#is

No, Roger had not seen the funny side. But there had been a moment when, after looking at his watch, he had thought: I can remember when Christmas morning would start at about half past ten with a glass of Buck's Fizz in bed. Now it begins at half past five, with a test of my fine motor skills and ability to read Korean. ↗

— John Lanchester

#children #christmas #relaxation #toys #funny

...[we] has left nothing durable to signalize his stay upon this planet. [we]eventually dies to the honest regret of [our] associates. ↗

— James Branch Cabell

#death #dying #death

In the twilight, it was a vision of power. ↗

— Upton Sinclair

#twilight #vision

Inconsistency is the only thing in which men are consistent. ↗

— Horace Smith

#inconsistency #men #only #the only thing #thing

Bush sees the evil as out there in the wider world, residing in people who 'hate freedom'. Look at his immediate response to the pictures of prisoner abuse; this is not what Americans do, these are not our values. ↗

— Peter Singer

#bush #evil #freedom #hate #his

A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves. ↗

— Sivananda

#arises #between #calm #comes #complete

Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#divisive #government #india #motto #polity

I've been an atheist since I was nine years old. And my mom is really religious, so we have a strange relationship. But if my mother was right, what would be the reason that the gods could let anything bad happen in the world? ↗

— Tarsem Singh

#atheist #bad #been #could #gods

Golf is about knowledge, and studying another player - more than listening to a teacher - is the best way to get it. ↗

— Vijay Singh

#another #best #best way #get #golf

Every day I've got to get up and make a decision. I have an opportunity every day to affect young men and the coaches that are around me, the entire organization and the entire community. ↗

— Mike Singletary

#around #coaches #community #day #decision