#hum

If Bush said just once: 'Boy. I hope you accept my apology as a country,' or showed some humanity. ↗

— Burt Bacharach

#apology #boy #bush #country #hope

The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

#existing #form #government #highest #highest form

I say the same thing about the death of James Wait. "Oh, well -- he wasn't going to write the Beethoven's Ninth Symphony anyway. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#humor #death

We have abolished the death penalty for humans, so why should it continue for animals? ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#death #death penalty #humans #penalty #should

Gabriel Byrne is an extraordinary human being. We have two extraordinary kids and we work at it. We were always friends. He stuck by me through very hard times, and I hope he'd say the same about me. ↗

— Ellen Barkin

#always #being #byrne #extraordinary #friends

It would indeed be a tragedy if the history of the human race proved to be nothing more than the story of an ape playing with a box of matches on a petrol dump. ↗

— David Ormsby Gore

#nature

I lost my virginity in the back seat of a Buick. Not because I’m a romantic, but because my grandpa and grandma were in the front seats.
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— Jarod Kintz

#cars #driving #family #funny #grandma

He had had much experience of physicians, and said 'the only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd druther not'. ↗

— Mark Twain

#irony #wit #experience

Every day, people settle for less than they deserve. They are only partially living or at best living a partial life. Every human being has the potential for greatness. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#best #day #deserve #every #every day

Ooh, big day in town for our park warden,” I said. “They’re even making you wear the uniform. Hayley’s mom will be happy. She thinks you look hot in it.” Dad turned as red as his hair. Mom’s laugh floated out from her studio. “Maya Delaney. Leave your father alone. ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#embarrassing #funny-humor #funny