#des

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. ↗

— E. B. White

#arise #between #day #desire #enjoy

If I take a less defensive tone, I'd admit that I couldn't write today a very jazzy, contemporary look at America as I did in 1979 in States of Desire. ↗

— Edmund White

#america #contemporary #defensive #desire #did

General Howe turned out some German wild boars and sows in his forests, to the great terror of the neighbourhood; and, at one time, a wild bull or buffalo: but the country rose upon them and destroyed them. ↗

— Gilbert White

#bull #country #destroyed #forests #general

I wanted to be able to talk with people who have trade jobs and make records with them. I want to do more records with carpenters, electricians, people who specialize in even more bizarre trades that are off the beaten path. ↗

— Jack White

#beaten #beaten path #bizarre #even #i

The hardest that I've laughed at a movie was probably Team America. I laughed 'til I thought I was just gonna throw up. I almost had to turn it off. ↗

— Ron White

#america #gonna #had #hardest #i

The hardest thing about skateboarding is consistency: The slightest flick of your foot or gust of wind can send your board flying, so it's really anybody's game out there. ↗

— Shaun White

#anybody #board #consistency #flick #flying

I can't really describe a trick as much as I just feel it. ↗

— Shaun White

#feel #i #just #much #really

You can only jump so far until you break your leg. You can only land so hard until something explodes. ↗

— Shaun White

#explodes #far #hard #jump #land

He who is created by television can be destroyed by television. ↗

— Theodore White

#destroyed #television #who

The righteousness of Jesus Christ is one of those great mysteries, which the angels desire to look into, and seems to be one of the first lessons that God taught men after the fall. ↗

— George Whitefield

#angels #christ #desire #fall #first