#is

You are absolutely beautiful," Anne said. "But if you see yourself, you'll want to pin your hair back like a shepherdess in a bad play." (Eleanor) "Are you saying that I normally look as if I'm tending sheep? With straw in my hair? As if I might yodel? ↗

— Eloisa James

#historical-romance #beauty

We are all tourists in history, and irony is what we win in wars. ↗

— Anatole Broyard

#history #irony #tourists #wars #win

Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed to represent freedom, democracy and the United States. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#because #being #democracy #dictatorship #discipline

My mother Elizabeth Ivey Brubeck was a pianist who studied with Dame Myra Hess and Tobias Matthey. As a child in California I used to listen to her play Chopin. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#child #chopin #dame #elizabeth #her

Fighting a war on terrorism is like fighting against crime. We can never hope to eradicate crime, so we shouldn't bother fighting it. ↗

— Craig Bruce

#bother #crime #eradicate #fighting #hope

From each according to his ability, to each according to his ability. ↗

— Craig Bruce

#according #each #his

Liberalism is financed by the dividends from Conservatism. ↗

— Craig Bruce

#dividends #financed #liberalism

My to-do list is so long that it doesn't have an end; it has an event horizon. ↗

— Craig Bruce

#event #horizon #list #long

The entire universe is working against me. I can't believe the entire universe could be that foolish! ↗

— Craig Bruce

#believe #could #entire #entire universe #foolish

The only people I've ever heard saying that disagreeing with Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld is un-American or treasonous are people who disagree with Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld. ↗

— Craig Bruce

#cheney #disagree #disagreeing #ever #heard