#hal

As to whether the people who were supposedly to put up the money and did put it up or whether it was Arthur's own money is something which I shall never know. ↗

— Peter Porter

#did #i #know #money #never

It is inconceivable to me that a million or three million or half a million human beings will think and feel precisely the same way on any single subject. ↗

— Chaim Potok

#beings #feel #half #human #human beings

Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard. ↗

— Colin Powell

#backyard #challenge #even #own #pros

President Obama could keep a big map with push pins on it to keep track of how many countries hate us, and when we get down to only half, let's have a ball. I'll blow up the balloons myself. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#balloons #big #blow #could #countries

As the economy faces such difficulties, more tough questions need to be asked about what the Tories would do if elected. Their ideology of free markets and small government needs challenging. That has to be part of our job. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#asked #challenging #difficulties #economy #elected

Opponents of capital punishment argue that the state has no right to take a murderer's life. Apparently, one fact that abolitionists forget or overlook is that the state is acting not only on behalf of society, but also on behalf of the murdered person and the murdered person's family. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#acting #also #apparently #argue #behalf

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#dangerous #dangerous thing #half #ignorance #knowledge

I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing. ↗

— Jack Prelutsky

#always #challenges #done #i #writing

I regarded finding I had a form of Alzheimer's as an insult and decided to do my best to marshal any kind of forces I could against this wretched disease. I have posterior cortical atrophy or PCA. They say, rather ingenuously, that if you have Alzheimer's it's the best form of Alzheimer's to have. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#alzheimer #any #atrophy #best #could

I'm a fantasy writer, called a fantasy writer. But there's very little, apart from one or two basic concepts in 'I Shall Wear Midnight,' which are in fact fantasy. You have sticks that fly, but they're practical broomsticks, with a bloody great strap that you can hold on to so you don't fall off. And you try not to use them too often. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#basic #bloody #called #concepts #fact