#eva

Madison Square Garden, November 1984. I don't recall taking too much fear into the ring. I knew I could fight. But I got a big shock. They put me in with this rough, tough veteran called Lionel Byarm. He tested me to the limit. But I fought my heart out and, in the end, I prevailed. The story of my life, in my very first fight. ↗

— Evander Holyfield

#called #could #end #fear #fight

It was then, I think, that I discovered that the best way of bringing a medieval subject home to my generation was not to be medieval in its treatment. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#best way #bringing #discovered #generation #home

The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man. ↗

— Charles Sumner

#elevation #enlightened #grandeur #humanity #intellect

Politics has become unbelievably and unfortunately way too much about how much money is involved rather than what kind of ideas are involved. ↗

— Mike Huckabee

#become #how #ideas #involved #kind

Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#elevates #god #limits #man #narrow

If you're going to play hockey now, you have to be able to play. If you have the ability to fight and play, you're an unbelievable commodity. But if you can only fight, there might be six of those guys left in the league, and I can guarantee they're going fast. ↗

— Brett Hull

#able #commodity #fast #fight #going

I wasn't privy to all of the intelligence that was coming in about Guatemala, but I did see the traffic that was coming in from Guatemala City, because it was very relevant to me, and of course I exchanged what I had with the chief of station in Guatemala City. ↗

— E. Howard Hunt

#because #chief #city #coming #course

We look in... Germany for a superstar. We began with 10,000 people, which applied. From these 10,000, 100 was selected. The jury is unbelievably competent. ↗

— Michelle Hunziker

#began #competent #germany #jury #look

We respect opposition to any position or policy. But we believe that the opinion that should prevail and be respected is that of the majority. ↗

— King Hussein I

#believe #majority #opinion #opposition #policy

The child who has been taught to make an accurate elevation, plan, and section of a pint pot has had an admirable training in accuracy of eye and hand. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#accurate #admirable #been #child #elevation