#heir

Washington has thrown their soldiers on the fire. ↗

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

#soldiers #their #thrown #washington

The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#capable #difference #distinction #explanation #limit

Even the frankest and bravest of subordinates do not talk with their boss the same way they talk with colleagues. ↗

— Robert Greenleaf

#bravest #colleagues #even #same #subordinates

People really do spend a lot of money on their pets - sometimes more then themselves. ↗

— Oksana Baiul

#money #more #people #pets #really

Politicians trim and tack in their quest for power, but they do so in order to get the wind of votes in their sails. ↗

— Ian Gilmour

#order #politicians #power #quest #sails

The press is like a big bass, you just stick a hook in their mouth and they'll take it. ↗

— James Woods

#big #hook #just #like #mouth

Had the Hebrews not been disturbed in their progress a thousand and more years ago, they would have solved all the great problems of civilization which are being solved now under all the difficulties imposed by the spirit of the Middle Ages. ↗

— Isaac Mayer Wise

#ago #been #being #civilization #difficulties

It sustained me... I can't tell you how much their support meant to me when I was leaving and coming back and even while I was gone, there was a part of me that knew people were pulling for me. ↗

— Alice Barrett

#coming #even #gone #how #i

Personally, I've found that the kind of thing that I like is going into somebody else's area and not playing their music but doing whatever I do in their area. ↗

— Derek Bailey

#doing #else #found #going #i

If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it. ↗

— Victoria Woodhull

#demand #emancipation #grant #masse #men