#grateful

I left the White House in 2007. You know, I knew when I went there that it would be for a limited period of time. I was grateful that the average tenure of a white house senior aide is 18 to 20 months. I was there for nearly seven years. ↗

— Karl Rove

#average #grateful #house #i #knew

You know, I'm just grateful to be in this business and to be able to stay in it. ↗

— Lindsey Shaw

#business #grateful #i #just #know

You define a good flight by negatives: you didn't get hijacked, you didn't crash, you didn't throw up, you weren't late, you weren't nauseated by the food. So you are grateful. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#crash #define #flight #food #get

When it was over, I was so happy, I felt like crying. I wanted to win this one for Casey. After what I did in Brooklyn, he could have forgotten about me and who would blame him? But he gave me another chance and I'm grateful. ↗

— Don Larsen

#after #another #blame #brooklyn #casey

And we saved your life, y’know,” Andrew said, jerking his head in Oliver’s direction. “I mean, the least you could do is thank us.” “Of course!” Oliver said hastily. “Thank you very much for saving my life.” “It was really dangerous back there,” Patricia said earnestly, as if wanting to make sure that he understood what kind of situation they had rescued him from. “Yes, beheading is a serious business, I suppose,” Oliver said kindly. “I think it would have been difficult to keep on living once my head was chopped off. ↗

— Zeinab Alayan

#gratefulness #humor #puppets #business

Stand before his grave and use your gift of breath to complain of your limited time. If you dare. ↗

— Lois McMaster Bujold

#death #life #time #ungratefulness #death

Sometimes you just know... And then it doesn't even seem scary. Just certain and joyful. Like a deep stream, flowing steady and strong, jumping and splashing and churning as it passes around and over the land in which it is grounded. And for this knowing, and flowing, I am grateful. ↗

— Vashti Lsc

#grateful #inspiration #self-assurance #inspirational

I'm grateful that I'm mortal...it motivates me. ↗

— Kendall Talbot

#inspirational #rational #inspirational

I was at a point where I was ready to say I am what I am because of what I am and if you like me I'm grateful, and if you don't, what am I going to do about it? ↗

— Anne Bancroft

#am #because #going #grateful #i

The Oscar made me a star, and I'm grateful. But I feel had I not won the Oscar I wouldn't have gotten into the messes I did in my personal life. ↗

— Ernest Borgnine

#feel #gotten #grateful #had #i