#feet

Today 80 percent of all the oil that comes out of the Gulf is from 1,000 feet or more and today almost a third of it is more than 5,000 feet below the surface. What hasn't happened is the safety and the ability to respond to a negative event such as this blowout, has been far outrun by the technology of drilling itself. We need to close that gap. ↗

— Bob Graham

#almost #been #below #close #comes

I had some surgery on my feet, which has helped my back some. ↗

— Merle Haggard

#feet #had #helped #i #some

Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally. ↗

— Lena Headey

#child #emotionally #feet #had #i

Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet? ↗

— Lily Tomlin

#name #special #tops #why #your

He had one uniform practice, and a very bad one it was, during the time of family worship, and just three or four seconds before the conclusion of the prayer, he started to his feet, and ran barking round the apartment like a crazed beast. ↗

— James Hogg

#bad #bad one #barking #beast #before

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. ↗

— Dolores Ibarruri

#die #feet #knees #live #than

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. ↗

— Joseph Joubert

#imagination #learning #who #wings #without

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet. ↗

— Joseph Joubert

#imagination #learning #who #wings #without

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#ecstasy #even #feet #freely #itself

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#ecstasy #even #feet #house #itself