#greatly

He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain - no matter what - after he had bought it and placed it among his household gods. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#among #because #bought #chiefly #contemplating

When I was single my career was my life, so everything I did was of grave importance and was greatly disturbing. ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

#did #disturbing #everything #grave #greatly

Success and failure are greatly overrated. But failure gives you a whole lot more to talk about. ↗

— Hildegard Knef

#failure #gives #greatly #lot #more

I have been watching and drawing the surface of Mars. It is wonderfully full of detail. There is certainly no question about there being mountains and large greatly elevated plateaus. ↗

— Edward E. Barnard

#been #being #certainly #detail #drawing

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. ↗

— Arthur Ashe

#clothes #greatly #his #improve #made

What goes on in Europe concerns us greatly because, if Europe comes apart, the E.U. comes apart, then you're going to have enormous impact on America, that's a very big trading partner of ours, and people own securities around the world in this day and age. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#america #apart #around #because #big

County government can be simplified greatly by reorganizing and consolidating some of the offices, making others appointive, and reducing salaries in keeping with the salaries paid by private business for the performance of similar duties. ↗

— Arthur Capper

#consolidating #county #duties #government #greatly

While I was at college studying design I decided to paint. I was also greatly inspired by the colours that I had seen on my travels in the Brazilian Rain forest. ↗

— John Dyer

#brazilian #college #colours #decided #design

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#circumstances #color #content #crystal #greatly

War contributes greatly to global warming, which shouldn't surprise us. All those bombs going off, all those rockets, all those planes and helicopters. All that fuel of various kinds being used. It pollutes the air and water of this very fragile and interconnected planet. ↗

— Alice Walker

#being #being used #bombs #contributes #fragile