#la

But you've never drunk fresh blood. Have you?" Simon raised his eyebrows in response. "Well, aside from mine, of course," Jace said. "And I'm sure my blood is fan-tastic. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#quip #simon-lewis #responsibility

There is a kind of gaping admiration that would fain roll Shakespeare and Bacon into one, to have a bigger thing to gape at; and a class of men who cannot edit one author without disparaging all others. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#conflation #editing #exaggeration #francis-bacon #shakespeare

Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. ↗

— Samuel Jackson

#claret #drink #men #port #men

Man Thinking must not be subdued by his instruments. Books are for the scholar's idle times. When he can read God directly, the hour is too precious to be wasted in other men's transcripts of their readings. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#books #men

Some say pain is the greatest motivator. . . I say it's love. ↗

— Solange nicole

#love #motivational-inspirational #solange #inspirational

The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#attitude #business #gentleman #him #his

Now, let me be clear. The path I lay out is not one paved with ever increasing government checks and cradle to grave assurance that government will always be the solution. If this election is a bidding war for who can promise the most goodies and the most benefits, I'm not your president. You have that president today. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#assurance #benefits #bidding #checks #clear

The most difficult owner for me was the late George Marshall of Washington. ↗

— Pete Rozelle

#george #late #marshall #me #most

That's the point. If these Labour MP's were really working men, they'd have some sense. But most of 'em, or at least the ones I've met, seem to be half-baked intellectuals who've specialized in economics or some such dreary muck. ↗

— Carter Dickson

#men

Why is it men think you have to accept an apology, just because one is offered? ↗

— D.D. Barant

#relationships #men