#ily

Now is the moment when we can stand up and say, 'I'm an American. I make my destiny. And we deserve better! My children deserve better! My family deserves better. My country deserves better!' So here we stand. Americans have a choice. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#better #children #choice #country #deserve

My dad had been born in Mexico and his family had to leave during the Mexican revolution. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#born #dad #during #family #had

President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet. My promise... is to help you and your family. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#family #heal #help #obama #oceans

The promise of America has always been that if you worked hard, had the right values, took some risks, that there was an opportunity to build a better life for your family and for your next generation. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#america #been #better #better life #build

I know what it's like to start a business. I know how extra ordinarily difficult it is to build something from nothing. I know how government kills jobs and, yes, I know how it can help from time- to-time. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#business #difficult #extra #government #help

If you asked anybody in my family, they would have very stridently proclaimed themselves middle class. My mother and father were separated, so he doesn't count. ↗

— Dave Van Ronk

#asked #class #count #family #father

Why are we bringing him along, again?" Will inquired, of the world in general as well as his sister. Cecily put her hands on her hips. "Why are you bringing Tessa?" "Because Tessa and I are going to be married," Will said, and Tessa smiled; the way that Will's little sister could ruffle his feathers like no one else was still amusing to her. "Well, Gabriel and I might well be married," Cecily said. "Someday." Gabriel made a choking noise, and turned an alarming shade of purple. Will threw up his hands. "You can't be married Cecily! You're only fifteen! When I get married, I'll be eighteen! An adult!" Cecily did not look impressed. "We may have a long engagement," she said. "But I cannot see why you are counseling me to marry a man my parents have never met." Will sputtered. "I am not counseling you to marry a man your parents have never met!" "Then we are in agreement. Gabriel must meet Mam and Dad. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#gabriel-lightwood #humor #marriage #p- #humor

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#dies #man #necessarily #thing #true

I didn't have a very religious family. ↗

— Barbara Walters

#i #religious #very

The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence. ↗

— Nathaniel Parker Willis

#fair #her #lily #precedence #rose