope and freedom for those outside her borders, and as a land of limitless opportunity for those risking everything to seek a better life. Their talents and contributions have continued to enrich our country. ↗

— Spencer Bachus

#beacon #better #better life #borders #continued

There is a large body of abolitionists in Clinton and Clark Counties in this state, and in Wayne County Indiana, that would undoubtedly support such a store, but whether their support would be sufficient, I am unable to say. ↗

— Gamaliel Bailey

#am #body #clark #clinton #counties

We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. ↗

— Philip James Bailey

#best #count #deeds #dial #feels

I have no idea what goes on in another person's mind. As a legislator, I need to be good at persuading people, counting votes and getting to 50 percent plus one. I don't go back and say, 'Why did this person get to the right position?' It's only, 'Are you yes or are you no?' ↗

— Tammy Baldwin

#back #counting #did #get #getting

It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#country #educated #impossible #independent #mind