#halfway

Astronomers are greatly disappointed when, having traveled halfway around the world to see an eclipse, clouds prevent a sight of it; and yet a sense of relief accompanies the disappointment. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

#around #astronomers #clouds #disappointed #disappointment

What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean? ↗

— Antonin Scalia

#halfway #interpretation #like #mean #means

If you hear something you like, and you're halfway like the public, chances are they'll like it too. ↗

— Chet Atkins

#halfway #hear #like #public #something

The fellow who says he'll meet you halfway usually thinks he's standing on the dividing line. ↗

— Orlando A. Battista

#dividing line #fellow #halfway #line #meet

An improv team would have eight guys and one woman; that was still pretty standard. If you were a woman improviser, it was actually kind of an advantage because, if you were halfway decent, you'd get a lot more stage time. ↗

— Rachel Dratch

#advantage #because #decent #eight #get

I'm not going to tell you the movies, but I remember getting halfway through the thing and everything sort of tunnel-visioned on me and I couldn't read the script anymore. I looked at the people and I just turned and ran out in a cold sweat. It took me about a year to study it and feel comfortable going in and reading for people. ↗

— John Corbett

#anymore #cold #comfortable #everything #feel

I don't think I've found the perfect job for me, but I know what I like, so that's halfway there, right? ↗

— Colleen Haskell

#halfway #i #job #know #like

As long as I can sing halfway decent, I'd rather sing than act. There's nothing like being in good voice, feeling good, having good numbers to do and having a fine orchestra. ↗

— Howard Keel

#being #decent #feeling #feeling good #fine

If we know that our own men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the enemy is not open to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#condition #enemy #gone #halfway #know

Yes, after some time spent last year on other commitments, most of them speaking engagements, I am now about halfway through a novel that I hope will come out in 1998. ↗

— Robert MacNeil

#after #am #come #commitments #engagements