#gains

You're born with two strikes against you, so don't take a third one on your own. ↗

— Connie Mack

#born #own #strikes #take #third

There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks. ↗

— Bob Geldof

#against #being #bollocks #children #extant

He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it. ↗

— Henry George

#asking #him #proclaim #sees #truth

I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It's just a fear of not knowing what women have that's so powerful. It's this shield they put up to try to get closer. ↗

— K. D. Lang

#bravado #closer #fear #get #i

Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#against #apart #director #doing #falls

Men have looked upon the desert as barren land, the free holding of whoever chose; but in fact each hill and valley in it had a man who was its acknowledged owner and would quickly assert the right of his family or clan to it, against aggression. ↗

— T. E. Lawrence

#against #aggression #assert #barren #chose

Exeter City's trip to Old Trafford will be a great day for their fans but that is about it - they won't get the result they want against Manchester United. ↗

— Mark Lawrenson

#against #city #day #exeter #fans

We have not won the battle against drug trafficking. ↗

— Sheila Jackson Lee

#battle #trafficking #won

If a budget is designed to show our values, it's clear where the majority stands: against opportunity, against education, and against America's hard-working, tax-paying middle class. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#america #budget #class #clear #designed

Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against. ↗

— Bruce Lee

#better #right #take #than #thought