#eight

Wild Bill was a strange character. In person he was about six feet and one inch in height. He was a Plains-man in every sense of the word. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

#bill #character #every #feet #height

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight. ↗

— Josh Billings

#effect #fighting #him #his #man

I couldn't be happier that President Bush has stood up for having served in the National Guard, because I can finally put an end to all those who questioned my motives for enlisting in the Army Reserve at the height of the Vietnam War. ↗

— Larry David

#because #bush #end #finally #guard

A couple of years I taught in graduate programs at NYU and Columbia, in the early eighties. ↗

— Russell Banks

#couple #early #eighties #graduate #i

I don't write shows with dialogue where actors have to memorize dialogue. I write the scenes where we know everything that's going to happen. There's an outline of about seven or eight pages, and then we improvise it. ↗

— Larry David

#dialogue #eight #everything #going #happen

If you move something 10 pounds through space and then stop suddenly, there's a little overshoot. When you transfer weight from one leg to another, there's a certain way that it happens. ↗

— Brad Bird

#certain #certain way #happens #leg #little

Everybody seized upon a bit of the beast. The Sultan claimed the liver, which, when dried and powdered, is worth twice its weight in gold as medicine. ↗

— Isabella Bird

#bit #claimed #dried #everybody #gold

There was a chance for me to write one song for the section where Elvis sat in his black leather outfit and sang the old hits. At eight oclock the next morning I had written Memories. ↗

— Mac Davis

#chance #eight #elvis #had #his

I don't have any real spirituality in my life - I'm kind of an atheist - but when music can take me to the highest heights, it's almost like a spiritual feeling. It fills that void for me. ↗

— Jack Black

#any #atheist #feeling #fills #heights

What I find most disturbing about Valentine's Day is, look, I get that you have to have a holiday of love, but in the height of flu season, it makes no sense. ↗

— Lewis Black

#day #disturbing #find #flu #get