#irs

With twelve horse power at our command, we considered that we could permit the weight of the machine with operator to rise to 750 or 800 pounds, and still have as much surplus power as we had originally allowed for in the first estimate of 550 pounds. ↗

— Orville Wright

#command #considered #could #estimate #first

Like, in high school, I was a good student and got straight As. It was very strict and you couldn't do well there unless you studied very hard, but every time there was any trouble, I was the first person they would be talking to. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#every #every time #first #good #good student

At 18 I began painting steadily fulltime and at age 20 had my first New York show at the Macbeth Gallery. ↗

— Andrew Wyeth

#began #first #fulltime #gallery #had

I'm thinking about naming my first son Emmy so I can say I've got one. I want Emmy, Oscar and Tony - and my daughter Grammy. ↗

— Noah Wyle

#daughter #emmy #first #got #grammy

Around my house, I won't even speak to my family unless they first address me by my official Berzerker name, Godred Crovan, Victor of Sky-Hill and Ruler of Man and the Isles. And now that I think of it, that's probably why nobody speaks to me unless it's time to feed the dogs or take out the garbage. ↗

— Zakk Wylde

#around #dogs #even #family #feed

My first record I owned was by Les Paul. ↗

— Bill Wyman

#i #les #owned #paul #record

The Wayne Education Building was the first classroom building that we have done on the Wayne campus. ↗

— Minoru Yamasaki

#campus #classroom #done #education #first

One could see that what you are writing was that today's meeting with President Bill Clinton was going to be a disaster. Now, for the first time, I can tell you that you are a disaster. ↗

— Boris Yeltsin

#bill clinton #clinton #could #disaster #first

There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around you. And I suppose third, and this is rarely discussed, people at the top generally have no friends. ↗

— Boris Yeltsin

#discussed #first #friends #generally #i

First, we have to find a common vocabulary for energy security. This notion has a radically different meaning for different people. For Americans it is a geopolitical question. For the Europeans right now it is very much focused on the dependence on imported natural gas. ↗

— Daniel Yergin

#dependence #different #different meaning #different people #energy