#gains

He is still my father. He is still a person I know I could trust and he would never do anything against me. Once you're at the top, there are not many people like that. People always want something from you. ↗

— Martina Hingis

#always #anything #could #father #i

We had a poster of the Davis Cup in 1986. It was in Prague, the Czech Republic against Sweden, and we went to watch, so I got the poster. You couldn't get all the posters. You were lucky if you got one. ↗

— Martina Hingis

#cup #czech #czech republic #davis #davis cup

Ronald Reagan used to alarm his Soviet counterparts by saying that surely they'd both unite against an invasion from Mars. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#alarm #both #counterparts #his #invasion

Any time I break up with Dawson or question him, viewers turn against me. ↗

— Katie Holmes

#any #break #break up #dawson #him

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#anchor #drift #lie #must #port

On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the saints who deny it. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#against #am #deny #end #i

To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind. ↗

— Thomas Hood

#against #attempt #conceited #like #people

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance. ↗

— Horace

#alert #arrest #before #carefully #decay

In the case of Iraq, notwithstanding the violence there at the moment, the very fact that a hideous regime - responsible for genocide, for the use of chemical and biological weapons, aggression against two neighbors - has been removed in itself is a positive development. ↗

— Jose Ramos-Horta

#aggression #been #biological #biological weapons #case

As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven. ↗

— Douglas Horton

#attempting #bang #bangs #death #door