#heir

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#carrying #duration #favors #fortune #her

I collect imported teas, I have a few cupboards full! It's like wine, each has it's own flavour and you get into their little nuances. ↗

— Maggie Grace

#each #few #flavour #full #get

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#judged #most #pass #seem #their

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#dignity #insist #office #show #their

I've thrown away lots of my old diaries - you never know who might get their hands on them. But I have kept a few notes on the good old days. ↗

— Steffi Graf

#days #diaries #few #get #good

I've never written about my husband, Steve, or any of my children because I know them all too well. I see them in all their complexities which makes them impossible to render on the printed page. ↗

— Sue Grafton

#any #because #children #complexities #husband

Every President I think I've ever known, except Truman, has thought they didn't quite get done what they wanted done. And toward the end of their Administrations, they were disappointed and wished they had done some things differently. ↗

— Billy Graham

#disappointed #done #end #ever #every

It's sometimes comical to hear the younger generation ask their peers to repeat themselves. ↗

— Billy Graham

#generation #hear #peers #repeat #sometimes

With terrorist groups like al Qaeda, you can't learn what you want to learn about their capabilities and their future plans by taking a picture of it, and they've learned not to use the telephone. ↗

— Bob Graham

#al #capabilities #future #groups #learn

Yes, more than 100 Democrats voted to authorize Bush to take the nation to war. Most of them did so in the belief that the president and his administration were truthful in their statements that Saddam Hussein was a gathering menace. ↗

— Bob Graham

#authorize #belief #bush #democrats #did