#gall

Live, die, something else lives. The very soil humanity walks upon is built up from death. Digging into a flowerbed means digging into bones. ↗

— M. Jones

#death #frankie-and-formaldehyde #gallows-humor #life #death

The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity. ↗

— Jean Paul

#clearly #end #father #galleries #heard

I'm not particularly impressed with going 50 miles per gallon. That doesn't impress me when we can go to the moon. ↗

— Alexandra Paul

#go #going #i #impress #impressed

At work people are expected to be at the beck and call of employers all the time. You have blackberries and other things, and they just don't leave you alone. People have less time just to drop into an art gallery. ↗

— Jeremy Paxman

#art #beck #call #drop #employers

If a catastrophic event wipes out a large portion of House members, America needs to know this body, elected by the people, will be quickly and legally reconstituted and will continue to function. ↗

— Charles W. Pickering

#body #by the people #catastrophic #continue #elected

Has President Bush exceeded his constitutional authority or acted illegally in authorizing wiretaps without a warrant? Benjamin Franklin would not have thought so. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#authority #authorizing #benjamin #benjamin franklin #bush

Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail. ↗

— Francis Quarles

#gall #hath #heart #her #honey

Was I involved in selling drivers licenses to people illegally? Hell no I wasn't. Would I have tolerated it? Hell no. ↗

— George Ryan

#hell #i #illegally #involved #licenses

We're living in a world where Google beats Gallup. ↗

— Nate Silver

#gallup #google #living #where #world

Since I'm a fan of collections and anthologies, believe that the best writing often shines in shards and galloping stretches, I never find myself lobbying for a writer I enjoy reading regularly to hole up in Heidegger's hut for four or five years to bring forth a mountain. ↗

— James Wolcott

#believe #best #bring #collections #enjoy