#ears

God Almighty is, to be sure, unmoved by passion or appetite, unchanged by affection; but then it is to be added that He neither sees nor hears nor perceives things by any senses like ours; but in a manner infinitely more perfect. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#affection #almighty #any #appetite #god

America's veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#america #embody #founded #ideals #more

The sacrifices ordinary American men and women from communities large and small have been willing to make, often before they were past their teenage years, have secured our nation unprecedented freedoms and made us the world's bulwark of liberty. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#american men #been #before #bulwark #communities

I think I had a mild case of Asperger's as a younger guy, but that typically just wears off after a while. ↗

— David Byrne

#case #guy #had #i #i think

In this case, I realize that, unlike when I was 22 years old, I realize now that football will not go on forever, it is a small part of your life. ↗

— Brett Favre

#football #forever #go #i #life

The German people were not denied, however, the possibility of improving their lot by hard work over the years. Industrial growth and progress were not denied them. ↗

— James F. Byrnes

#german #german people #growth #hard #hard work

But you know the thing that I thing oftentimes gets ignored and neglected is there was 10 or 12 years of life before I met Amy and before she met me, where you know, whatever happened was probably going to happen some day. ↗

— Vince Gill

#before #day #gets #going #happen

In the past few years, we've been doing amazing stuff with desserts. Pastry chefs have been using herbs and spices in their desserts. So vanilla cake doesn't have to be just vanilla, it can have a little thyme. Or you could have a custard with a little lavender in it, which is just amazing. ↗

— Ron Ben-Israel

#been #cake #chefs #could #custard

Yet creeds mean very little, Coth answered the dark god, still speaking almost gently. The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. ↗

— James Branch Cabell

#answered #best #creeds #dark #fears

Banks operate like a man who either wears his trousers round his chest, stifling breathing, as now, or round his ankles, exposing his assets. We want their trousers tied round their middle: steady lending growth; particularly to productive British business, especially small scale enterprise. ↗

— Vince Cable

#assets #banks #breathing #british #business