#erin

Time, which runs through the world like an endless tinsel thread, seemed to pass through the centre of this room and through the centre of these people and suddenly to pause and petrify, stiff, still and glittering... and the objects in the room drew a little closer together. ↗

— Robert Musil

#closer #drew #endless #glittering #like

People ask me to record their answering machines all the time. I love it. It's a miracle to me that people want to hear back those characters. ↗

— Mike Myers

#ask #back #characters #hear #i

Yes, I don't believe that the inter-Korean relationship has, quote, 'deteriorated' since I assumed office. Rather I believe that the relationship between the two Koreas is entering into a new phase - a time of transition. And so I think that the North Koreans are trying to see what they can build with this, with my new administration. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#assumed #believe #between #build #deteriorated

The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power. ↗

— Nikola Tesla

#civilisation #ever #feeble #fire #first

I recently lost 50 pounds. I'm hovering on the cusp of a size eight, which seems unbelievable. ↗

— Kathy Najimy

#eight #hovering #i #lost #pounds

I've done a lot of talk shows where you can tell that the host is just thinking about what he wants to say next while you're answering him and that's really uncomfortable. ↗

— Dave Navarro

#answering #done #him #host #i

I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#am #flattering #i #i am #sex

It seems to be that when these communist regimes take over - if you look at the example of Vietnam or Cambodia or Nicaragua - that even in conditions of peace they don't seem to be able to figure out how to support their people, and the human suffering is enormous. ↗

— John Negroponte

#cambodia #communist #conditions #enormous #even

I had not yet gotten into the world of light. But I felt as one who, standing outside, could knock against the wall and hear an answering knock from within. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

#answering #could #felt #gotten #had

I was considering running for political office. ↗

— Michael Newdow

#i #office #political #political office #running