#half

A good lather is half the shave. ↗

— William Hone

#half #shave

Well, I'm half Australian, half English and I live in London. That is the only reason I came upon this story. My Australian mother, Meredith Hooper, was invited in late 2007 by some Australian friends to make up a token Australian audience in a tiny fringe theater play reading of an unproduced, unrehearsed play called 'The King's Speech.' ↗

— Tom Hooper

#australian #called #came #english #friends

For the last half of my life I have had the doubtful benefit of a brother whose literary reputation is much greater than my own. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#brother #doubtful #greater #had #half

In the southern half of the country perhaps no crop has larger possibilities for quick increase of production of food for both men and animals than the sweet potato. ↗

— David F. Houston

#country #crop #food #half #increase

One-half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it. ↗

— Sidney Howard

#get #give #knowing #must #one-half

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#keep #man #may #secret #secrets

Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#half #men #talking #think #time

I like young actors because they're so unspoiled, not like some of those actors who are about half an hour into their fifteen minutes of fame by the time they get to me. ↗

— John Hughes

#because #by the time #fame #fifteen #fifteen minutes

The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man. ↗

— Leigh Hunt

#half #man #only #person #serious

I am content with nothing, restless and ambitious... and I despise myself for the vanity, which formed half the stimulus to my exertions. Oh would that I were one of those plodding wise fools who having once set their hand to the plough go on nothing doubting. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#ambitious #content #despise #doubting #exertions