#half

He surprised me by his familiarity with details of movements and battles which I did not suppose had come to his knowledge. As he kept me talking for over half an hour, I flattered myself that what I had to say interested him. ↗

— Henry Villard

#come #details #did #familiarity #flattered

Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#art #conceit #else #ever #half

We seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind. ↗

— John Robert Seeley

#conquered #fit #half #mind #peopled

And anyway, life's too short.... ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#harry-potter #life

Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save. ↗

— Will Rogers

#half #life #our #rushed #save

Take the time to write. You can do your life's work in half an hour a day. ↗

— Robert Hass

#half #hour #life #take #time

As a columnist, I realize that whatever amount of corruption I expose, half my readers will block it out, although they may get a frisson of joy in the process. ↗

— Margaret Carlson

#amount #block #columnist #corruption #expose

Books that have become classics - books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal - always remind me of retired colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay. ↗

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

#always #become #books #captains #classics

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#afterwards #before #eyes #half #keep

Thousands of cars and a million guitars Screaming with power in the air! We've found the place where the decibels race This army of rock will be there To ram it down Ram it down! Straight to the heart of this town. Ram it down. Ram it down. Razing the place to the ground, Ram it down! ↗

— Rob Halford

#halford #it #judas #metal #music