#itch

If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because it is the stitch that makes a carpet wear, gives it its life and bloom. ↗

— Rumer Godden

#bloom #books #carpet #gives #life

On most things except witch trials, Virginia will always have been first. ↗

— Morgan Griffith

#been #except #first #most #things

The oldest pitcher acquires confidence in his ballclub - he doesn't try to do it all himself. ↗

— Burleigh Grimes

#confidence #himself #his #oldest #pitcher

When a woman gives birth to a child, the child needs to be able to digest the mother's milk; but when this child is old enough to begin to eat other foods, there is some switching off of this ability to consume milk. ↗

— Marvin Harris

#able #begin #birth #child #consume

If people are made to feel uncomfortable in the kitchen, they won't go in there. That's why I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing. ↗

— Giada De Laurentiis

#cook #feel #go #i #i think

Anytime I switch to another instrument, I immediately turn it into another kind of drum so that I can understand it better. ↗

— Levon Helm

#anytime #better #drum #i #i can

Baseball is all about pitching, and we know we have to improve our pitching. ↗

— Tom Hicks

#baseball #improve #know #our #pitching

However, the fact that the tanks had now been raised to such a pitch of technical perfection that they could cross our undamaged trenches and obstacles did not fail to have a marked effect on our troops. ↗

— Paul von Hindenburg

#could #cross #did #effect #fact

I wanted to support things that are helpful to people and maybe bash what I think is dangerous. So I switched from being everybody to being myself. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#being #being myself #dangerous #everybody #helpful

I'm excited about being here in an organization that I grew up rooting for... I'm excited about being an Atlanta Brave and pitching in Game 1. ↗

— Tim Hudson

#atlanta #being #brave #excited #game