#half

If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power. ↗

— Harriet Martineau

#condition #half #none #other #over

The best thing ever is when some guy in his 50s taps me on the shoulder and says, 'I just want to let you know I hate my job, I hate my wife, and I come home and I watch reruns of your show and it's the only half hour of the day when I laugh and I forget how miserable life is.' ↗

— Danny Masterson

#come #day #ever #forget #guy

Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class. ↗

— Al McGuire

#bottom #class #country #doctors #graduated

I have learned as much in the last three years as in any other comparable period of my life, but with an added realisation of how little over a half century of study one has in fact managed to learn of the whole range of economic policy issues. ↗

— James Meade

#any #century #comparable #economic #economic policy

We are worried about the size of the deficit, which is why the president is pleased that the House and Senate have followed his lead in cutting the deficit in half over the next five years. ↗

— Ken Mehlman

#cutting #deficit #five #followed #half

Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time. ↗

— Richard Meier

#building #century #city #frozen #half

In gymnastics, the longest routine you do is a minute and a half, and that's pretty tough to get through. ↗

— Shannon Miller

#gymnastics #half #longest #minute #pretty

Half the time I don't even think about it, I just throw something on because I'm so late or so busy. ↗

— Isaac Mizrahi

#because #busy #even #half #i

The deep, personal material of the latter half of your life is your children. You can write about your parents when they're gone, but your children are still going to be here, and you're going to want them to come and visit you in the nursing home. ↗

— Alice Munro

#children #come #deep #going #gone

Spoiled. That's all it's about - can't live without this, can't live without that. You can live without anything you weren't born with, and you can make it through on even half of that. ↗

— Gloria Naylor

#anything #born #even #half #live