#era

It began in mystery and it will end in mystery, but what a rare and beautiful country lies in between. ↗

— Diane Ackerman

#beauty

Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings. ↗

— Robert Burns

#dying #gets #guy #instead #opera

Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity? ↗

— Samuel Butler

#distinctly #excluded #felicity #general #heaven

Our greatest privilege and responsibility as leaders of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs is to provide our veterans with a system that cares for their wounds and ensures that they have an opportunity to succeed. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#cares #committee #ensures #greatest #greatest privilege

Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil. ↗

— Lord Byron

#evil #generally #must #mystery #suspected

Our workforce is very co-operative, very flexible, easy to work with and one of the big selling points. The idea that Britain is still back in the labour market of the '70s is utterly bizarre. ↗

— Vince Cable

#big #bizarre #britain #co-operative #easy

If you approach an opera as though it were something that always went a certain way, that's what you get. I approach an opera as though I didn't know it. ↗

— Sarah Caldwell

#approach #certain #certain way #get #i

We can practice tolerance while still holding true to cultural values that protect the institution of marriage as a union between only a man and a woman. ↗

— Ken Calvert

#cultural #holding #institution #man #marriage

It is remarkable that this people, though unarmed, dares attack an armed foe; the infantry defy the cavalry, and by their activity and courage generally prove victors. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

#armed #attack #cavalry #courage #dares

In the broad and sweeping sense which the use of the term generally implies, I am not a free-trader. ↗

— John Griffin Carlisle

#broad #generally #i #i am #implies